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Adding Multimedia Extras to Fedora 7 - Corkster - 2007-06-02


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



Code:
# rpm -ivh  http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm




 

Now let's add freshrpm's to that list:



Code:
# [rpm -ivh http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/7/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm




OK done. Now lets have some fun:
  • Let's install the MP3 plug-ins (currently gstreamer-plugins-mp3 is BAD so will error, but try again in a day or two):
    Code:
    # yum -y install xmms-mp3 gstreamer-plugins-mp3 libmad libid3tag



     



  • Let's install the Flash plug-in. Use vi (or any other editor) to create a new file as root:
    Code:
    # vi /etc/yum.repos.d/flash.repo



     
    Now copy the text below and paste it into the new file (press i to INSERT text...):


    Code:
    [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


    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



     



  • A Fedora install would not be complete without the coolest 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-20061022.tar.bz2
    # tar -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:


    Code:
    # yum -y install mplayerplug-in



     



  • Install Java 6.0 Update 1. Get over to Sun's Java download site and choose the Linux RPM in self-extracting file version.
     
    Location: [/url]http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
    Linux RPM in self-extracting file: [url=https://sdlc5d.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServl...0FBE7FAEB98B511]https://sdlc5d.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServl...0FBE7FAEB98B511
     
    Open a Terminal.
    Become root (su -)
    Change back to your home directory (cd ~username)
    Where "username" is your normal username.
    Run the file that you downloaded, by doing:
    Code:
    # sh Desktop/jdk-6u1-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:
     


    Code:
    # ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_01/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/






The above was taken from anyweb's pinned post on adding multimedia extras with just a few changes for Fedora 7. Dont forget to diable Livna repos so you dont trash your system by mixing Freshrpm Repos and Livna Repos.

 

They are not compatible trust me I know this one :)

 

Corkster



Adding Multimedia Extras to Fedora 7 - kc7gnm - 2007-06-12


I have done everything on this post on how to install java on Fedora 7 but I cannot get the thing to work. I had no problem in Fedora Core 5 but nothing is working on this version. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

Greg



Adding Multimedia Extras to Fedora 7 - kc7gnm - 2007-06-12


Couple of fixes on your code. The second line of code should read:

 



Code:
rpm -ivh http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/7/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm




 

Then you left out a / in this corrected code for the java install.

 



Code:
ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_01/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/






Adding Multimedia Extras to Fedora 7 - znx - 2007-06-12

Thanks for the fixes kc7gnm!