02 January 2011

unrar in fedora

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


rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm


yum install unrar


/usr/bin/unrar -?

kernel driver not installed rc 1908

for error regarding virtual box installation on fedora

kernel driver not installed rc 1908 fedora

my steps to resolve the error are:-
1. yum install gcc
2. yum install dkms
3. /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup


The steps i followed was on fedora 64 bit system, virtualbox version VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.0_69151_fedora14-1.x86_64.rpm
Also add the user name in the vboxusers group

install adobe flashplayer on fedora 64 bit

To install the Adobe tar.gz file, you will need to do the following:

1. Download the .tar.gz version from Adobe here (http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html)
2. Unzip the libflashplayer.so from the tar file
3. Login as root and copy the file to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
e.g. cp -fr libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins

to check installed packages in fedora

to query the system for all packages
[dba@dinesh ~]$ rpm -qa


to query the system for a specific program
[dba@dinesh ~]$ rpm -qa | grep

here to check for the program named brasero
e.g. rpm -qa | grep brasero

vlc player for fedora 14

to play all your media files.(irrespective of 32 bit or 64 bit OS)
vlc player plays almost all the formats of media files available


log in as root
[dba@dinesh ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@dinesh ~]# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
[root@dinesh ~]# yum install vlc