Explains how to install Adobe flash player on Fedora Linux 20 in three simple steps. General instructions for plug-in installation; Adobe Reader; Adobe Flash Player; Gecko Mediaplayer; Java plug-in (Sun/Oracle). All the major Linux distributions today have excellent systems for installing and updating software, making it possible to download and install a plug-in with a simple click or command.

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These things may solve your worst nightmare, or they may eat all of the cheese in your house. I make no guarantees. Other Resources What if every software developer could gain the knowledge of long experience without having to go through the pain of repeated failure? Read my book,, and find out. If this FAQ does not answer your question, you should try the following things: • Read the most current. • Search the.

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Now, I'll give you a summary: Fedora is a Linux distribution from Red Hat that doesn't cost any money, includes only open-source software, and always includes the latest versions of software. Fedora is a community-supported project.

That means that you can be, if you want. A new version of Fedora comes out every six months or so. When a new version comes out, the previous version becomes unsupported about a year later. This means re-installing your OS every 6 - 8 months (currently upgrades between Fedora versions don't go so well). The advantage of using Fedora is that you're always on the cutting edge of Linux development, more so than any other major distro, while still having a stable operating system. Is based on Fedora, so if you want to learn a little about RHEL for free, use Fedora. RHEL6 was based on Fedora 13.

• Q: What is the difference between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux? A: Red Hat Enterprise Linux is officially supported by Red Hat for 7 years. It's a better choice if you're running important machines in production, and you don't want to upgrade your OS all the time. It also has many nice features that are useful if you are running more than a few servers. Also, you can (sometimes) actually call Red Hat and get support for RHEL, which you will never be able to do for Fedora.

Fedora is distributed for free, and RHEL costs money. Fedora is much more cutting-edge than RHEL is, and Fedora has a larger community of users willing to help out and give free support (like this web page). Red Hat also has. • Q: Is it unstable? There are many versions: The 'Live Media' is a LiveCD--you can just put the CD into your computer and start the OS without installing it. You can also use the LiveCD to install a very basic version of Fedora, if you want.

The 'Install Media' contains all the Fedora packages, and you can install from that without having an Internet connection. Then there's the choice between i686 and x86_64. Here's how to figure out which one you need: • i686 - If you have a Pentium or Celeron (meaning any Pentium or Celeron, including a Pentium 4, Pentium M, etc.) or the original Core Duo or Core Solo (not a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Solo).

• x86_64 - If you have a Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Solo, Core i7, i5, i3, Opteron, Athlon 64, Turion 64, Sempron, or anything newer than these. (This also includes most new 'Intel Mac' machines.) Almost every new computer sold in the last few years is an x86_64 machine. For more details on how to get Fedora, including how to buy a CD (if you can't download one), see the page on the Fedora Project site. • Q: Can I install on ReiserFS or JFS? A: Yes, you can install Fedora on ReiserFS or JFS.

ReiserFS and JFS are not officially supported by the Fedora Project. (That means that you can use them, but you won't find a lot of official help from the Fedora Project if things go wrong.) At the installer prompt, type this for ReiserFS: linux selinux=0 reiserfs or this for JFS: linux selinux=0 jfs NOTE: You cannot use SELinux on ReiserFS or JFS. (If you don't know what SELinux is, you can ignore this warning.) (Thanks to whiprush [quoting Jesse Keating] for this. Thanks to Kai Thomsen for catching an important typo.

• Q: Can Fedora run on a 64-bit (AMD-64 or Intel-64) computer? What if every software developer could gain the knowledge of long experience without having to go through the pain of repeated failure? Read my book,, and find out. Configuring Package Installation Many of the packages I mention in the FAQ are only available from. To configure your system so that you can install packages from rpmfusion, follow these instructions: • Open a.

• Become: su - • Run the following command: yum --nogpgcheck install Using the GUI to Install/Update Software If you have graphical access to your desktop, you can use the graphical tools to install software. Go to the System menu, choose 'Administration', and then click on 'Add/Remove Software'. Fedora will automatically let you know when updates are available for your software.

Installing Software From the Command Line Often people want to use install or update software using the command line. For this you use a program called 'yum'.

First, and then you can use the following commands: • To see a list of available software: yum list available • To install some software, you type: yum install packagename • To update some software, you type: yum update packagename If you leave out 'packagename' yum will update all your software. • To see what updates are available, you can do: yum check-update • To search for a package, you can do: yum search word For more info about yum, see the.

(Thanks to Ron Kuris for this tip.) Installing Local RPMs To install an RPM file that you downloaded outside of yum, open up a, and as do: rpm -Uvh filename.rpm If you have Internet access, you can also install local files by doing: yum --nogpgcheck install filename.rpm Which is handy because it will automatically download and install any dependencies that that RPM has. • Q: Is there anything like apt for Fedora? A: APT is a program for Debian and Ubuntu Linux that installs not only the software you specify, but also all of that software's dependencies. It makes installing software much easier.

There is a piece of software like this for Fedora, that comes in the standard Fedora installation. Keil C51 9 51 Keygen For Mac on this page. It can automatically download and install a program and all of its dependencies, with just one command. I even provide that I use for yum on my computer, in. • Q: How do I install a working Java plugin for my web browser?

A: Just install the Totem Plugin: • Make sure that you're using my from the. • Become: su - • Install the plug-in: yum install totem-mozplugin gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad • Close all the windows of your web browser and then open it again.

Now, you can see movies on web sites! Note that if you have also installed mozplugger from the, you might get a pop-up movie player instead of having the movie embedded in the page. • Q: Can I use MSN Messenger/ AIM/ICQ/Yahoo instant messaging in Fedora? By default, Fedora comes with a simple instant messaging program called Empathy, which supports,,,, and, and many other protocols, all at the same time. To start Empathy, click on the Applications menu, go to 'Internet,' and choose 'Empathy IM Client.' If you don't like Empathy, you can use Pidgin, another Instant Messenger program for Linux.

To install Pidgin: • Open a. • Become: su - • Install Pidgin: yum install pidgin Pidgin will then be available in the Applications menu, under 'Internet', as 'Pidgin Instant Messenger'. • Q: Can I install the standard Windows fonts on Fedora? Labaik Allahuma Labaik Opick Lirik there. A: Yes, there's also a very easy way to install all of the common Windows fonts on Linux. You don't usually have to do this on Fedora (because it comes with fonts called the 'Liberation' fonts that are the same exact size as the Windows fonts), but if you want to do it, here's how: • Install the from ATrpms. (Click on either the i686 or x86_64 package, depending on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit machine.) • Open a.

• Become: su - • Install some packages you'll need for the following steps: yum install rpm-build cabextract ttmkfdir wget • Download the MS Core Fonts Smart Package File: wget • Build the Core Fonts package: rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec • Install the Core Fonts package: yum install --nogpgcheck /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm (Thanks to David A. Wheeler and others for convincing me to add the MS Core Fonts instructions. Thanks to byro for pointing out the URL to the 2.0 package!) • Q: Where can I get drivers for my hardware for Fedora? A: Most drivers come with Fedora. However, if your driver doesn't come with Fedora, you can see what drivers are available for automatic download: • Make sure that you're using my from the.

• Become: su - • Run the following command: yum list akmod- * *-drv * kmod- * dkms- * If you don't find what you need this way, try for: Fedora NameOfHardware or: Linux NameOfHardware Where NameOfHardware is the normal name of your hardware. If it has more than one name, keep trying different ones until you get a result. • Q: How do I read my NTFS (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003) drive in Fedora?

You just have to install some additional packages for Totem, the Movie Player: • Make sure that you're using my from the. • Become: su - • Install the software that Totem needs in order to play DVDs correctly: yum install libdvdread libdvdcss libdvdnav gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad And now you can play DVDs! You can find Totem in the 'Applications' menu, under 'Sound and Video.' It's just called 'Movie Player.' Sometimes it will say that it can't play a DVD, but it will usually work if you close Totem, then insert the DVD into your drive, then wait for a popup to ask you what you want to do, and then click 'Open.' • Q: How do I play MP3s in Fedora?

What if every software developer could gain the knowledge of long experience without having to go through the pain of repeated failure? Read my book,, and find out. Here's how to install the correct MP3 plugin: • Make sure that you're using my from the. • Become: su - • Now, install the correct plugin depending on which MP3 player you want to use: • For Rhythmbox or Totem: yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly • For Audacious (which is like XMMS or Winamp): yum install audacious-plugins-freeworld-mp3 Now you should be able to play MP3s in your favorite Fedora MP3 player! NOTE: For home users in any country (even the USA), there is no legal problem with MP3 players, so you are not doing anything illegal by enabling MP3 support in Fedora. However, if you are in the USA and you want to encode MP3s or use them in a commercial setting, you may be required to. Problems and Their Solutions • Q: I get a NOKEY warning from RPM, or I get a gpg signature error when using yum!

A: The NOKEY warning is not really a problem. It won't prevent you from doing anything. (The yum error, though, will usually prevent you from installing software.) If you'd like to resolve it, do the following command to get the correct key for the site you're downloading from: You must to do any of this. • Red Hat and Fedora: rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY* • rpm.livna.org: rpm --import • FreshRPMs: rpm --import • DAG: rpm --import • ATrpms: rpm --import • NewRPMs: rpm --import • Dries (RPMForge): rpm --import • JPackage: rpm --import • kde-redhat: rpm --import • PlanetCCRMA: rpm --import NOTE: If you install, most of these keys are installed for you automatically. (Thanks to Kai Thomsen for the original location of the ATrpms key, and thanks to Tom Householder for the new location! Thanks to Pim Rupert for the location of the Dries key.

Thanks to Anduin Withers for a good idea about how to reorganize this question. Thanks to Dieter Komendera for the new location of the FreshRPMs key.) • Q: How do I enable 3D support for my ATI Radeon card in Fedora?

A: There is a bug in the kernel which causes the media check to say some CDs are bad when they are not, on some systems. To do a successful media check, do the following: • At the installer prompt, type: linux mediacheck ide=nodma • Run the media check on your CDs/DVD.

• Reboot, and run the installer normally. Note that sometimes mediacheck will report that only some CDs are bad, but this will still fix that problem. (Thanks to Tony Nelson for reminding me of that!) • Q: I have strange installation problems.

A: If your installation doesn't work, or you have problems during or after installation, first read the. Also, the Fedora Project provides a if you'd like any other help while installing. In particular, you might want to try using the listed in the Install Guide. Of those, the most-frequently useful are: noapic, acpi=off, and xdriver=vesa. If any of those commands fixes your problem, please in. • Q: I can't access my Windows network shares anymore! People tell me to use the smbmount command, but it doesn't work!

A: Not only am I impressed with your intelligence, but also with your sterling education! Verily, I am blinded by your wit and charm. (But as a side note, if you actually want to something useful, there's a about that!) This FAQ is maintained. That's max [at] fedorafaq *dot* org or 'mkanat' in the.! If you discover an issue we don't cover, find any errors in the answers already here or have a suggestion of some kind, please contact us and we'll get on it. The author of fedorafaq.org would also like to thank for her various advices and assistance.

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