Linux-Noob Forums - Fedora Core release 5 Extras

this is inspired by the very useful post from Randall for Fedora core release 4 extras

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

Code:
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/5/i386/livna-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

now let's add freshrpm's to that list

Code:
rpm -ivh http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/5/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

let's install the MP3 plugins

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

for CD ripping, you can use grip so lets install it

Code:
yum -y install grip

next up, lets install the Flash plugin

use vi to create a new file

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

now copy the below and paste it into the file

Quote:[macromedia]name=Macromedia for i386 Linuxbaseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/rpm/

enabled=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=http://macromedia.mplug.org/FEDORA-GPG-KEY

save the file with :wq

Code:
yum -y install flash-plugin

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

Code:
yum -y install xine xine-lib xine-skins

and a Fedora install would not be complete without my favorite video player mplayer, so let's install it

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

and now we'll install the windows codecs for mplayer

Code:
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.bz2

gtar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2

mkdir /usr/local/lib/win32

mv essential-20050412/* /usr/local/lib/win32

now we need to install the mplayer plugin for web browsers

Code:
yum -y install mplayerplug-in

To install Java, open your web browser (asaa normal user, eg: anyweb) and paste in the following link

[/url][url=http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10148]http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10148

save the file locally.

Make the file executable

Code:
chmod +x jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin

and 'run' it

Code:
./jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin

now as root, lets install the extracted rpm...

notice the path below to /home/anyweb/Desktop

that's where I downloaded the file above

Quote:[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh /home/anyweb/Desktop/jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.rpmPreparing... ########################################### [100%]

1:jre ########################################### [100%]

now lets patch the internal refs to java with some symbolic links

Code:
unlink /usr/bin/java

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/bin/java /usr/bin/java

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

now to verify that Java is installed correctly in firefox in the address bar type

Code:
about:plugins

scroll down until you see the lenghty Java references !

that's it

have fun :)

cheers

anyweb