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Cheatsheet for distributions using rpm
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< h1 id = "my-cheatsheet" > My cheatsheet< / h1 >
< p > 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.< / p >
< p > < 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.< / p >
< p > < strong > DO NOT RUN " yum update" NOR " yum upgrade" NOR ANYTHING ELSE WHICH UPGRADES PACKAGES BEFORE SETTING PRIORIZING!< / strong > < / p >
< pre > < code > yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror< / code > < / pre >
< h2 id = "installing-virtualbox-guest-additions" > Installing Virtualbox guest additions< / h2 >
< p > Start by installing dkms from < a href = "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F" > EPEL< / a > .< / p >
< pre > < code > rpm -i < package downloaded from EPEL link above>
yum install dkms
yum groupinstall " Development Tools"
yum install kernel-devel< / code > < / pre >
< p > Press HOST + D and cd to the mount point and run the Linux Additions installer.< / p >
< h3 id = "fedora" > Fedora< / h3 >
< p > First < a href = "http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration" > enable RPM Fusion< / a > . Then< / p >
< pre > < code > yum install VirtualBox-guest< / code > < / pre >
< p > and reboot.< / p >
< h2 id = "enabling-other-repositories" > Enabling other repositories< / h2 >
< p > For < a href = "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" > EPEL< / a > follow the first steps for Virtualbox guest additions installing above. Read also Fedora part above and enable RPM Fusion.< / p >
< h3 id = "rpmgforge" > RPMGforge< / h3 >
< p > Download the < a href = "http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge#head-f0c3ecee3dbb407e4eed79a56ec0ae92d1398e01" > package< / a > and install it with< / p >
< pre > < code > rpm -i < package> < / code > < / pre >
< h2 id = "livna" > Livna< / h2 >
< p > < a href = "http://rpm.livna.org/" > Livna is easy to enable. Just go to their homepage and follow their instructions< / a > < / p >
< h3 id = "yum-plugin-priorities" > yum-plugin-priorities< / h3 >
< p > Using multiple 3rd party repositories (EPEL, RPMforge) is dangerous so you must use priorities to be safe.< / p >
< pre > < code > yum install yum-plugin-priorities< / code > < / pre >
< p > Ensure that it's enabled by looking at /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf . It should read< / p >
< pre > < code > [main]
enabled=1< / code > < / pre >
< p > Now the plugin should be working and you must assign priorities.< / p >
< p > Edit all .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d and add< / p >
< pre > < code > priority=X< / code > < / pre >
< p > to end of every section where X is replaced with actual priority.< / p >
< p > < a href = "http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities" > CentOS wiki< / a > suggests the following priorities:< / p >
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< p > CentOS-Base/default repositories: everything is priority=1 except contrib priority=2< / p >
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< p > Third party repositories (EPEL,rpmforge) should be > 10 and other should be more preferred than other. I used< / p >
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< p > < strong > epel 10 rpmforge 11 rpmfusion 12 livna 12< / strong > (Livna provides only libdvdcss and other packages have been moved to rpmfusion.)< / p >
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< p > Now you should be able to safely run " yum check-update" and " yum update" or " yum upgrade" .< / p >
< p > If you have installed Fedora from Live-CD you probably want to instll LibreOffice with< / p >
< pre > < code > yum groupinstall office< / code > < / pre >
< p > and if your native language isn't English e.g.< / p >
< pre > < code > yum groupinstall finnish-support< / code > < / pre >
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