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Fedora 10 Installation Guide

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由 yangyi 于 2009-05-08 23:05:36 提供

Written by axel

Fedora 10, codenamed Cambridge, has been released! Fedora is an RPM based Linux Distribution, an Operating System in other words, developed by the community supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Officially it contains only free and Open Source software. Some of the new features it has come with are Gnome 2.24, KDE 4.1, RPM 4.6, a Faster Startup (Plimouth), Kernel Modes Setting for Graphics, First Aid Kit, better Webcam Support and many other.

If you haven't done already download Fedora , install it and let's move on to our system's configuration part.

** Note: I have noticed that my previous Fedora 9 guide has been copied by many other sites without a single reference to the original site, which was the disapointing part. Furthermore it has been translated to other languages again without a reference. So, if someone is interested on translating the following guide to another language I would be glad to host it here. Just contact me through Contact Us .

** Note: If you are unfamiliar with Linux console or if you want to learn more about Linux commands you can take a look at my Basic Linux Commands guide.

**Note: The text editor I've been using in this guide is GNOME's default, gedit. If you are using KDE you may use kate. Of course the terminal based text editor, nano, is always a nice choice for a terminal based editor!

1. Upgrading from Fedora 7/8/9

**Note: It's always a good idea to back up all important data before upgrading.

Fedora is using Preupgrade to easily upgrade your installation to the new release by downloading the new packages through Internet without having to download and burn a cd/dvd. Preupgrade resolves all dependencies, downloads the needed packages, configures grub and finally asks the user just to reboot to complete the upgrade. Make sure that you have a fully updated system and after that install and run Preupgrade by typing:

su -c 'yum update'
yum install preupgrade
preupgrade
Select Fedora 10 and after a while you'll be asked to reboot in your upgraded Fedora 10 system!

If you were using the RPM Fusion Repository it should have been updated to the RPM Fusion repository by now. But if you haven't done so it will also be updated along with the whole system update.

2. Configuring sudo

**Note: In my previous Fedora 6 and 7 guides I've been using sudo for the commands that needed root access. However since many users don't want to add their user to the sudoers I've decided to change all the commands to the su -c 'command' way. If you want to type many commands as root it is better to type only the first time su - and give your root password. After that you become root until you type exit. Of course it's up to you to configure sudo or not.

* Modifying sudoers file

Normally if you want to run a command which requires root privileges you first have to type 'su -', type your root password and then type the 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 prompted 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 prompted 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'

* 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's Package Management System. You can find a more detailed description of those 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 use them and not get errors about unsigned packages you must import their GPG keys. Open a terminal and type:

su -c 'rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*'

* Third party Repositories

* RPM Fusion

Fedora software repositories don't include support for MP3, DVD and Video playback/recording because of patent licenses. For this reason you have to install that software from third party repositories. But don't worry, this is pretty easy! ;)

Now we are going to install the RPM Fusion Repository. RPM Fusion is a merger of the Dribble, Freshrpms and RPM Fusion package repositories for Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A variety of applications is included in that repository such as codecs for mp3 and unencrypted DVDs, multimedia applications such as mplayer, VLX and xine and the closed source Nvidia and ATi video drivers! RPM Fusion has two main repositories:

one named "free" for Open Source Software (as defined by the Fedora Licensing Guidelines) which can't be included in Fedora because it might be patent encumbered in the US
one named "nonfree" for non-free software, that is everything else which can't be in free; this includes software with public available source-code that has "no commercial use"-like restrictions

For the rest of this guide I will assume that you have installed and enabled the RPM Fusion Repository. So, open a terminal and type:

su -
rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum update
* Adobe

The Adobe repository provides flash and acrobat reader packages for the x86 Fedora. To install it type:

su -
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
It will be automatically enabled.

* Google

Well, it has only picasa but for those who need it install it by typing:

su -
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
rpm --import linux_signing_key.pub rm linux_signing_key.pub
gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
Depending on your architecture paste the following lines:

[google]
name=Google - i386
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[google64]
name=Google - x86_64
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

* Graphical Interface for yum

If you don't like typing commands in your console you can use Fedora's Graphical 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 proxy listens to. Don't forget the / after the port number. Save and exit.

* Yum plugins

* Fastest Mirror Plugin

Exactly what its name says. This plugin searches for the fastest mirror in your mirrorlist and downloads all packages from it. To install it type:

su -c 'yum install yum-fastestmirror'
Now, just use yum as usual. You can configure various settings of this plugin in the file:

su -c 'gedit /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf'

* Security Plugin

This plugin allows you to search and install only security related updates. Very useful if you have Fedora installed on a Server production mode. To install it type:

su -c 'yum install yum-security'
To apply security plugins type:
su -c 'yum --security update'
For more information and additional options such as bugzilla updates and advisory information read its manual:
man yum-security

* Allowdowngrade Plugin

Yum by default doesn't allow you to downgrade a package. However sometimes a new package may cause you problems. In that case you can downgrade to the previous working version of the package with this plugin. To install it type:

su -c 'yum install yum-allowdowngrade'
To use it type:
su -c 'yum update --allow-downgrade'
You can disable this plugin by changing the option enabled in the file:

su -c 'gedit /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/allowdowngrade.conf'

* Presto Plugin

The presto plugin provides faster, smaller size downloads to Fedora users. It downloads only the part of the rpm that has been updated and not the whole package. Presto is scheduled to be officially included in the Fedora 11 release! 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 easily select which services should run when you boot your system. To do so you can use Fedora's services configuration utility which can be found 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 RPM Fusion Repository enabled as described here .

* Installing nVidia driver

In order to have 3D support in Fedora 10 you must install the binary nvidia drivers. Just type:

For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 & 200 series cards

su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs'

For GeForce FX cards

su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs'

For GeForce 4 and below

su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs'

Reboot and you should see the Nvidia logo in your screen.

* Installing ATi driver

6. Installing Microsoft fonts

Fedora uses Liberation and DejaVu fonts which are installed by default and 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/fedora10/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 list which unlike msttcore-fonts-2.0-1.spec doesn't require installing the xfs server. Therefore is ideal for Fedora 8, 9 and 10. 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 build it yourself is the following.

su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools rpm-build cabextract ttmkfdir'
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora10/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 -> Preferences Look and Feel -> Appearance -> Fonts

7. Configuring Nautilus

* Open each folder in the same window

Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> File Management and in 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 easily open a folder in terminal while you are browsing it in Nautilus. To do so 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 'Open In Terminal'.

* Enable Num Lock on GNOME startup

su -c 'yum install numlockx'
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 before the exit 0.

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

Fedora 32bit

First you must install the adobe repository.

su -
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
Now install it like this:

yum install flash-plugin
Finally restart Firefox and go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.

Fedora x86_64

Finally Adobe has released a 64bit version of Flash Player. Although this is still an alpha release it seems pretty stable. To give it a try Download 64-bit Plugin for Linux. Untar it and paste the library in the plugins directory of Firefox.

tar -zxf libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
su -c 'mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins'
If you were previously using the nspluginwrapper with the 32bit version of Flash you first have to remove them:

su -c 'yum remove flash-plugin nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} pulseaudio-libs.i386'
Restart Firefox and go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.

If you are not happy with this alpha version you can still use the 32bit flash like this:

You must install the nspluginwrapper.i386 and nspluginwrapper.x86_64 packages to enable the 32-bit Adobe Flash plugin in x86_64 Firefox and the pulseaudio-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 flash-plugin

su -c 'yum install flash-plugin'
Install the nspluginwrapper.i386, nspluginwrapper.x86_64, pulseaudio-libs.i386 packages:

su -c 'yum -y install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} pulseaudio-libs.i386'
Restart Firefox and go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins. You should Shockwave Flash among the plugins.

If you don't see it run mozilla-plugin-config to register the flash plugin:

su -c 'mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v' If Firefox crashes when you visit a page with flash type the following:

su -c 'gedit /etc/adobe/mms.cfg'and in that file paste the following line:

WindowlessDisable=trueSave and exit. Now try again with Firefox.
It would also be useful to install curl.i386 to prevent Firefox from crashing.

su -c 'yum install curl.i386'

* Video Playback Plugin

Fedora 10 has totem-mozplugin preinstalled. Try to open a wmp video with Firefox. In case additional plugins are needed you will be just prompted to install them! That's just a great improvement!

However SELinux might cause you problems if you have it enabled. The good news are that it is also telling you exactly what command to type to solve this problem. I had to type the following commands to make a .wmp to be played in Firefox, but finally I made it!

su -
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/sse2/libx264.so.61'
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/sse2/libavformat.so.52.22.1'
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/sse2/libavutil.so.49.10.0'
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/sse2/libavcodec.so.51.71.0'
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0'

So, if SELinux complains click on the yellow star icon and copy the Fix Command it says. Type it in a terminal as root and restart Firefox.

* java Plugin

Fedora 10 comes with java icedtea plugin preinstalled. However you may face some problems when trying to run certain java applets. For more information check here .

You can always install JAVA SUN JRE .

* 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 it does nothing. If you want backspace to take you to the previous page type 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 on Fedora 10. This is because Firefox 3 has enabled by default IPv6 which causes Firefox to first resolve an IPv6 address and after the connection 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 Toggle and change its value to true. Restart Firefox and you are ready!

9. Configuring e-mail client

Fedora 10 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 go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Preferred Applications and under Mail Reader select Thunderbird Mail.

10. MP3 and Audio players

**Note: To install many of the following packages you must have the RPM Fusion Repository enabled.

The first time you will try to play an mp3 file Totem Movie Player will come up and it will ask you to search for the mp3 decoder. As long as you have enabled the RPM Fusion repo as mentioned before it will find it and install it automatically. Just like that! If you still want to do it the manuall way...! or install an additional application continue reading below.

* Rhythmbox

I believe that Rhythmbox is a better mp3 player than the default Totem for Gnome users. You can find it under Applications -> Sound & Video -> Rhythmbox Music Player. If you don't have it, to install it type:

su -c 'yum install gstreamer rhythmbox'
To make all mp3 files open by default with Rhytmbox right click on an mp3 file and select 'Open with Other Application...'. Click on Rhytmbox Music 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 can install it under Gnome or any other Desktop Environment too. To install it and add mp3 support type:

su -c 'yum install amarok amarok-extras-freeworld'

* Audacious

Audacious is another audio player similar to old winamp 2.x. To install it type:

su -c 'yum install audacious audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-freeworld audacious-plugins-freeworld-*'
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 'gedit /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 RPM Fusion Repository enabled as described here . If you have most probably you will prompted to search automatically for the needed codecs. They will automatically installed. As simple as that!

* DVD playback

In order to play DVDs you must install the appropriate codecs.

su -c 'yum install libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd'

Those files are enough for playing your DVDs. However if you want to decrypt an encrypted DVD you need libdvdcss which isn't included in RPM Fusion because of legal issues in some countries such as the US. As mentioned in RPM Fusion .

Opinions between the members of RPM Ffusion differ on the legality of libdvdcss, however no one is ready to vouch for it resuming the legal responsibilities.

Therefore libdvdcss is being dropped. See also the comments on legal issues in the link above. So, we have to wait and see what solution they will come up with.

**Note: Livna could be a temporary solution.

* Video files playback

When you will try to open a video file with Totem media player it will ask you to search for the necessary codecs. They will be automatically installed! If you have previously set up mp3 playback additional packages would have been installed as dependencies. These packages include video codecs such as xvidcore, ffmpeg and other.

To check some of them type:

su -c 'yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs gstreamer-ffmpeg libmatrosca xvidcore'

* Totem

Fedora 10 has installed Totem Movie Player. If you want to play DVD files also with totem type:

su -c 'yum install totem-xine totem-gstreamer xine-lib-extras-freeworld'

* Mplayer/SMPlayer

I prefer mplayer and smplayer (mplayer's GUI) for video playback. It supports almost any video type, external subtitles as well as DVD playback as long as you have the needed codecs installed as shown previously.

su -c 'yum install mplayer smplayer'
Open smplayer from Applications -> Sound & Video -> SMPlayer

* 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 xine xine-lib xine-lib-extras-freeworld'

* RealPlayer

You can download RealPlayer rpm from here . Just choose to open it with the Package Installer.

* Avidemux

Avidemux is a very good video 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 users

su -c 'yum install konversation'

* xchat

A gtk+ based IRC client for GNOME users

su -c 'yum install xchat'
You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> IRC

13. MSN Messenger Clients

Use an Instant Messenger to communicate with your friends. Ok, you all know what Instant Messengers are. Aparth from those above you can also read my 6 Best Linux Instant Messengers tutorial.

* Empathy

Empathy is the default Instant Messenger of Fedora 10. It supports many different networks such as Jabber, Salut, Google Talk, AIM, Gadu Gadu, GroupWise, ICQ, MSN, QQ and Yahoo. It's in Applications -> Internet -> Empathy Instant Messenger. If it's not there install it by typing:

su -c 'yum install empathy empathy-libs'

* Pidgin

Pidgin was the default IM client of Fedora 9. If you like it better than empathy install it by typing:

su -c 'yum install pidgin'

* Kopete

Kopete is KDE's IM client. If you are a Gnome user it will download a lot of KDE packages and other utilities so be prepared. Install it by typing:

su -c 'yum install kdenetwork'

* aMSN

Another pretty good IM is amsn. It has plugin support also.

su -c 'yum install amsn amsn-plugins'
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 supports flac, oga, mp3, wav and spx output formats. It is installed by default and you can find it under Applications -> Sound & Video -> Audio CD Extractor. 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 of 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-freeworld vcdimager normalize transcode lame lame-libs'

* k9copy

K9copy is the linux version of DVDshrink.

su -c 'yum install k9copy'
su -c 'yum install libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd'

* DeVeDe

DeVeDe is a very good dvd authoring tool. It allows you to convert any type of video format to DVD so that you can watch it in any player you like.

su -c 'yum install devede'
For those who would like more info I have written a guide on How to create a custom DVD using DeVeDe .

15. Download managers

If you don't want to use Firefox's default download manager you can try the following download managers. In case you want to easily download rapidshare files with your Premium Account you can check my guide How to easily download RapidShare files in Linux .

* wxDownload Fast

wxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) is an open source multi-threaded download manager. This means that it can split a file into several pieces and download the pieces simultaneously

su -c 'yum install wxdfast'

* kget

This is KDE's default download manager. if you are using GNOME you will have to download a lot of dependencies and KDE libraries, so you'd better 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 evince-djvu evince-dvi'

* acrobatreader

First you must install the adobe repository.
su -
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
Now open a terminal and type:
su -c 'yum install AdobeReader_enu' enu stands for the English package. To search for other languages type:
su -c 'yum search AdobeReader'

17. Torrent Clients

* Transmission

Fedora 10 comes with Transmission as a default torrent client. You can find it under Applications -> Internet -> Transmission or in case you don't have it installed type:

su -c 'yum install transmission'

* KTorrent

ktorrent is an alternative torrent client for KDE users.

su -c 'yum install ktorrent'

* qBittorent

qBittorent is a featureful, lightweight torrent client based on QT4 toolkit. You must install an additional repository since it isn't included still in any of the other fedora repositories.

su -c
rpm -ivh http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/fusion-testing/qbittorrent/10/i386/qbittorrent-release-1-1.noarch.rpm
yum install qbittorrent It has x86_64 packages also. Just type the same commands as above replacing i386 with x86_64.

* Bittorrent

You could also try bittorrent

su -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'
Another popular FTP, FTPS and SFTP client is Filezilla. su -c 'yum install filezilla'

* chm Reader

For GNOME users gtk based chm viewer

su -c 'yum install gnochm'

* eMule Client

su -c 'yum install amule'

* linuxdcpp

su -c 'yum install linuxdcpp'

* Partition Editor

For GNOME users gtk based partition manipulation program

su -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 and download GoogleEarthLinux.bin. Next open a terminal and go to the folder you have saved it, ~/Download is the default. Install it by typing:

su -c 'sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin'
Now you can find it under Applications -> Internet -> Google Earth. Notice that in order it to run ok you must have installed drivers for your video card.

* gtkpod

A song 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 10 will auto detect the Windows Partitions (FAT32, NTFS) that you may have in your computer's hard disk and it will place an icon of them on the desktop. Moreover ntfs-3g is installed by default which means that you have read/write access in NTFS partitions also.

If you want to enable/disable write support for external and/or internal 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

20. Accessing Windows Shares

If you want to access the shared files of a Windows box of you LAN through Linux and also to be able to view your videos and listen to your mp3 through your local network install smb4k like this:

su -c 'yum install smb4k'
If you have an iptables firewall running you must set Samba as a trusted service. Go to System -> Administration -> Firewall and in 'Trusted Services' find 'Samba', tick it and press 'Apply'.

**Note: If 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 screenshot or video all over the Internet. Fedora 10 comes with a version of it that doesn't have all the features. You can take a look at it under System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Desktop Effects. But if you want to use all the effects, plugins etc. follow the instructions below.

Compiz requires direct rendering to work. To test if you have it type:

glxinfo | grep direct

If you see the message direct rendering: Yes you are ready to continue with the installation of the packages.

* Official Packages

The compiz-fusion packages found in Fedora repositories are a few versions back but they'll do their work. However, I suggest you to take a look in the unofficial packages below. To install them type:

su -c 'yum remove compiz'
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/compiz
su -c 'yum install compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnome compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-manager gnome-compiz-manager ccsm fusion-icon fusion-icon-gtk emerald emerald-themes'

* Unofficial Packages

If you want the latest compiz-fusion packages you must install an additional repository. It is constantly updated.
su -
wget http://www.linux-ati-drivers.homecall.co.uk/compiz-fusion-release-1-6.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh compiz-fusion-release-1-6.noarch.rpm
rm -f compiz-fusion-release-1-6.noarch.rpm
For a Gnome compiz install

su -c 'yum install compiz-gnome fusion-icon-gtk compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconf'
For a KDE compiz install

su -c 'yum install compiz-kde fusion-icon-qt compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-kconfig'
For both KDE and gnome

su -c 'yum install compiz-all fusion-icon-all compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-bcop ccsm emerald emerald-themes'

* Auto start

GNOME:

Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Sessions and click Add. Then type:

Name: Fusion Icon
Command: fusion-icon
Comment: Compiz Fusion panel applet
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 can leave the default Window Decorator or select emerald through Select Window Decorator -> Emerald. If you click on Settings Manager, ccsm will run and you can configure compiz fusion as you like. Enjoy!

22. KDE

* KDE Installation

KDE4 is another Desktop Environment based on plasma. If you haven't installed KDE during the Fedora installation process you can easily install it through yum like this:

su -c 'yum groupinstall 'KDE (K Desktop Environment)''
When the installation completes log out, click on your username and from the session manager at the bottom choose KDE. Enter your password and Log In.

* 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'
Log out and then log back in and go to System Settings -> Appearance -> GTK Styles and Fonts and select to use your KDE style in GTK Applications.

* KDE Country Flags

If you have a multilanguage system and you want your country's flag to appear in the tray when you change from one language to the other download kblflags from www.kde-look.org and copy the flag you want as stated below (here I have installed the Greek and U.S.A. flag).

$ tar -xzf kbflags-1.0.tar.gz
$ sudo cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/gr.jpg /usr/share/locale/l10n/gr/flag.jpg
$ sudo cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/us.jpg /usr/share/locale/l10n/us/flag.jpg
Log out and then log back in and you should the flag in the tray. Of course you must have it enabled from System Settings -> Regional & Language -> Keyboard Layout -> Show country flag

23. JAVA

Fedora 10 comes with java from the OpenJDK project. It is very easy to install it through yum (if it hasn't already been installed) and it works just fine. Try it! If you still want to install the Sun Java go a few 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 necessary 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 10'.

**Note: If you also want to compile java programs using Sun's Java Development Kit Installation you must download the 'JDK 6 Update 10' file. Accept the agreement and download the Linux self-extracting file (not the RPM file). The procedure is the same as below. You only have to replace jre1 with jdk1 in the following commands.

Select your Platform (Linux for i386 Fedora or Linux x64 for Fedora x86_64). Notice that there is no 64bit Browser Java plugin at this time. Accept the agreement and press Continue.

**Note: The rest of the guide is based on the i586 package. If you have Fedora x86_64 installed you should download the Linux x64 file and replace the file names as necessary.

You must download the Linux self-extracting file (jre-6u10-linux-i586.bin) not the RPM.

Next open a terminal and go to the folder you have downloaded jre. Here it will be directory Download, Firefox's default download directory.

And type the following to install (when writing this guide 6u10 was the latest version, replace it with the file you have downloaded if it has changed):

su -
cd /home/yourusername/Download/ mv jre-6u10-linux-i586.bin /opt
cd /opt/
chmod a+x jre-6u10-linux-i586.bin
./jre-6u10-linux-i586.bin
Use spacebar to read the agreement. At the end type yes to proceed with the installation.

To make Firefox use the installed plugin type:

su -c 'yum remove java-*-openjdk-plugin'
su -c 'ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so'
Restart Firefox and type about:plugins in the address bar. If the plugins have successfully installed you should see Java(TM) Plug-in among the plugins.

Now, if you also want to run java programs using Sun's java type in a console:

su -
gedit /etc/profile.d/java.sh
In that file copy the following:

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre1.6.0_10
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Save and exit. 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 so in the next command I will use 3 at the end of the command. Increase by one the number of programs that you have.

/usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jre1.6.0_10/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_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.0-b15, 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_10/bin/java'
At any time you can easily change between OpenJDK, GCJ and Sun's JAVA either by running the command

su -c '/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java'
To be able to easily use SUN's java plugin as well type:

# /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so \
libjavaplugin.so /opt/jre1.6.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so 2
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so
Now you can choose whatever java version you want by typing the number in front of it.

24. Plymouth Graphical Boot

Plymouth is the new Graphical Boot of Fedora 10 which replaces the old RHGB. It requires kernel modesetting (KMS) support to work properly. KMS is currently supported on most ATI Radeon chips; anything from the Radeon 9500 and newer should work. Intel KMS support is in development, but is not yet supported. For all other graphics hardware, the text plugin is used. If you see only a scrolling bar when booting to Fedora you can try to force your Hardware into graphics mode without using KMS support. To do so reat below at the Graphical Boot Problem. However you could first try and change this theme to another one to see if it works without any changes to your grub.conf.

* Plymouth Themes

By default only the solar and text themes are installed. To add additional plymouth themes type:

su -
yum install plymouth-plugin-{fade-in,pulser,spinfinity} Now you can try any theme you want like this. Just replace pluginname with one of the following: solar, fade-in, pulser, spinfinity, text.

su -
plymouth-set-default-plugin pluginname
/usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd After that just reboot your computer.

* Graphical Boot Problem

While booting in Fedora 10 you might have seen a blue scrolling bar loading instead of the grub's graphical boot screen. This has happened because of the modesetting option of the kernel that Fedora 10 uses. In order to see the graphical boot you must edit grub.conf and add a vga resolution to it. Here it is how:

su -
gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf Here you must add your framebuffer resolution at the end of the kernel line. Something like this:

title Fedora (2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686)
root (hd0,9)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=a61c8338-e373-4389-ae00-32942185f7c2 rhgb quiet vga=792
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.img vga=792 stands for 1024x768 resolution with 24-bit colours. You can find the resolution you like from here . Just look at the second table.

I hope this guide was useful for all Fedora users, old and new ones! If you think there is something that should be added on this guide just leave me a comment below! Please do not use the comment function to ask for help! If you need help, please use our forum .

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