Fedora 9 Installation Guide (转自http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/103/1/）
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Fedora 9 Installation Guide
Written by axel
**Note: In this guide I have included screenshots (whereverit's not to complicated) for those who prefer clicking on buttons thanusing the terminal. Of course the usuall "open terminal and type ..."instructions are still present.
**Note: The text editor I've been using in this guide is GNOME'sdefault, gedit. If you are using KDE you may use kate. Of course theterminal based text editor, nano, is always a nice choice!
A new application has been developed in order to allow Fedora userseasilly upgrade to the new release without having to download andcd/dvd. Preupgrade resolves all dependencies, downloads the neededpackages, configures grub and finally asks the user just to reboot tocomplete the upgrade. Install and run Preupgrade by typing:
su -c 'yum install preupgrade'
preupgrade
Select Fedora 9 and after a while you'll be asked to reboot in your upgraded Fedora 9 system!
If you were using the Livna Repository don't forget to also update its packages.
su -c 'rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm && yum -y update'
su --login -c 'visudo'
Now go below the line:
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
press a, and type the following
username ALL=(ALL) ALL
where username is the username you use to login. Next press Escape.
Now, if you want to be promted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x
If you don't want to be promted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x
Next, press :wq to save and exit. (type the : as well)
su -c 'gpasswd -a username wheel'
su -c 'gedit ~/.bash_profile'
Then change the following line:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
to
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$HOME/bin
$ sudo whoami
If everything is working properly the command should return the word 'root'.
yum --help
man yum
* Install an application
su -c 'yum install application_name'
* Remove an application
su -c 'yum remove application_name'
* Install an rpm from your hard disk using yum to resolve dependencies
su -c 'yum localinstall application_name'
* Search for an application
su -c 'yum search application_name'
* Find info about an application
su -c 'yum info application_name'
* Update the whole system
su -c 'yum update'
* Enable a repository
su -c 'yum --enablerepo=repo_name'
* Disable a repository
su -c 'yum --disablerepo=repo_name'
su -c 'rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*'
su -c 'rpm -hiv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm'
su -c 'rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY'
You can also install yumex for this reason.
su -c 'yum install yumex'
su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.conf'
Add this line in the yum configuration
proxy=http://ip:port/
where ip is your proxy's ip address and port is the port the proxylistens to. Don't forget the / after the port number. Save and exit.
Exactly what its name says. This plugin searches for the fastest mirrorin your mirrorlist and downloads all packages from it. To install ittype:
su -c 'yum install yum-fastestmirror'
The presto plugin provides faster, smaller size downloads to Fedorausers. It downloads only the part of the rpm that has been updated andnot the whole package. To install it type:
su -c 'yum install yum-presto'
Then edit your /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo like this:
su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo'
comment the mirrorlist line by adding # in front of it and then paste this line:
mirrorlist=http://presto-mirrors.anmar.eu.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
You can easilly select which services should run when you boot yoursystem you can use Fedora's services configuration utility which can befound under System -> Administration -> Services.
For a detailed description on all services and daemons read my Fedora Services Guide .
**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the Livna Repository enabled as described here .
su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-lib'
Fedora uses Liberation and DejaVu fonts which are installed by defaultand look pretty smooth and nice, plus they are open source.
If you insist on using the microsoft fonts you can download and install the msttcorefonts rpm like this.
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora9/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
The procedure just in case you want to built it yourself is the following.
su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools rpm-build cabextract'
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora9/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec
rpmbuild -bb msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
Now you can change your fonts through System -> Prefereces Look and Feel -> Appearance -> Fonts
Now you will use the File Browser to navigate through your folders.
su -c 'yum install nautilus-open-terminal'
log out and then log in, right click in a Nautilus window and you'll see the command.
su -c 'cp /etc/gdm/Init/Default /etc/gdm/Init/Default_backup'
su -c 'gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default'
And add the following lines at the end of the file.
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Save and exit. Now restart X server and check if num lock light is on.
Next open the System -> Administartion -> Add/Remove Software andsearch for flash-plugin and libflashsupport. Select to install thosetwo files and import the GPG key or just type:
su -c 'yum install flash-plugin libflashsupport'
Finally restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.
Users of Fedora x86_64 must install the nspluginwrapper.i386 package toenable the 32-bit Adobe Flash plugin in x86_64 Firefox and thepulseaudio-libs.i386 package to enable sound from the plugin..
Create the 32bit mozilla plugin directory using this command:
su -c 'mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins'
Install the nspluginwrapper.i386, nspluginwrapper.x86_64, and pulseaudio-libs.i386 packages:
su -c 'yum -y install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} pulseaudio-libs.i386'
Install flash-plugin as shown above.
Run mozilla-plugin-config to register the flash plugin:
su -c 'mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v'
Finally restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.
su -c 'yum remove totem-mozplugin'
su -c 'yum install gecko-mediaplayer'
You should also install additional codecs as described here to support wmv video playback.
If you don't have it installed type:
su -c 'yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk{,-plugin}'
In case you have upgraded from Fedora 8 you should first remove java-icedtead like this:
su -c "yum erase java-1.7.0-icedtea{,-plugin}"
You can always install SUN's JRE as described here.
about:config
Right click somewhere and select NEW and then STRING. Type this in the box:
network.protocol-handler.app.mms
Click ok and in the box type the program you want to open the streaming media with, such as /usr/bin/mplayer.
Next right click again and select NEW and then BOOLEAN. Type this in the box:
network.protocol-handler.external.mms
Click ok and then type:
true
about:config
and in Filter box type:
browser.backspace_action
Right click on it, select Modify and change its value from 2 to 0. Restart Firefox and the backspace will be set.
about:config
and in Filter box type:
network.dns.disableIPv6
Right click on it, select Togle and change its value to true. Restart Firefox and you are ready!
Fedora 9 has evolution as the default e-mail client. Of course you can install Thunderbird if you prefer it. Just type:
su -c 'yum install Thunderbird'
**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the Livna Repository enabled as described here .
However fluendo doesn't allow you to encode mp3s. In that case you can install mp3 codes from Livna as shown below.
At any time you can uninstall the fluendo codec simply by typing:
rm ~/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/libgstflump3dec.so
su -c 'yum install gstreamer rhythmbox'
To make all mp3 files open by default with Rhytmbox right click on anmp3 file and select 'Open with Other Application...'. Click on RhytmboxMusic Player and you're done.
To add mp3 and other audio support type:
su -c 'yum install gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly'
su -c 'yum install amarok amarok-extras-nonfree'
su -c 'yum install audacious audacious-plugins-nonfree-*'
If you want to use your winamp 2.x skin with audacious simply copy winamp's *.wsz skin to /usr/share/audacious/Skins/
If your tags are in a different encoding than utf8 you can force audacious to use it:
Preferences -> Playlist -> Metadata -> Fallback character encoding -> iso8859-7
If you want to add in queue mp3s when double clicked edit this file:
su -c 'nano /usr/share/applications/fedora-audacious.desktop'
And change Exec=audacious to Exec=audacious -e
su -c 'yum install xmms xmms-libs xmms-mp3'
**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the Livna Repository enabled as described here .
su -c 'yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi'
To check some of them type:
su -c 'yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-compat libmatrosca xvidcore'
Finally to be able to play some closed window formats such as wmv files type the following:
cd ~/Download
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
tar -jxf all-20071007.tar.bz2
su -c 'mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/codecs'
su -c 'cp all-20071007/* /usr/local/lib/codecs'
rm -rf all-20071007
Now choose one of the following Video players and install it.
**Note: You can build your own rpm containing the above codecs.Each time a new codec pack is released you will have to change the specfile with the correct name. Open a terminal and type:
su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools'
cd ~
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
wget http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/rpms/w32codec/w32codec.spec
gedit w32code.specFind this line %define real_version 20050216 and change it to %define real_version 20071007. Next continue building and installing the rpm.
rpmbuild -ba w32codec.spec
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386
su -c 'yum --nogpgcheck localinstall w32codec'
su -c 'yum install totem-xine totem-xine-plparser xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree'
su -c 'yum install mplayer smplayer'
Open smplayer from Applications -> Sound & Video -> SMPlayer
If mplayer doesn't work open a terminal and run it from there. Check if you see the below error:
The flip-hebrew option can't be used in a config file.
Error parsing option flip-hebrew=no at line 133In that case type the following command to fix it.
su -c 'sed -i 's/flip-hebrew/#flip-hebrew/' /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf'
su -c 'yum install vlc'
su -c 'yum install kaffeine'
su -c 'yum install xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree'
su -c 'yum install HelixPlayer'
If you don't like it you can download RealPlayer rpm from here . Next open a terminal and go to the Folder you downloaded it. Install it by typing:
su -c 'yum remove HelixPlayer'
su -c 'yum install compat-libstdc++-33'
su -c 'rpm -hiv RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm'
su -c 'yum install avidemux'
It will be listed in Applications -> Sound & Video -> Avidemux Video Editor.
su -c 'yum install konversation'
su -c 'yum intall xchat'
You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> IRC
su -c 'yum install pidgin'
su -c 'yum install kdenetwork'
su -c 'yum install amsn'
You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> aMSN
su -c 'yum install sound-juicer'
su -c 'yum install gnomebaker'
It's under Applications -> Sound & Video -> CD/DVD Writer GnomeBaker.
su -c 'yum install k3b'
To enable all encoding features and programs for k3b type:
su -c 'yum install k3b-extras-nonfree vcdimager normalize transcode lame'
su -c 'yum install k9copy'
su -c 'yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi'
su -c 'yum install devede'
I have written a guide on How to create a custom DVD using DeVeDe http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/75/26/.
If you don't want to use Firefox's default download manager you can trythe following download managers. In case you want to easilly downloadrapidshare files with your Premium Account you can check my guide How to easilly download RapidShare files in Linux .
su -c 'yum install d4x'
su -c 'yum install kdenetwork'
su -c 'yum install evince'
When the download completes right click on the Downloads window andclick 'Open'. The PackageKit will install the rpm after you supply yourroot password.
Restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the Address Bar. You should see Adobe Reader 8.0 among the plugins.
su -c 'transmission'
su -c 'yum install ktorrent'
su -c 'yum install bittorrent bittorrent-gui'
su -c 'yum install gftp'
su -c 'yum install gnochm'
For KDE users Qt based chm viewer
su -c 'yum install kchmviewer'
su -c 'yum install gparted'
For KDE users Qt based partition manipulation program
su -c 'yum install qtparted'
su -c 'sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin'
Now you can find it under Applications -> Internet -> GoogleEarth. Notice that in order it to run ok you must have installeddrivers for your video card.
su -c 'yum install gtkpod'
It'll be installed under Applications -> Sound & Video -> GtkPod
Alternatively you can install the Skype repository. Open a terminal and type:
su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo'
In that file copy the following lines:
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
gpgcheck=0
Now you can easily install/update skype by typing:
su -c 'yum install skype'
su -c 'yum update skype'
If you want to enable/disable write support for external and/orinternal devices with only two clicks you can install ntfs-config.
su -c 'yum install ntfs-config'
You can find it in System -> Administration -> NTFS Configuration Tool
ntfs-config-1
If you want to access the shared of a Windows box of you LAN throughLinux and also to be able to view your videos and listen to your mp3through your local network install smb4k like this:
su -c 'yum install smb4k'
Now run smb4k. Go to Settings -> Configure Smb4K -> Samba and putyour workgroup's name. Press Ok and exit. Now click on the Refreshbutton and let smb4k to scan your network. If you have iptablesfirewall running you must set Samba as a trusted service. To do so opena terminal and type:
system-config-firewall
Here in 'Trusted Services' find 'Samba', tick it and press 'Apply'.
Run smb4k and when the shares appear at the left window double click onthe one you want. Currently smb4k has a bug with the sudo command. Soif you get a message like:
mount error 1 = Operation not permitted
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
open a terminal and type:
su -c 'chmod u+s /sbin/mount.cifs'
su -c 'chmod u+s /sbin/umount.cifs'
Each time you update smb4k or a samba component you have to run this command again.
su -c 'yum remove compiz'
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/compiz
su -c 'yum install yum install compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnomecompiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compiz-managergnome-compiz-manager ccsm fusion-icon fusion-icon-gtk emeraldemerald-themes'
su -c 'yum remove compiz'
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/compiz
su -c 'yum install compiz-all fusion-icon-allcompiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-fusion-plugins-extracompiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconfcompizconfig-backend-kconfig'
Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Sessions and click Add. Then type what you see in the screenshot.
KDE:
Open a terminal and type:
ln -s /usr/bin/fusion-icon ~/.kde/Autostart/fusion-icon
su -c 'yum groupinstall 'KDE (K Desktop Environment)''
When the installation completes log out and from the sessions manager choose KDE.
tar -xzf kbflags-1.0.tar.gz
su -c 'cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/gr.png /usr/share/locale/l10n/gr/flag.png'
su -c 'cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/us.png /usr/share/locale/l10n/us/flag.png'
su -c 'yum install gtk-qt-engine'
Then go to Control Center -> Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts and apply the changes you want.
First you must install kdm:
su -c 'gedit /etc/sysconfig/desktop'
and paste in those lines.
DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
Save and exit.
su -c 'yum install kdebase4 kdelibs4 kde-settings-kdm'
This should install all the essential. Log out and log back in choosing KDE from the sessions manager.
Fedora 9 comes with java from the OpenJDK project. It is very easy toinstall it through yum (if it hasn't already been installed) and itworks just fine. Try it! If you still want to install the Sun Java go afew lines below.
su -c 'yum install compat-libstdc++-33 compat-libstdc++-296'
When the libraries are installed create the neccessary links by typing:
su -c '/sbin/ldconfig'
Now click here to go to sun's java site. Click on the download button next to 'Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 6'.
Select your Platform (Linux for i386 Fedora or Linux x64 for Fedora x86_64). Accept the agreement and press Continue.
**Note: The rest of the guide is based on the i586 package. Ifyou have Fedora x86_64 installed you should download the Linux x64 fileand replace the file names as neccessary.
You must download the Linux self-extracting file (jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin) not the RPM file as shown in the screenshot below.
Next open a terminal and go to the folder you have downloaded jre. Hereit will be directory Download, Firefox's default downlad directory.
cd ~/Download/
And type the following to install (when writting this guide 6u6 was thelatest version, replace it with the file you have downloaded if it haschanged):
su -c 'mv jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin /opt'
cd /opt/
su -c 'chmod a+x jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin'
su -c './jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin'
Use spacebar to read the agreement. At the end type yes to proceed with the installation.
Finally to make Firefox use the installed plugin type:
su -c 'yum remove java-*-openjdk-plugin'
su -c 'ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_06/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so'
Restart firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. If theplugins have successfully installed you should see Java(TM) Plug-inamong the plugins.
Now, if you also want to run java programs using Sun's java type in a console:
su -
(Give your root password)
nano /etc/profile.d/java.sh
In that file copy the following:
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre1.6.0_06
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Next type:
source /etc/profile.d/java.sh
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
Here you should see something like this:
There are 2 programs which provide 'java'.
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/bin/java
2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
/usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jre1.6.0_06/bin/java 3
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
Now you should get something like this:
There are 3 programs which provide 'java'.
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/bin/java
2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
3 /opt/jre1.6.0_06/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
Select the option you have entered e.g. 3. To test that you have correctly installed java type:
java -version
You should get something like that:
java version "1.6.0_06"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_06-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
If at some time you update your Java installation simply remove the old one by typing:
su -c 'alternatives --remove java /opt/jre1.6.0_06/bin/java'
At any time you can easilly change between OpenJDK, GCJ and Sun's JAVA either by running the command
su -c '/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java'
To use SUN's java plugin as well type:
# /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so /
libjavaplugin.so /opt/jre1.6.0_06/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so 3
# /usr/sbin/alternatives --config libjavaplugin.soNow you can choose whatever java version you want by typing the number in front of it.
First you have to disable NetworkManager and prevent it from loading at each boot.
su -c '/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop'
su -c '/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 NetworkManager off'
Next go to System -> Administration -> Network and configure yournetwork settings. You can also start the Network configuration utilityby typing
su -c 'system-config-network'
Here you can either select Static IP or DHCP. You can also set your DNSservers. When you finish select File -> Save and then Quit.
Finally start network service and enable it on each boot.
su -c '/etc/init.d/network start'
su -c '/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 network on'
Written by axel Fedora 9 (SULPHUR) is here! As always it comes along with some new andbleeding edge features such as 2.6.25 kernel, Gnome 2.22.1, KDE 3.5.9,OpenOffice 2.4, Firefox 3 and PackageKit, a new cross-distribution (!)software management system that has replaced pirut and pup. I'vewritten this guide to help new Fedora users to easilly configure theirsystem. So, grub a Fedora installation disk and let's move on to oursystem's configuration part.
**Note: In this guide I have included screenshots (whereverit's not to complicated) for those who prefer clicking on buttons thanusing the terminal. Of course the usuall "open terminal and type ..."instructions are still present.
**Note: The text editor I've been using in this guide is GNOME'sdefault, gedit. If you are using KDE you may use kate. Of course theterminal based text editor, nano, is always a nice choice!
- Upgrading from Fedora 7/8
- Configuring sudo
- Modifing sudoers file
- Adding user to the wheel group
- Adding sbin to your PATH
- Testing sudo
- Configuring yum
- Basic Commands
- Importing Fedora GPG keys
- Third party Repositories
- Graphical Interface for yum
- Configure yum through Proxy
- Yum Plugins
- Configuring Services
- Installing video drivers
- Installing nVidia driver
- Installing ati driver
- Installing Microsoft fonts
- Configuring Nautilus
- Open each folder in the same window
- Open Terminal here
- Enable Num Lock on GNOME startup
- Configuring Firefox
- Acrobat Plugin
- Flash Plugin
- Mplayer Plugin
- java Plugin
- mms streaming play
- Set backspace button
- IPv6
- Configuring e-mail client
- MP3 and Audio players
- Rhythmbox
- Amarok
- Audacious
- XMMS
- DVD & Video
- DVD playback
- Video files playback
- Totem
- Mplayer/SMPlayer
- VLC
- kaffeine
- RealPlayer
- avidemux
- IRC Clients
- konversation
- xchat
- MSN Messenger Clients
- Pidgin
- Kopete
- aMSN
- Author, Burn and BackUp CD/DVDs
- Sound-Juicer
- GnomeBaker
- k3b
- k9copy
- DeVeDe
- Download managers
- d4x
- kget
- PDF Readers
- evince
- xpdf
- acrobatreader
- Torrent Clients
- Transmission
- KTorrent
- Bittorrent
- Other Useful Applications
- unrar
- FTP Clients
- chm Reader
- eMule Client
- linuxdcpp
- Partition Editor
- Google Earth
- gtkpod
- Skype
- Accessing Windows Partitions
- Accessing Windows Shares
- Compiz-fusion
- Official Packages
- Unofficial Packages
- Auto start
- KDE
- KDE Installation
- KDE Country Flags
- KDE style in gtk applications
- KDM and Auto Login
- KDE4
- JAVA
- OpenJDK
- SUN's JAVA
- NetworkManager
1. Upgrading from Fedora 7/8
A new application has been developed in order to allow Fedora userseasilly upgrade to the new release without having to download andcd/dvd. Preupgrade resolves all dependencies, downloads the neededpackages, configures grub and finally asks the user just to reboot tocomplete the upgrade. Install and run Preupgrade by typing:
su -c 'yum install preupgrade'
preupgrade
Select Fedora 9 and after a while you'll be asked to reboot in your upgraded Fedora 9 system!
If you were using the Livna Repository don't forget to also update its packages.
su -c 'rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm && yum -y update'
2. Configuring sudo
**Note: In my previous Fedora guides I've been using sudo forthe commands that needed root access. However since many users don'twant to add their user to the sudoers I've decided to change all thecommands to the su -c 'command here' way. If you want to type manycommands as root it is better to type only the first time su - and giveyour root password. After that you become root until you type exit. Ofcourse it's up to you to configure sudo or not.
* Modifing sudoers file
Normally if you want to run a command which requires root privilegesyou first have to type 'su -', type your root password and then typethe command. However you can bypass this by using the 'sudo' command.But first you have to configure it like this:su --login -c 'visudo'
Now go below the line:
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
press a, and type the following
username ALL=(ALL) ALL
where username is the username you use to login. Next press Escape.
Now, if you want to be promted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x
If you don't want to be promted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x
Next, press :wq to save and exit. (type the : as well)
* Adding your user to the wheel group
Just type:su -c 'gpasswd -a username wheel'
* Adding sbin to your PATH
This step is optional but saves you a lot of time since many commandsare located under /usr/sbin and /sbin and when you are trying toexecute them as a single user from the terminal you must type theirfull path. To avoid this type:su -c 'gedit ~/.bash_profile'
Then change the following line:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
to
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$HOME/bin
* Testing sudo
To test if you have done it correctly as a simple user type:$ sudo whoami
If everything is working properly the command should return the word 'root'.
3. Configuring yum
* Basic Commands
Below there are the most common commands you will use for yum, Fedora'sPackage Management System. You can find a more detailed description ofthose along with some more commands if you type:yum --help
man yum
* Install an application
su -c 'yum install application_name'
* Remove an application
su -c 'yum remove application_name'
* Install an rpm from your hard disk using yum to resolve dependencies
su -c 'yum localinstall application_name'
* Search for an application
su -c 'yum search application_name'
* Find info about an application
su -c 'yum info application_name'
* Update the whole system
su -c 'yum update'
* Enable a repository
su -c 'yum --enablerepo=repo_name'
* Disable a repository
su -c 'yum --disablerepo=repo_name'
* Importing Fedora GPG keys
Fedora has 2 basic repositories named 'fedora' and 'updates'. To usethem and not get errors about unsigned packages you must import theirGPG keys. Open a terminal and type:su -c 'rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*'
* Third party Repositories
Fedora software repositories don't include support for MP3, DVD andVideo playback/recording because of patent licences. For this reasonyou have to install that software from third party repositories. Butdon't worry, this is pretty easy! ;)Now we are going to install the Livna Repository, a third party repowhich provides many multimedia codecs and additional applications. Forthe rest of this guide I will assume that you have installed andenabled the Livna Repository. So, open a terminal and type:
su -c 'rpm -hiv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm'
su -c 'rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY'
* Graphical Interface for yum
If you don't like typing commands in your console you can use Fedora'sGraphical interface for yum. You can find it under System ->Administration -> Add/Remove Software.You can also install yumex for this reason.
su -c 'yum install yumex'
* Configure yum through Proxy
If you are behind an http proxy server and you want yum to connect to the internet through that proxy open a terminal and type:su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.conf'
Add this line in the yum configuration
proxy=http://ip:port/
where ip is your proxy's ip address and port is the port the proxylistens to. Don't forget the / after the port number. Save and exit.
* Yum plugins
* yum-fastestmirror
Exactly what its name says. This plugin searches for the fastest mirrorin your mirrorlist and downloads all packages from it. To install ittype:
su -c 'yum install yum-fastestmirror'
* yum-presto
The presto plugin provides faster, smaller size downloads to Fedorausers. It downloads only the part of the rpm that has been updated andnot the whole package. To install it type:
su -c 'yum install yum-presto'
Then edit your /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo like this:
su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo'
comment the mirrorlist line by adding # in front of it and then paste this line:
mirrorlist=http://presto-mirrors.anmar.eu.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
4. Configuring Services
You can easilly select which services should run when you boot yoursystem you can use Fedora's services configuration utility which can befound under System -> Administration -> Services.
For a detailed description on all services and daemons read my Fedora Services Guide .
5. Installing video drivers
**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the Livna Repository enabled as described here .
* Installing nVidia driver
Nvidia 173.14.05 now supports X.Org server 1.5 which means you can now have 3D support in Fedora 9. Just type:su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-lib'
* Installing ATi driver
Currently there aren't usable drivers for Fedora 9 because of the new version of X.Org it uses. A solution can be found in fedoraforums.org6. Installing Microsoft fonts
Fedora uses Liberation and DejaVu fonts which are installed by defaultand look pretty smooth and nice, plus they are open source.
If you insist on using the microsoft fonts you can download and install the msttcorefonts rpm like this.
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora9/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
I built it myself using the msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec from Fedora-devel mailing listwhich unlke msttcore-fonts-2.0-1.spec doesn't require installing thexfs server. Therefore is ideal for Fedora 8 and 9. It includes Arial,Andale, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Tahoma, Times,Trebuchet MS, Verdana and Webdings fonts.
The procedure just in case you want to built it yourself is the following.
su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools rpm-build cabextract'
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora9/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec
rpmbuild -bb msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
Now you can change your fonts through System -> Prefereces Look and Feel -> Appearance -> Fonts
7. Configuring Nautilus
* Open each folder in the same window
Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> File Management andin the Behavior tab select the Always open in browser windows option.Now you will use the File Browser to navigate through your folders.
* Open Terminal here
It's very useful to have an 'Open Terminal here' command to easillyopen a folder in terminal while you are browsing it in Nautilus. To doso type:su -c 'yum install nautilus-open-terminal'
log out and then log in, right click in a Nautilus window and you'll see the command.
* Enable Num Lock on GNOME startup
su -c 'yum install numlockxsu -c 'cp /etc/gdm/Init/Default /etc/gdm/Init/Default_backup'
su -c 'gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default'
And add the following lines at the end of the file.
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Save and exit. Now restart X server and check if num lock light is on.
8. Configuring Firefox
* Acrobat Plugin
To be able to view pdf documents through Firefox you must have adobe acrobat reader installed as described here.* Flash Plugin
Go to Adobe's site and select the 'Yum for Linux' option. Open the file with the default Package Installer. It will install it for you.Next open the System -> Administartion -> Add/Remove Software andsearch for flash-plugin and libflashsupport. Select to install thosetwo files and import the GPG key or just type:
su -c 'yum install flash-plugin libflashsupport'
Finally restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.
Users of Fedora x86_64 must install the nspluginwrapper.i386 package toenable the 32-bit Adobe Flash plugin in x86_64 Firefox and thepulseaudio-libs.i386 package to enable sound from the plugin..
Create the 32bit mozilla plugin directory using this command:
su -c 'mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins'
Install the nspluginwrapper.i386, nspluginwrapper.x86_64, and pulseaudio-libs.i386 packages:
su -c 'yum -y install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} pulseaudio-libs.i386'
Install flash-plugin as shown above.
Run mozilla-plugin-config to register the flash plugin:
su -c 'mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v'
Finally restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.
* Mplayer Plugin
Although Fedora 9 has totem-mozplugin preinstalled it doesn't seem towork. I prefer the mplayer plugin for Firefox but at this time there isno Livna package. To install it type:su -c 'yum remove totem-mozplugin'
su -c 'yum install gecko-mediaplayer'
You should also install additional codecs as described here to support wmv video playback.
* java Plugin
Fedora 9 comes with java openjdk plugin preinstalled. However you mayface some problems when trying to run certain java applets. For moreinformation check here .If you don't have it installed type:
su -c 'yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk{,-plugin}'
In case you have upgraded from Fedora 8 you should first remove java-icedtead like this:
su -c "yum erase java-1.7.0-icedtea{,-plugin}"
You can always install SUN's JRE as described here.
* mms streaming play
In the address bar type:about:config
Right click somewhere and select NEW and then STRING. Type this in the box:
network.protocol-handler.app.mms
Click ok and in the box type the program you want to open the streaming media with, such as /usr/bin/mplayer.
Next right click again and select NEW and then BOOLEAN. Type this in the box:
network.protocol-handler.external.mms
Click ok and then type:
true
* Set backspace button
By default in Fedora's Firefox when you press the backspace button itdoes nothing. If you want backspace to take you to the previous pagetype in the address bar:about:config
and in Filter box type:
browser.backspace_action
Right click on it, select Modify and change its value from 2 to 0. Restart Firefox and the backspace will be set.
* IPv6
You might notice that your browsing through Firefox is a little slow onFedora 9. This is because Firefox 3 has enabled by default IPv6 whichcauses Firefox to first resolve an IPv6 address and after theconnection fails it switches to IPv4. To change this setting type:about:config
and in Filter box type:
network.dns.disableIPv6
Right click on it, select Togle and change its value to true. Restart Firefox and you are ready!
9. Configuring e-mail client
Fedora 9 has evolution as the default e-mail client. Of course you can install Thunderbird if you prefer it. Just type:
su -c 'yum install Thunderbird'
Now you can find Thunderbird under Applications -> Internet ->Thunderbird Mail Client. To make it the default Fedora mail client goto System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Preferred Applicationsand under Mail Reader select Thunderbird Mail.
10. MP3 and Audio players
**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the Livna Repository enabled as described here .
The first time you will try to play an mp3 file Totem Movie PLayer willcome up and it will through you a message about Proprietary formats.Here you can download the free fluendo mp3 decoder which will allow youto play mp3s just fine as shown in the screenshots below.
However fluendo doesn't allow you to encode mp3s. In that case you can install mp3 codes from Livna as shown below.
At any time you can uninstall the fluendo codec simply by typing:
rm ~/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/libgstflump3dec.so
* Rhythmbox
I believe that Rhythmbox is a better mp3 player than the default Totemfor Gnome users. You can find it under Applications -> Sound &Video -> Rhythmbox Music Player. If you don't have it, to install ittype:su -c 'yum install gstreamer rhythmbox'
To make all mp3 files open by default with Rhytmbox right click on anmp3 file and select 'Open with Other Application...'. Click on RhytmboxMusic Player and you're done.
To add mp3 and other audio support type:
su -c 'yum install gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly'
* amaroK
amaroK is a pretty good audio/mp3 player for KDE. Of course you caninstall it under Gnome or any other Desktop Environment too. To installit and add mp3 support type:su -c 'yum install amarok amarok-extras-nonfree'
* Audacious
Audacious is another audio player similar to old winamp 2.x. To install it type:su -c 'yum install audacious audacious-plugins-nonfree-*'
If you want to use your winamp 2.x skin with audacious simply copy winamp's *.wsz skin to /usr/share/audacious/Skins/
If your tags are in a different encoding than utf8 you can force audacious to use it:
Preferences -> Playlist -> Metadata -> Fallback character encoding -> iso8859-7
If you want to add in queue mp3s when double clicked edit this file:
su -c 'nano /usr/share/applications/fedora-audacious.desktop'
And change Exec=audacious to Exec=audacious -e
* XMMS
This audio player is no longer used, you could try audacious instead, but if you still want it type:su -c 'yum install xmms xmms-libs xmms-mp3'
11. DVD & Video
**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the Livna Repository enabled as described here .
* DVD playback
In order to play DVDs you must install the appropriate codecs.su -c 'yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi'
* Video files playback
If you have previously set up mp3 playback additional packages wouldhave been installed as dependencies. These packages include videocodecs such as xvidcore, ffmpeg and other.To check some of them type:
su -c 'yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-compat libmatrosca xvidcore'
Finally to be able to play some closed window formats such as wmv files type the following:
cd ~/Download
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
tar -jxf all-20071007.tar.bz2
su -c 'mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/codecs'
su -c 'cp all-20071007/* /usr/local/lib/codecs'
rm -rf all-20071007
Now choose one of the following Video players and install it.
**Note: You can build your own rpm containing the above codecs.Each time a new codec pack is released you will have to change the specfile with the correct name. Open a terminal and type:
su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools'
cd ~
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
wget http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/rpms/w32codec/w32codec.spec
gedit w32code.specFind this line %define real_version 20050216 and change it to %define real_version 20071007. Next continue building and installing the rpm.
rpmbuild -ba w32codec.spec
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386
su -c 'yum --nogpgcheck localinstall w32codec'
* Totem
Fedora 9 has installed Totem Movie Player. If you want to play DVD files also with totem type:su -c 'yum install totem-xine totem-xine-plparser xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree'
* Mplayer/SMPlayer
I prefer mplayer and smplayer (mplayer's GUI) for video playback. Itsupports almost any video type, external subtitles as well as DVDplayback as long as you have the needed codecs installed as shownpreviously.su -c 'yum install mplayer smplayer'
Open smplayer from Applications -> Sound & Video -> SMPlayer
If mplayer doesn't work open a terminal and run it from there. Check if you see the below error:
The flip-hebrew option can't be used in a config file.
Error parsing option flip-hebrew=no at line 133In that case type the following command to fix it.
su -c 'sed -i 's/flip-hebrew/#flip-hebrew/' /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf'
* VLC
VLC (Video Lan Client) supports almost any video type without the need of installing external codecs.su -c 'yum install vlc'
* kaffeine
kaffeine is another KDE media player that uses the xine engine.su -c 'yum install kaffeine'
su -c 'yum install xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree'
* RealPlayer
An opensource alternative to RealPlayer is HelixPlayer. You can try it by typing:su -c 'yum install HelixPlayer'
If you don't like it you can download RealPlayer rpm from here . Next open a terminal and go to the Folder you downloaded it. Install it by typing:
su -c 'yum remove HelixPlayer'
su -c 'yum install compat-libstdc++-33'
su -c 'rpm -hiv RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm'
* Avidemux
Avidemux is a very good multimedia editor. Install it like this:su -c 'yum install avidemux'
It will be listed in Applications -> Sound & Video -> Avidemux Video Editor.
12. IRC Clients
* Konversation
A Qt based IRC client for KDE userssu -c 'yum install konversation'
* xchat
A gtk+ based IRC client for GNOME userssu -c 'yum intall xchat'
You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> IRC
13. MSN Messenger Clients
* Pidgin
The default IM client that comes with Fedora 9 is Pidgin. It's inApplications -> Internet -> Internet Messenger. If it's not thereinstall it by typing:su -c 'yum install pidgin'
* Kopete
Kopete is KDE's IM client. Install it by typing:su -c 'yum install kdenetwork'
* aMSN
Another pretty good IM is amsn. It supports many plugins.su -c 'yum install amsn'
You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> aMSN
14. Author, Burn and BackUp CD/DVDs
* Sound-Juicer
Sound Juicer is a CD ripping tool. It is installed by default and youcan find it under Applications -> Sound & Video -> Audio CDExtractor. If it's not there install it with:su -c 'yum install sound-juicer'
* GnomeBaker
A CD/DVD burning utility for GNOME.su -c 'yum install gnomebaker'
It's under Applications -> Sound & Video -> CD/DVD Writer GnomeBaker.
* k3b
Probably the best Linux CD/DVD burning program. It comes along with a lot KDE dependencies if you are using GNOME.su -c 'yum install k3b'
To enable all encoding features and programs for k3b type:
su -c 'yum install k3b-extras-nonfree vcdimager normalize transcode lame'
* k9copy
K9copy is the linux version of DVDshrink.su -c 'yum install k9copy'
su -c 'yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi'
* DeVeDe
DeVeDe is a very good dvd authoring tool. It allows you to convert anytype of video format to DVD so that you can watch it in any player youlike.su -c 'yum install devede'
I have written a guide on How to create a custom DVD using DeVeDe http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/75/26/.
15. Download managers
If you don't want to use Firefox's default download manager you can trythe following download managers. In case you want to easilly downloadrapidshare files with your Premium Account you can check my guide How to easilly download RapidShare files in Linux .
* d4x
A downloader for X windows that supports resuming.su -c 'yum install d4x'
* kget
This is KDE's default download manager. if you are using GNOME you willhave to download a lot of dependencies and KDE libraries, so you'dbetter not use it.su -c 'yum install kdenetwork'
16. PDF Readers
* evince
The default pdf viewer for Fedora is Evince. If it's not installed type:su -c 'yum install evince'
* xpdf
su -c 'yum install xpdf'* acrobatreader
If you prefer adobe acrobat reader you can download it from here. Thelatest version at this time is 8.1.2. Download the Linux x86 rpm.When the download completes right click on the Downloads window andclick 'Open'. The PackageKit will install the rpm after you supply yourroot password.
Restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the Address Bar. You should see Adobe Reader 8.0 among the plugins.
17. Torrent Clients
* Transmission
Fedora 9 comes with Transmission as a default torrent client. You canfind it under Applications -> Internet -> Transmission or in caseyou don't have it installed type:su -c 'transmission'
* KTorrent
ktorrent is an alternative torrent client for KDE users.su -c 'yum install ktorrent'
* Bittorrent
You could also try bittorrentsu -c 'yum install bittorrent bittorrent-gui'
18. Other Useful Applications
* unrar
su -c 'yum install unrar'* FTP Client
Pretty good ftp client with ssh support.su -c 'yum install gftp'
* chm Reader
For GNOME users gtk based chm viewersu -c 'yum install gnochm'
For KDE users Qt based chm viewer
su -c 'yum install kchmviewer'
* eMule Client
su -c 'yum install amule'* linuxdcpp
su -c 'yum install linuxdcpp'* Partition Editor
For GNOME users gtk based partition manipulation programsu -c 'yum install gparted'
For KDE users Qt based partition manipulation program
su -c 'yum install qtparted'
* Google Earth
Go to this page http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html anddownload GoogleEarthLinux.bin. Next open a terminal and go to thefolder you have saved it, ~/Download should be ok. Install it by typing:su -c 'sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin'
Now you can find it under Applications -> Internet -> GoogleEarth. Notice that in order it to run ok you must have installeddrivers for your video card.
* gtkpod
A sonf management program for Apple's well know iPod.su -c 'yum install gtkpod'
It'll be installed under Applications -> Sound & Video -> GtkPod
* Skype
You can just visit skype's site and click on the Fedora 7 package. Select to open it with 'Package Installer (Default) and you are done.Alternatively you can install the Skype repository. Open a terminal and type:
su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo'
In that file copy the following lines:
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
gpgcheck=0
Now you can easily install/update skype by typing:
su -c 'yum install skype'
su -c 'yum update skype'
19. Accessing Windows Partitions
Fedora 9 will autodetect the Windows Partitions (FAT32, NTFS) that youmay have in your computer's hard disk and it will place an icon of themon the desktop. Moreover ntfs-3g is installed by default which meansthat you have read/write access in NTFS partitions also.
If you want to enable/disable write support for external and/orinternal devices with only two clicks you can install ntfs-config.
su -c 'yum install ntfs-config'
You can find it in System -> Administration -> NTFS Configuration Tool
ntfs-config-1
20. Accessing Windows Shares
If you want to access the shared of a Windows box of you LAN throughLinux and also to be able to view your videos and listen to your mp3through your local network install smb4k like this:
su -c 'yum install smb4k'
Now run smb4k. Go to Settings -> Configure Smb4K -> Samba and putyour workgroup's name. Press Ok and exit. Now click on the Refreshbutton and let smb4k to scan your network. If you have iptablesfirewall running you must set Samba as a trusted service. To do so opena terminal and type:
system-config-firewall
Here in 'Trusted Services' find 'Samba', tick it and press 'Apply'.
Run smb4k and when the shares appear at the left window double click onthe one you want. Currently smb4k has a bug with the sudo command. Soif you get a message like:
mount error 1 = Operation not permitted
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
open a terminal and type:
su -c 'chmod u+s /sbin/mount.cifs'
su -c 'chmod u+s /sbin/umount.cifs'
Each time you update smb4k or a samba component you have to run this command again.
21. Compiz-Fusion
Compiz Fusion is the 'cool cube' most of you have seen in a screenshotor video all over the Internet. Fedora 9 comes with a version of itthat doesn't have all the features. You can take a look at it underSystem -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Desktop Effects. Butif you want to use all the effects, plugins etc. follow theinstructions below.
* Official Packages
The compiz-fusion packages found in Fedora repositories are a few versions back but they'll do their work. To install them type:su -c 'yum remove compiz'
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/compiz
su -c 'yum install yum install compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnomecompiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compiz-managergnome-compiz-manager ccsm fusion-icon fusion-icon-gtk emeraldemerald-themes'
* Unofficial Packages
su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/compiz-fusion-release-1-1.noarch.rpm'su -c 'yum remove compiz'
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/compiz
su -c 'yum install compiz-all fusion-icon-allcompiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-fusion-plugins-extracompiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconfcompizconfig-backend-kconfig'
* Auto start
GNOME:Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Sessions and click Add. Then type what you see in the screenshot.
KDE:
Open a terminal and type:
ln -s /usr/bin/fusion-icon ~/.kde/Autostart/fusion-icon
Logout and then back in. Now you should see a blue icon in your tray.Right click on it and go to Select Window Manager -> Compiz. You canleave the default Window Decorator or select emerald through SelectWindow Decorator -> Emerald. If you click on Settings Manager, ccsmwill run and you can configure compiz fusion as you like. Enjoy!
22. KDE
* KDE Installation
If you haven't installed KDE during the Fedora installation proccess you can easily install it through yum like this:su -c 'yum groupinstall 'KDE (K Desktop Environment)''
When the installation completes log out and from the sessions manager choose KDE.
** Note: This command will install KDE 3.5.x. KDE4 is still under heavydevelopment and therefore may crash often and generally may not work asexpected. However if you want to try it check the KDE4 part of thisguide, a few lines below.
* KDE Country Flags
If you have a multilanguage system and you want your country's flag toappear in the tray when you change from one language to the otherdownload kblflags from www.kde-look.org and copy the flag you want as stated below (here I have installed the greek and usa flag).tar -xzf kbflags-1.0.tar.gz
su -c 'cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/gr.png /usr/share/locale/l10n/gr/flag.png'
su -c 'cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/us.png /usr/share/locale/l10n/us/flag.png'
* KDE style in gtk applications
Some gtk applications don't look good in KDE. To force those applications use the qt style install qtk-qt-engine.su -c 'yum install gtk-qt-engine'
Then go to Control Center -> Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts and apply the changes you want.
* KDM and Auto Login
If you are the only user in your computer and you don't want each timeyou turn on your computer to have to type your username and yourpassword you can use KDE's auto login function.First you must install kdm:
su -c 'gedit /etc/sysconfig/desktop'
and paste in those lines.
DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
Save and exit.
Then go to Control Center -> System Administration -> Loginmanager. Press the "Administrator Mode" button at the bottom and giveyour root password. Then go to "Convinience" and check "EnableAuto-Login". Select the user you want to auto login with. If you don'twant to give your password each time check "Enable Password-Less Login"and check your user. Hit "Apply" and you are done. Next time you rebootyou will automatically login with your user account.
* KDE4
As I mentioned before KDE4 isn't expected to work flawlessly until itreaches version 4.1. If you have KDE 3.5.x installed it will corrupt ifyou install KDE4. If you still want to try it open a terminal and type:su -c 'yum install kdebase4 kdelibs4 kde-settings-kdm'
This should install all the essential. Log out and log back in choosing KDE from the sessions manager.
23. JAVA
Fedora 9 comes with java from the OpenJDK project. It is very easy toinstall it through yum (if it hasn't already been installed) and itworks just fine. Try it! If you still want to install the Sun Java go afew lines below.
* OpenJDK
su -c 'yum install java-*-openjdk'* SUN's JAVA
First you must install some libraries needed by Sun' Java. Open a console and type:su -c 'yum install compat-libstdc++-33 compat-libstdc++-296'
When the libraries are installed create the neccessary links by typing:
su -c '/sbin/ldconfig'
Now click here to go to sun's java site. Click on the download button next to 'Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 6'.
**Note: If you also want to compile java programs using Sun'sJava Development Kit Installation you must download the 'JDK 6 Update6' file. Accept the agreement and download the Linux self-extractingfile (not the RPM file). The procedure is the same as below. You onlyhave to replace jre1 with jdk1 in the following commands.
Select your Platform (Linux for i386 Fedora or Linux x64 for Fedora x86_64). Accept the agreement and press Continue.
**Note: The rest of the guide is based on the i586 package. Ifyou have Fedora x86_64 installed you should download the Linux x64 fileand replace the file names as neccessary.
You must download the Linux self-extracting file (jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin) not the RPM file as shown in the screenshot below.
Next open a terminal and go to the folder you have downloaded jre. Hereit will be directory Download, Firefox's default downlad directory.
cd ~/Download/
And type the following to install (when writting this guide 6u6 was thelatest version, replace it with the file you have downloaded if it haschanged):
su -c 'mv jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin /opt'
cd /opt/
su -c 'chmod a+x jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin'
su -c './jre-6u6-linux-i586.bin'
Use spacebar to read the agreement. At the end type yes to proceed with the installation.
Finally to make Firefox use the installed plugin type:
su -c 'yum remove java-*-openjdk-plugin'
su -c 'ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_06/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so'
Restart firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. If theplugins have successfully installed you should see Java(TM) Plug-inamong the plugins.
Now, if you also want to run java programs using Sun's java type in a console:
su -
(Give your root password)
nano /etc/profile.d/java.sh
In that file copy the following:
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre1.6.0_06
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Next type:
source /etc/profile.d/java.sh
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
Here you should see something like this:
There are 2 programs which provide 'java'.
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/bin/java
2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
Check how many programs provide java and press Ctrl+C. Here I have 2 soin the next command I will use 3 at the end of the command. Increase byone the number of programs that you have.
/usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jre1.6.0_06/bin/java 3
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
Now you should get something like this:
There are 3 programs which provide 'java'.
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/bin/java
2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
3 /opt/jre1.6.0_06/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
Select the option you have entered e.g. 3. To test that you have correctly installed java type:
java -version
You should get something like that:
java version "1.6.0_06"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_06-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
If at some time you update your Java installation simply remove the old one by typing:
su -c 'alternatives --remove java /opt/jre1.6.0_06/bin/java'
At any time you can easilly change between OpenJDK, GCJ and Sun's JAVA either by running the command
su -c '/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java'
To use SUN's java plugin as well type:
# /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so /
libjavaplugin.so /opt/jre1.6.0_06/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so 3
# /usr/sbin/alternatives --config libjavaplugin.soNow you can choose whatever java version you want by typing the number in front of it.
24. NetworkManager
Fedora 9 uses NetworkManagerby defaul which provides automatic network detection and configurationfor the system. However some users may experience problems especiallyin case they are using static ips. Generally NetworkManager is mostuseful for modern laptops, where the user may move between wirelessnetworks, and plug in to a variety of wired networks. Therefore, do notapply the following unless you have problems connecting to your LocalNetwork with a static ip or through DHCP.
A common problem relevant to NetworkManager is that each time you bootFedora your ethernet card is inactive. Moreover, even if you create awired connection it isn't properly initialized when you login andtherefore you don't have ethernet and internet access. In that casecontinue reading.
First you have to disable NetworkManager and prevent it from loading at each boot.
su -c '/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop'
su -c '/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 NetworkManager off'
Next go to System -> Administration -> Network and configure yournetwork settings. You can also start the Network configuration utilityby typing
su -c 'system-config-network'
Here you can either select Static IP or DHCP. You can also set your DNSservers. When you finish select File -> Save and then Quit.
Finally start network service and enable it on each boot.
su -c '/etc/init.d/network start'
su -c '/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 network on'
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