Posts Tagged ‘fedora’
How to install VirtualBox 3.1.2 on Fedora 12
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 VirtualBox-3.1
That’s it!
How to enable presto in Fedora 11
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
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 chmod command.
[root@jackal ~]# chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
6. [...]
Installing ps3mediaserver on Fedora 11
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 to download [...]
Dropbox client now available for Linux
The folks at dropbox released the much anticipated Linux client yesterday. Currently it’s designed as a nautilus extension. Support for Konqueror should be available soon.
The nautilus extension is opensource but the dropboxd daemon which keeps the files in sync is closed source.
Packages for Ubuntu and Fedora are available for download. For other distros you’ll need to compile [...]
