ubuntu install dev tools

to install basic tools like gcc, make etc, install build-essential

$sudo apt-get install build-essential

php, mysql, Joomla

I was trying to install Joomla and the pre-requisites specified mod_mysql. I have installed the mysql component for php before but the mistake I did now was searching for mod_mysql all over to see how to enable it, all I had to do is just install mysql for php using any installation instruction out there on the web.

on ubuntu just used
$sudo apt-get install  php5-mysql

Subclipse install

direct install of subclipse as per the instructions at tigris – complained about dependency buckminister.

The following instructions from buckminister give locations for both buckminister and subclipse

Getting Started with Buckminister

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Getting_started_with_Buckminster#Option_1:_Buckminster_with_Subclipse_integration