useful tools for Fedora15

Install  from fastestmirror

using  the fastestmirror plugin which (typically) speeds up downloads by attempting to find faster sources. To install:

yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror

Cairo-Dock

• In Fedora
  

To install Cairo Dock in fedora follow the steps bellow :

su -

Then type the command :

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Then install Cairo-Dock :

yum install cairo-dock*

yum install mplayer mplayer-gui gecko-mediaplayer mencoder

Download and extract codecs 

Download the Last codecs 

all-20110131.tar.bz2  http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20110131.tar.bz2
create  codecs  directory
 mkdir -p /usr/lib/codecs
extarct  the  codecs  to this  directory

tar -jxvf all-20110131.tar.bz2 --strip-components 1 -C /usr/lib/codecs/

Install Java (JRE or JDK)

Download the Java version your need from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

 Chmod +x /path/to/file/jre-6u25-linux-*-rpm.bin
 
 Run  the script to install   

sh /path/to/binary/jre-6u25-linux-*-rpm.bin

Install Sun/Oracle JRE java, javaws and libjavaplugin.so for firefox with alternatives –install command

Install java bin
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jre1.6.0_25/bin/java 20000
 
install javaws (32-bit only) 
alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/jre1.6.0_25/bin/javaws 20000
 
Install Java for Browser (firefox) Plugin 32-bit 
alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/jre1.6.0_25/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 20000
 
Java for Browser (firefox) Plugin 64-bit ##
alternatives --install /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so.x86_64

Check you java version :
[root@localhost ~]# java -version
java version "1.6.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_25-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode)
[root@localhost ~]# su

Install  the  Flash player

rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Install the plugin  with  : 

 yum install flash-plugin

 For 64 bit Systems
From Adobe Labs, select Download plug-in for 64-bit Linux


wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar.gz
tar -zxvf flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar.gz -C /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins

Install Libreoofice

1. Download the RPM version on http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ LibreOffice. Download the appropriate computer architecture that will be used, for example LibreOffice I download the 64 bit version because it uses 64-bit Linux Fedora 14
 2. If you already have OpenOffice package, delete the command:
 yum remove openoffice.org-core
 3. Extract and install the file has been downloaded with the command (adjust the version and name of the downloaded file):
 4. tar-zxvf LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
 5. LibO_3.3.0rc4_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US/RPMS /
 6. yum – install *. rpm nogpg
 7. cd desktop-integration
 yum – nogpg install redhat *. rpm *
 Once completed, we can run LibreOffice from the Applications menu

Installing Google chrome in Fedora 15

To add the google repository edit the file.

for 32 bit OS Version

[google]

name=Google - i386ff

baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386

enabled=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

for 64-bit OS Version

[google64]

name=Google - x86_64

baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64

enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Install Google Chrome Stable Version on Fedora 15

Just type this line on the root terminal

yum install google-chrome-stable

How to Install skype ?

su
gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo
   copy the  bellow   config to this file

Now run the install 
yum update 
yum install skype


Please enjoy