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Few important package installation in fresh fedora 13:

(Page is under construction. Write me (poulomi at iopb dot res dot in) for any query/correction.)



Links:

adobe flash player

Adobe reader

cheese

g77

gnuplot

Gtalk

kile

mplayer

picasa

realplayer

rhythmbox

skype

sound-recorder

unrar

vlc

xemacs

xfig

xmgrace

Vmpk (piano keyboard)







1) Open terminal. Log in as root:

$ su -

enter root password. You will get # prompt.



Setup yum

Third Party Repositories: To set up the RPMFusion repositories (required for media players) :

Livna Repositories:



To install vlc:

Enable RPMfusion first.



To install mplayer:

Enable RPMfusion first.



To install realplayer:



To install adobe flash player:

Install the Adobe YUM repository:

Download .rpm file from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer, install it with package installer.



To install AdobeReader:

(Enable adobe repository)



To install Kile:



To install skype :

[skype]

name=Skype Repository

baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/

gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

EOF



To install gnuplot:



To install xmgrace:



To install unrar:



To install realplayer:



To install xemacs:



To install g77:





To install xfig:



To install rhythmbox :



To install Gtalk:

( More help may be found here )



To install sound-recorder:



To install picasa:

      cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
      [google]
      name=Google - i386
      baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386
      enabled=1
      gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
      EOF



To make webcam (cheese) working (for Sony Vaio) :



To install vmpk (virtual midi piano keyboard):







Few more commands:



To update CPU temperature in the interval of 30 sec. :

(folder name TZ01 may vary)

To make root accessible from X-login:

(Fedora 13 prevents root login from X-login for security)



To merge multiple pdf files: