[anyweb]

thanks Randall for reminding me to do this

Please note this is for the 32 bit installs

if you find this article useful, then I'd appreciate if you'd digg it !

as root (su -) install the current livna rpm to get access to livna's goodies

rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/livna-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

now let's add freshrpm's to that list

rpm -ivh http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/6/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

ok, done. Now lets have some fun:-


1. let's install the MP3 plugins (currently gstreamer-plugins-mp3 is BAD so will error, but try again in a day or two)

yum -y install xmms-mp3 gstreamer-plugins-mp3 libmad libid3tag

2. lets install the Flash plugin

use vi to create a new file

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/flash.repo

now copy the text below and paste it into the new file (press I to INSERT text...)

Quote

[macromedia]name=Macromedia for i386 Linux
baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/rpm/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://macromedia.mplug.org/FEDORA-GPG-KEY

save the file with :wq

yum -y install flash-plugin

3. Next up for multimedia action and DVD playing we will install xine

yum -y install xine xine-lib xine-skins

4. A Fedora install would not be complete without the coolest video player mplayer, so let's install it

yum -y --disablerepo=livna install mplayer mplayer-skins mplayer-fonts

and now we'll install the windows codecs for mplayer

wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2
gtar xjvf essential-20061022.tar.bz2
mkdir /usr/local/lib/win32
mv essential-20061022/* /usr/local/lib/win32

now we need to install the mplayer plugin for web browsers

yum -y install mplayerplug-in

5. Install Java !

Download Java JDK 5.0 Update 8 (not 9 as it causes problems)

Get over to Sun's Java download site and choose the Linux RPM in self-extracting file version.

Linux RPM in self-extracting file jdk-1_5_0_08-linux-i586-rpm.bin 45.48 MB

Open a Terminal.
Become root:

su -

Change back to your home directory (instead of root's home directory):

cd ~username

Where "username" is your normal username.

Run the file that you downloaded, by doing:

sh Desktop/jdk-1_5_0_08-linux-i586-rpm.bin

It will display a license agreement. You can press q to skip it.
Type "yes" when it asks you if you agree. Then it will install Java.


Finally,you can enable the Java plugin for your web browser:

ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_08/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

cheers
anyweb

[znx]

This is an awesome and simple trick to getting the majority of the goodies that people want, its a wonder why there isn't someone packaging this for a one-stop-shop install

Thanks Randall / anyweb

[znx]

Um .. yeah a script, nice idea!

Here we go

#!/bin/sh

PROGNAME=`basename $0 .sh`

if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]
then
  echo "${PROGNAME}: Please login as root"
  exit 2
fi

echo "> installing livna repo"
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/livna-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
echo "> installing freshrpms repo"
rpm -ivh http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/6/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

echo ">> installing MP3 plugins"
yum -y install xmms-mp3 gstreamer-plugins-mp3 libmad libid3tag

if [ ! -f "/etc/yum.repos.d/flash.repo" ]
then
  echo "> installing flash plug-in repo"
  cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/flash.repo <<EOF
name=Macromedia for i386 Linux
baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/rpm/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://macromedia.mplug.org/FEDORA-GPG-KEY
EOF
fi

echo ">> installing flash plug-in"
yum -y install flash-plugin
echo ">> installing Xine for DVDs"
yum -y install xine xine-lib xine-skins
echo ">> installing mplayer"
yum -y --disablerepo=livna install mplayer mplayer-skins mplayer-fonts

if [ ! -d "/usr/local/lib/win32" ]
then
  echo ">>> creating mplayer codecs directory"
  mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/win32
  echo ">>> downloading mplayer codecs"
  wget -q http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2 -O /tmp/tmp.tbz2
  echo ">> installing mplayer codecs"
  tar -xjvf /tmp/tmp.tbz2 -C /usr/local/lib/win32 && rm -f /tmp/tmp.tbz2
fi

echo ">> installing mplayer plug-in"
yum -y install mplayerplug-in

if [ -f "$HOME/jdk-1_5_0_08-linux-i586-rpm.bin" ]
then
  echo ">> installing java - hit q to skip license, and then 'yes' to agree"
  sh $HOME/jdk-1_5_0_08-linux-i586-rpm.bin

  echo ">> installing java plug-in"
  ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_08/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
fi

[anyweb]

here's the script for those who don't know how to copy/paste

rename .txt extension to .sh

as follows:-

mv 5_easy_steps_to_installing_Fedora_Core_Release_6_goodies.txt 5_easy_steps_to_installing_Fedora_Core_Release_6_goodies.sh

Attached File(s)

•  5_easy_steps_to_installing_Fedora_Core_Release_6_goodies.txt (1.7K)
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[Linux-N00b]

Nice post thx

[XuanCris]

Great post - Thanks, anyweb!

I have an FC6 64 bit system - I thought I installed the 32 bit OS on my machine, but after it was all said & done, there it was, in 64 glorious bits, and the challenges started. Mostly, it's the flash plugin and freenx that I really miss.

I followed along the post otherwise:
- the repositories work great if you substitute x86_64 for i386 in their paths (the rpm commands)
- there's no 64-bit flash plugin - if you want to run flash on your 64-bit system, I think you need to install a 32-bit browser...
- the JDK that downloads from Sun does not have a 64 bit java plugin either... bummer

[Dark_MK]

Hi there im totally anoob, i dont know where to begin, i have fedora 6, and i have no idea how to install could you please help i read the thread and i can't even my command, i root to my pachage manager, and i try to cut and paste files but it does'nt work, could you please help

[anyweb]

hi,

you have to issue these commands in a terminal

click on Applications, Accessories, Terminal.

then login as root, to do so type this in the terminal

su -

once done, do the rest of the howto above.

cheers
anyweb

[znx]

If you find that the java plugin is still missing, then it might be an idea to try under your user plugins directory (do this as your user):

# mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
# ln -s  /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_08/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins

[Kolyn_Kryw]

Great guide. Thank you very much.