2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< meta charset = "UTF-8" / > <!-- <meta http - equiv="refresh" content="60" /> --> < meta name = "description" content = "My cheatsheet for rpm based distributions, mainly CentOS/Fedora." / > < meta name = "keywords" content = "rpm,Linux,CentOS,Fedora" / > < meta name = "author" content = "Mika Suomalainen" / > < link rel = "canonical" href = "http://mkaysi.github.com/articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html" >
< title >
Cheatsheet for distributions using rpm
< / title >
< link rel = "stylesheet" type = "text/css" href = "../../tyyli.css" / >
< / head >
< body >
< hr / >
< a href = "../../sitemap/sitemap.html" > Sitemap< / a >
< hr / >
< h1 id = "my-cheatsheet" > My cheatsheet< / h1 >
2012-12-12 18:56:19 +02:00
< p > This is my cheatsheet for setting up distribution using rpm (mainly Fedora & CentOS). I am more experienced with distributions using dpkg, so I need this a little in the beginning.< / p >
< h2 id = "always-get-the-fastest-mirror" > Always get the fastest mirror< / h2 >
2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
< pre > < code > yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror< / code > < / pre >
2012-12-12 18:56:19 +02:00
< p > By default cheks every 10 days, change configuration variable in config file to 0 to make it search always when yum is ran.< / p >
< h2 id = "rd-party-repositories" > 3rd party repositories< / h2 >
< table >
< tr >
< td >
Repository
< / td >
< td >
My priority
< / td >
< td >
Description
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
Base/Fedora-*
< / td >
< td >
1
< / td >
< td >
Official Fedora/CentOS packages
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
Extra
< / td >
< td >
2
< / td >
< td >
CentOS only, extra packages
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
< a href = "https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" > Flash< / a >
< / td >
< td >
10
< / td >
< td >
Adobe Flash, shouldn't conflict with EPEL and EPEL is CentOS only.
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
< a href = "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F" > EPEL< / a >
< / td >
< td >
10
< / td >
< td >
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (CentOS only)
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
< a href = "http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration" > RPM Fusion< / a >
< / td >
< td >
11
< / td >
< td >
" Provides software that the Fedora Project or Red Hat doesn't want to ship"
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
< a href = "http://rpm.livna.org/" > Livna< / a >
< / td >
< td >
11
< / td >
< td >
Provides libdvdcss for watching DVDs
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< td >
< a href = "http://repoforge.org/use/" > RPM Forge< / a >
< / td >
< td >
12
< / td >
< td >
" CentOS only ( ? ) , Provides a set of repositories"
< / td >
< / tr >
< / table >
< h3 id = "priorities" > Priorities< / h3 >
< p > Prevent repositories from conflicting each other:< / p >
< pre > < code > yum install yum-plugin-priorities< / code > < / pre >
< p > Ensure that it's enabled!< / p >
< p > Edit all .repo files in yum.repos.d and add PRIORITY=X to everything.< / p >
2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
< h2 id = "installing-virtualbox-guest-additions" > Installing Virtualbox guest additions< / h2 >
2012-12-12 18:56:19 +02:00
< pre > < code > yum install dkms # requires some of the 3rd party repositories, EPEL on CentOS.< / code > < / pre >
< pre > < code > yum install VirtualBox-guest # Fedora only ( ? ) Requires RPM Fusion< / code > < / pre >
< p > Or using guest additions shipped with < a href = "https://www.virtualbox.org/" > VirtualBox< / a > ;< / p >
< pre > < code > yum groupinstall " Development Tools"
2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
yum install kernel-devel< / code > < / pre >
2012-12-12 18:56:19 +02:00
< p > Press HOST + D and cd to the mount point and run the Linux Additions installer and after successful installation, reboot< / p >
< h2 id = "installing-libreoffice-for-people-not-installing-from-dvd-in-fedora" > Installing LibreOffice (for people not installing from DVD) in Fedora< / h2 >
2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
< pre > < code > yum groupinstall office< / code > < / pre >
2012-12-12 18:56:19 +02:00
< h2 id = "installing-finnsh-language" > Installing Finnsh language< / h2 >
< p > and replacing " finnish" or " fi" with your native language< / p >
2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
< pre > < code > yum groupinstall finnish-support< / code > < / pre >
2012-12-12 18:56:19 +02:00
< p > or with KDE< / p >
< pre > < code > yum install kde-l10n-fi< / code > < / pre >
< h2 id = "installing-all-gnome-shell-extensions" > Installing all Gnome shell extensions< / h2 >
< pre > < code > yum install gnome-tweak-tool " gnome-shell-extension-*" # This might not be a good idea.< / code > < / pre >
< p > Use gnome-tweak-tool to enable/disable them. They might need reboot/logging in again before they appear in gnome-tweak-tool.< / p >
< h2 id = "installing-all-codecsgstreamer-pluginss" > Installing all codecs/gstreamer pluginsS< / h2 >
< p > < code > yum install " gstreamer-plugins-*" --skip-broken # Might not be a good idea...< / code > ## Installing Flash< / p >
< pre > < code > yum install flashplugin # requires Adobe Flash repository to be enabled.< / code > < / pre >
2012-12-09 14:09:01 +02:00
<!-- vim : set ft=html -->
< hr / >
< div id = "disqus_thread" > < / div >
< script type = "text/javascript" >
/* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * */
var disqus_developer = 0;
var disqus_url = 'http://mkaysi.github.com/articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html';
var disques_title = 'rpm cheatsheet';
var disqus_shortname = 'mkaysishomepage'; // required: replace example with your forum shortname
/* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
(function() {
var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async =
true;
dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0])
.appendChild(dsq);
})();
< / script >
< noscript >
Please enable JavaScript to view the < a href = "http://disqus.com/?ref_noscript" > comments powered by Dis qus.< / a >
< / noscript >
< p >
< a href = "http://disqus.com" class = "dsq-brlink" > comments powered by < span class = "logo-disqus" > Disqus < / span > < / a >
< / p >
<!-- vim : set ft=html -->
< / body >
< / html >
