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Install Google Chrome on Fedora 12

posted on April 17, 2010 in fedora, google, HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

1. create the repo file. “vi /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo” and add the following lines into the file. [google] name=Google – i386 baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub [google-chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 2. Do a “yum list google-chrome-*” to check if the google-chrome is available for install. [root@dexter ~]# yum list google-chrome-* ………. ……. google-chrome-beta.i386 5.0.342.9-43360 google google-chrome-unstable.i386 5.0.375.9-44625 [...]

How to install VirtualBox 3.1.2 on Fedora 12

posted on January 12, 2010 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 3 Comments

Here’s a quick guide to install VirtualBox 3.1.2 on Fedora 12 1. Import Sun’s public key [dexter]# wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | rpm –import – 2. Download the Fedora repo file and save it into the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory [dexter]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ [dexter]# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo [dexter]# yum clean all 3. Install VirtualBox 3.1.2 [dexter]# yum install [...]

How to enable presto in Fedora 11

posted on August 22, 2009 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

Delta RPMs is a bandwidth saver. Instead of downloading full rpm files on updates, delta rpms (.drpm) hold only the changes in binary form. The size of the packages is now significantly reduced thus saving bandwidth. Once downloaded the drpm file get reconstructed to form the full package before they gets applied. On avg I [...]

How to install Adobe AIR on Fedora 11

posted on July 17, 2009 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 4 Comments

1. Pull up a console and su as root. [danesh@jackal ~]$ su – 2. Install these packages first. [root@jackal ~]# yum -y install xterm gtk2-devel gnome-keyring libxml2-devel libxslt rpm-devel nss 3. Grab the latest vesion of Adobe AIR from Adobe’s download page. [root@jackal ~]# wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin 4. Make the .bin file executable by using the [...]

Installing ps3mediaserver on Fedora 11

posted on July 6, 2009 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 8 Comments

Most of my movie and audio files are on my Linux box. Currently, I use ps3mediaserver to get all my media across to my PS3 which is my media center. Aaaaa… the simplicity is just amazing. PS3mediaserver is Java based and getting it set-up is a breeze. Here’s how, 1. Download the tar package. Remember [...]

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