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# My cheatsheet
This is my cheatsheet for setting up distribution using rpm. I am more experienced with distributions using dpkg, so I need this a little in the beginning.
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< strong > Note on Fedora: install package "yum-plugin-fastestmirror" to always get the fastest mirror!< / strong > . It comes with CentOS by default and is like http.debian.net and mirrors.ubuntu.com from Debian side of Linux family.
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< strong > DO NOT RUN "yum update" NOR "yum upgrade" NOR ANYTHING ELSE WHICH UPGRADES PACKAGES BEFORE SETTING PRIORIZING!< / strong >
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```
yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror
```
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## Installing Virtualbox guest additions
Start by installing dkms from [EPEL ](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F ).
```
rpm -i < package downloaded from EPEL link above >
yum install dkms
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
yum install kernel-devel
```
Press HOST + D and cd to the mount point and run the Linux Additions installer.
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### Fedora
First [enable RPM Fusion ](http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration ). Then
```
yum install VirtualBox-guest
```
and reboot.
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## Enabling other repositories
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For [EPEL ](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL ) follow the first steps for Virtualbox guest additions installing above. Read also Fedora part above and enable RPM Fusion.
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### RPMGforge
Download the [package ](http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge#head-f0c3ecee3dbb407e4eed79a56ec0ae92d1398e01 ) and install it with
```
rpm -i < package >
```
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## Livna
[Livna is easy to enable. Just go to their homepage and follow their instructions ](http://rpm.livna.org/ )
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### yum-plugin-priorities
Using multiple 3rd party repositories (EPEL, RPMforge) is dangerous so you must use priorities to be safe.
```
yum install yum-plugin-priorities
```
Ensure that it's enabled by looking at /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf . It should read
```
[main]
enabled=1
```
Now the plugin should be working and you must assign priorities.
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Edit all .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d and add
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```
priority=X
```
to end of every section where X is replaced with actual priority.
[CentOS wiki ](http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities ) suggests the following priorities:
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CentOS-Base/default repositories: everything is priority=1 except contrib priority=2
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Third party repositories (EPEL,rpmforge) should be > 10 and other should be more preferred than other. I used
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< strong > epel 10 rpmforge 11 rpmfusion 12 livna 12< / strong > (Livna provides only libdvdcss and other packages have been moved to rpmfusion.)
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Now you should be able to safely run "yum check-update" and "yum update" or "yum upgrade".
If you have installed Fedora from Live-CD you probably want to instll LibreOffice with
```
yum groupinstall office
```
and if your native language isn't English e.g.
```
yum groupinstall finnish-support
```
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