i created .bashrc in /home/maz with the following content
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# .bashrc
# Creator: inameiname
# Version: 3.31
# Last modified: 20 February 2011
# Found through various sources (including several things by me)
# Commented out stuff is what I personally don't need,
# so use at your own risk
# Feel free to copy, share, tweak, eat, or whatever
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# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z '$PS1' ] && return
# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
# .. or force ignoredups and ignorespace
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend
# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000
# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize
# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval '$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)'
# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z '$debian_chroot' ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi
# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we 'want' color)
case '$TERM' in
xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac
# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
# force_color_prompt=yes
if [ -n '$force_color_prompt' ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
color_prompt=yes
else
color_prompt=
fi
fi
if [ '$color_prompt' = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[033[01;32m]u@h[033[00m]:[033[01;34m]w[033[00m]$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}u@h:w$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case '$TERM' in
xterm* rxvt*)
PS1='[e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}u@h: wa]$PS1'
;;
*)
;;
esac
# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
test -r ~/.dircolors && eval '$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)' eval '$(dircolors -b)'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
# alias
# alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
fi
# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'
# Add an 'alert' alias for long running commands. Use like so:
# sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i '$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal echo error)' '$(history tail -n1 sed -e ''s/^s*[0-9]+s*//;s/[;& ]s*alert$//'')'
# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi
# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi
ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
export ORACLE_HOME
export ORACLE_SID=XE
export PATH
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then followed the steps as given in the link i posted earlier
when i put the link
http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex
in the brower and pressed go
i got the following error message:
Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8080.