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If you’re installing the OpenStack cloud computing platform “Diablo” release on Ubuntu 11.10 server using the official guide and are using MySQL, don’t forget to: sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb...
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I’m in the process of setting up an OpenStack Essex installation on a small cluster of Ubuntu 12.04 servers using the Canonical-supplied and supported packages. I innocently and unfortunately ended up...
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View ArticleUbuntu 12.10 to 13.04 Server Upgrade Error
Are you Googl’ing around trying to figure out why you’re getting this error when trying to `do-release-upgrade’ your Ubuntu 12.10 system, even though you’re pretty much up to date? root@mia:~#...
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