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[SOLVED][PHP PEAR] How to fix the error 'could not extract the package.xml file' and 'Download of "pecl/uploadprogress" succeeded, but it is not a valid package archive', when trying to install PECL uploadprogress using PHP PEAR on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty

Submitted by anto on Fri, 10/17/2014 - 03:15

Setting up, upgrading and maintaining a clean and functional Drupal/PHP Development environment is an art, and quite a piece of cake for the skilled sysadmin. But the ever changing versions of OS packages and dependencies can bring up quite some unexpected challenges to a budding developer. Here is the solution to one such error that might eat your brains out.

Almost all usable versions of Drupal - 6, 7 and 8 - use PECL uploadprogress to show file upload progress.
And installing it on previous Ubuntu, PHP versions was as easy as running the following command:

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[SOLVED] How to get the Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY wireless/WLAN/WiFi adapter working on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr or LinuxMint 17 Qiana - (Tested on a Dell Studio 1435 Laptop)

Submitted by admin on Sun, 06/01/2014 - 08:25

Note: I did this for a friend's Dell Studio 1435 Laptop, while installing the latest LinuxMint 17 Qiana Mate Edition. This should work on Ubuntu / LinuxMint for any machine which has a Broadcom BCM4312 wifi (802.11b/g) adapter.

You can make sure that you have the correct device mentioned here, by typing in the following command in the Terminal: 

lspci | grep -i bcm4312

It should show something like this:

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