Using WinMerge with IBM Rational Synergy

The file compare / merge tool included with IBM Rational Synergy is not necessary the best available.

This small tutorial explains how replace the Synergy integrates file compare / merge tool with WinMerge.

Edit the ccm.properties file placed by default in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\Synergy\7.1\etc\

Find the lines that starts with:

 windows.tool.compare.ascii  
 windows.tool.merge.ascii  

Replace the lines with this lines changing the path where you have WinMerge installed:

 windows.tool.compare.ascii = "E:/Apps/Develop/WinMerge/WinMerge.exe" "%file1" "%file2"  
 windows.tool.merge.ascii  = "E:/Apps/Develop/WinMerge/WinMerge.exe" "%file1" "%file2" "%outfile"  

That's all, now you have the power of WinMerge integrated with IBM Rational Synergy.

Configure sudo to install applications behind a proxy

To use a proxy from the linux shell you need to configure the http_proxy environment variable with

 http_proxy="http://username:password@host:port"  
 export http_proxy  

To maintain this environment variable when using the sudo command do the following:

 sudo visudo  

Add this lines to the end of the file:

 Defaults    env_reset  
 Defaults    env_keep = "http_proxy"  

Save and exit and that's all.

Eclipse proxy configuration

This simple tutorial explains how configure Eclipse Indigo behind a proxy that requires authentication.

First open Eclipse and go to Window / Preferences. Type proxy on the search box.

Change the active provider to Manual, select the HTTP entry and click the Edit button.

Fill the Host and Port fields with the required info.

Enable the Requires Authentication check and type the user / password.

 

Leave blank the HTTPS and  SOCKS entries.

Go to help / Install new software to check that all is working.

Redmine repository configuration with subversion + ssh

This tutorial describes how configure an existing Redmine server to work with subversion with ssh protocol and prevent certificate issues.

Prerequisites are:

• the Redmine is running on Apache + Passenger with the nobody user
• the Redmine directory is /opt/redmine 
• the Redmine version is 1.3.2
• Suvbersion is running with ssh

Add Backlogs plugin to Redmine

For teams working with scrum, Redmine with the Backlogs plugin is a great tool for project management. This tutorial explains how install Backlogs plugin to an existing Redmine running on a Ubuntu Server. Follow this tutorial for detail to install Redmine on a Ubuntu Server.

Add traceability to Subversion with Redmine

This article describes how to add traceability between the source code added to a Subversion repository and a issue managed with Redmine (Redmine is issue tracker and project management tool).

Prerequisites of this article are Redmine and Subversion independent servers running on Ubuntu OS. In this previous article you can read how install Redmine on Ubuntu server. The client machines are configured with Windows OS.

Install redmine 1.3.2 on ubuntu server 11.10 with Apache + Passenger

Redmine is a powerful issue tracker and project management web application. This tutorial explains how install the last version of redmine 1.3.2 on a Ubuntu server 11.10 with MySQL, Apache and Passenger.