Fedora 8 Installation Guide

** Note: If a command starts with a $ it means that it has to be executed as user, whereas if it starts with # it means it has to be executed as root.

** Note: If you are unfamiliare with linux console or if you want to learn more about Linux commands you can take a look at my Basic Linux Commands guide.

** Note: For editing text files in the following guide I use nano, a terminal based editor. You can instead use gedit if you are in Gnome or kedit if you are in KDE.

Contents

1. Configuring sudo
2. Configuring yum
   • Basic Commands
   • Fedora Repositories
   • Livna Repository
   • FreshRPMs Repository
   • ATrpms Repository
   • Graphical Interface ( yumex )
   • yum through proxy
   • yum plugins
3. Configuring Services
4. Installing video drivers
   • Installing nVidia driver
   • Installing ati driver
5. Installing Microsoft fonts
6. Configuring Firefox
   • KDE Default browser
   • Acrobat Plugin
   • Flash Plugin
   • Mplayer Plugin
   • java Plugin
   • mms streaming play
   • Set backspace button
7. MP3 and Audio players
   • Rhythmbox/Gstreamer
   • Amarok
   • Audacious
   • XMMS
8. DVD & video players
   • mplayer
   • totem
   • xine
   • vlc - video lan client
   • kaffeine
   • RealPlayer
9. IRC Clients
   • konversation
   • xchat
10. MSN Messenger Clients
    • kopete
    • pidgin
    • amsn
11. Author, Burn and BackUp CD/DVDs
    • gnomebaker
    • k3b
    • k9copy
    • DeVeDe
12. Download manager
13. PDF Readers
    • kpdf
    • xpdf
    • acrobatreader
14. Torrent Clients
    • KTorrent
    • Bittorrent
15. Other Useful Applications
    • rar
    • FTP Clients
    • chm Reader
    • eMule Client
    • linuxdcpp
    • Partition Editor
    • Google Earth
    • Skype
16. Accessing Windows Partitions
    • FAT32
    • NTFS
17. Accessing Windows Shares
18. Compiz-fusion
    • git
    • unofficial repo
    • unofficial packages
    • official packages
19. KDE
    • KDE Installation
    • KDE Country Flags
    • KDE style in gtk applications
    • Auto Login
20. JAVA Installaion
    • OpenJDK
    • Sun JAVA

1. Configuring sudo

$ su -
Password: <- Give your root password here
# visudo
Now go below the line:

root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL
press a, and type the following

username ALL=(ALL)      ALL
where username is the username you use to login. Next press Escape.

Now, if you want to be promted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:

# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x

If you don't want to be promted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:

# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x

**Note: Using sudo without having to type your root password may expose your system since anyone that gets access to that user may as well become root. So, be careful!

Next, press :wq to save and exit. (type the : as well)

Finally type:

# gpasswd -a username wheel
To test if you have done it correctly as a simple user type:

$ sudo whoami
If everything is working properly the command should return the word root.

**Note: For the rest of the guide I will be using the sudo command when I want to execute a command which requires root previleges. You can still use the normal su -c 'command' way.

2. Configuring yum

Basic Commands

• Install an application

$ sudo yum install application_name

• Remove an application

$ sudo yum remove application_name

• Install an rpm from your hard disk using yum to resolve dependencies

$ sudo yum localinstall application_name

• Search for an application

$ sudo yum search application_name

• Find info about an application

$ sudo yum info application_name

• Update the whole system

$ sudo yum update

• Enable a repository

$ sudo yum --enablerepo=repo_name

• Disable a repository

$ sudo yum --disablerepo=repo_name

Fedora Repositories

Fedora has 2 repositories named 'fedora' and 'updates'. To use them and not get errors about unsigned packages you must import their GPG keys. Open a terminal and type:

$ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*

Livna Repository

In Livna repository you can find additional programs and multimedia codecs. Install it like this:

$ sudo rpm -hiv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
$ sudo rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY

FreshRPMS Repository

Install it like this:

$ sudo rpm -hiv http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/8/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm
$ sudo rpm --import http://freshrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY-freshrpms

ATrpms Repository

This repository is said to provide better mythtv support among others. I can't say for sure since I don't have a card to test it. To install it type:

$ sudo rpm --import http://atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo And paste those lines in the file atrpms.repo
[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0** Note: From now on you should better use only one of Livna, FreshRPMs and ATrpms repositories for installing additional packages. Mixing repositories may cause your system to become unstable or even crash it! I prefer the Livna repository and I will use this for the rest of the guide.  Therefore my default settings will be Livna repository enabled and freshrpms/atrpms repositories disabled. You can disable the ones you don't want like that:

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo
$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/freshrpms.repo
$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/atpms.repo and change "enabled=1" to "enabled=0". Save (Ctrl+O) and exit (Ctrl+X).

Graphical Interface ( yumex )

If you are not familiar with console you can use yumex. Yumex is a GUI (Graphical user Interface) for yum to simplify all the above commands. To install it type:

$ sudo yum install yumex
** Note: For the rest of the guide I'll be using yum for installing additional packages. If you prefer it you can enable/disable repos and install packages through yumex.

yum through proxy

If you are behind an http proxy server and you want yum to connect to the internet through that proxy open a terminal and type:

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.conf
Add this line in the yum configuration

proxy=http://ip:port/
where ip is your proxy's ip address and port is the port the proxy listens to. Don't forget the / after the port number. Save (Ctrl+O) and exit (Ctrl+X).

yum plugins

$ sudo yum install yum-presto deltarpm
Next we have to make some changes to the .repo file to support downloading from deltarpm repositories.

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
and change it from

[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedorato
[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
baseurl=http://lesloueizeh.com/f8/i386/updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
or to
[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
baseurl=http://dl.anmar.eu.org/repos/f8/updates-x86_64
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
depending on your Fedora version.

Save (Ctrl+O) and exit (Ctrl+X). Now each time you try a yum update you should see a 'Loading "presto" plugin' mesage.

3. Configuring Services

For a detailed description on all services and daemons read my Fedora 8 Services Guide .

4. Installing video drivers

**Note: To install video drivers you must first install the Livna Repository as stated above.

Installing nVidia driver

$ sudo yum install kmod-nvidia

Installing ati driver

Thanks to leigh123@linux from fedoraforums.org for the details on how to install the ati driver in Fedora 8!

First you must check here whether your card is supported under Linux. All video cards below 9250 are unsupported.

1. Install fglrx driver.

You must have the Livna repository enabled to install that driver.

$ su -
(Give your root password)
# yum install kmod-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-libs-32bit
# yum update kmod-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-libs-32bit
# service fglrx restart
# fglrx-config-display enable
If you install a new kernel you will have to reboot for fglrx to work

If you are using F8 x86_64 and 8.40 you will need to apply a fix to the driver


$ su -
(Give your root password)
# cd /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/
# mv fglrx_drv.so fglrx_drv.so.orig
# cat fglrx_drv.so.orig | sed "s/\xe8\x61\x2c\xfe\xff/\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90/g" > fglrx_drv.so
# diff fglrx_drv.so fglrx_drv.so.orig
# aticonfig --initialThis command should report a change ( diff fglrx_drv.so fglrx_drv.so.orig )

2. Edit xorg.conf

$ su -
(Give your root password)
# gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then add these sections. ( for driver version 8.42 or higher )

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection( for driver version 8.41 or lower require these options instead )

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Don't forget to save the changes

Finally, the following options are useful in the section "Device" :

Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"

After editing don't forget to restart X ( Ctrl + Alt + Backspace )

3. Check for direct rendering.

Type these commands in a terminal

$ fglrxinfoThe output should look something like this.

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6458 (8.36.5)
And this command.

$ glxinfoThe output should look something like this

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6458 (8.36.5)
If you can't get direct rendering try adding this line to the "Device" section of xorg.conf

Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

5. Installing Microsoft fonts

** Note: Fedora 8 uses deja-vu and liberation fonts. Give them a try!


Alternatively you can type:

$ wget http://www.my-guides.net/downloads/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
$ sudo yum install chkfontpath
$ sudo rpm -hiv msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
$ sudo /etc/init.d/xfs reload

6. Configuring Firefox

KDE Default browser

Acrobat Plugin

Flash Plugin

By default this repository will be enabled. I prefer to disable it and enable it manually each time I want to look if there is an update for Flash Plugin. To odo so type:

$ sudo yum update flash-plugin
and change enabled=1 to enabled=0. Now whenever you want to look for an update you can type:

$ sudo yum --enablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 install flash-plugin
or update by typing:

• $ sudo yum --enablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 update flash-plugin

• Open Source Gnash Plugin

Fedora 8 comes with an open source flash plugin. To install it type:

$ sudo yum install gnash gnash-pluginGnash for some reason installs its plugin into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins when it needs to be in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.8/plugins.

So to fix this type:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnashplugin.so /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.8/pluginslibgnashplugin.soBe careful to replace the correct Firefox version in the above command.

**Note: Thanks to nomb for that info!

Mplayer Plugin

The mplayer plugin allows you to view video files through Firefox. To install it type:

$ sudo yum install mplayerplug-in

java Plugin

For detailed information on how to install Java plugin for Firefox as well as Sun's Java Development Kit Installation look at my guide's Chapter 20 JAVA Installation .

mms streaming play

In the address bar type:

about:config
Right click somewhere and select NEW and then STRING. Type this in the box:

network.protocol-handler.app.mms
Click ok and in the box type the program you want to open the streaming media with, such as /usr/bin/mplayer.

Next right click again and select NEW and then BOOLEAN. Type this in the box:

network.protocol-handler.external.mms
Click ok and then type:

true

Set backspace button

about:config
and in Filter box type:

browser.backspace_action
Right click on it, select Modify and change its value from 1 to 0. Restart Firefox and the backspace will be set.

7. MP3 and Audio players

Rhythmbox/Gstreamer

Gnome users should have them already installed. If you don't have it, to install it type:

$ sudo yum install gstreamer rhythmbox
To add mp3 and other audio support type:

$ sudo yum install gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly

Amarok

$ sudo yum install amarok
Adding mp3 support:

$ sudo yum install amarok-extras-nonfree

Audacious

Audacious is another audio player similar to old winamp 2.x. To install it type:

$ sudo yum install audacious audacious-plugins-nonfree-*
If you want to use your winamp 2.x skin with audacious simply copy winamp's *.wsz skin to /usr/share/audacious/Skins/

If your tags are in a different encoding than utf8 you can force audacious to use it:

Preferences -> Playlist -> Metadata -> Fallback character encoding -> iso8859-7

If you want to add in queue mp3s when double clicked edit this file:

$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/fedora-audacious.desktop
And change Exec=audacious to Exec=audacious -e

XMMS

This audio player is no longer used, you could try audacious instead, but if you still want it type:

$ sudo yum install xmms xmms-libs xmms-mp3

8. DVD & video players

DVD playback

In order to play DVDs you must install the appropriate codecs.

$ sudo yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi

Video Files playback

This way you will be able to play almost any video file.

$ cd ~/Download
$ wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
$ tar -jxf all-20071007.tar.bz2
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/codecs
$ sudo cp all-20071007/* /usr/local/lib/codecs
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/codecs
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/local/lib/win32
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/win32
$ rm -rf all-20071007
Now choose one of the following Video players and install it.

mplayer

I prefer mplayer for video playback which is a very good player. It supports almost any video type, as well as DVD playback as long as you have the needed codecs installed as shown previously.

For KDE users:

$ sudo yum install kplayer
For GNOME users:

$ sudo yum install mplayer-gui

totem

If you want to play DVD and video files with totem type:

$ sudo yum remove totem
$ sudo yum install totem-xine totem-xine-plparser xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree
$ sudo yum install gstreamer-ffmpeg ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs

xine

$ sudo yum install xine xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree
$ sudo yum install gstreamer-ffmpeg ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs

vlc

vlc supports almost any video type.

$ sudo yum intall vlc

kaffeine

kaffeine is another KDE media player that uses the xine engine.

$ sudo yum install kaffeine
$ sudo yum install xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-nonfree

RealPlayer

Download RealPlayer rpm from here . Next open a terminal and go to the Folder you downloaded it. Install it by typing:

$ sudo yum install compat-libstdc++-33
$ sudo rpm -hiv RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm
$ sudo yum remove HelixPlayer 

9. IRC Clients

Some good Internet Relay Chat programs are the following.

Konversation

KDE users try Konversation

$ sudo yum install konversation

xchat

GNOME users try xchat

$ sudo yum intall xchat

10. MSN Messenger Clients

kopete

$ sudo yum install kdenetwork

pidgin

$ sudo yum install pidgin

amsn

$ sudo yum install amsn

11. CD/DVD Burning/Copying/Authoring

gnomebaker

For GNOME users you can try gnomebaker to burn your cds/dvds.

$ sudo yum install gnomebaker

k3b

k3b is a burning utility similar to Nero Burning Rom.

$ sudo yum install k3b

k9copy

K9copy is the linux version of DVDshrink.

$ sudo yum install k9copy
$ sudo yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi
I have also written a guide on How to backup your DVDs (in dvd, xvid, mpeg-4, x264 formats) using k9copy .

DeVeDe

$ sudo yum install devede
I have written a guide on How to create a custom DVD using DeVeDe.

12. Download manager

$ sudo yum install d4x

13. PDF Readers

kpdf

KDE users can try kpdf. You can find it in Start menu -> Graphics KPDF Viewer. If it is not installed type:

$ sudo yum install kdegraphics

xpdf

You can also try xpdf.

$ sudo yum install xpdf

acrobatreader

If you prefer adobe acrobat reader you can download it from here . The latest version at this time is 8.1.1. Download the Linux x86 rpm. When the download completes open a terminal and install it with:

$ sudo rpm -hiv AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.rpm
And you are ready to use it.

14. Torrent Clients

KTorrent

$ sudo yum install ktorrent

Bittorent

$ sudo yum install bittorrent bittorrent-gui If you get an error like this "Could not load fastresume data" when you try to run Bittorrent you have to make a little change in Bittorent's python files. Type:

$ sudo nano +216 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/BitTorrent/Storage.py and change str(os.path.getmtime(filename)) + '\n') to str(int(os.path.getmtime(filename))) + '\n'). Next type:
 
$ sudo rm /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/BitTorrent/Storage.pyo
$ sudo rm /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/BitTorrent/Storage.pyc

15. Other useful applications

rar

$ sudo yum unrar

FTP Clients

For KDE users:

$ sudo yum install kftpgrabber
For Gnome users

$ sudo yum install gftp

chm reader

$ sudo yum install gnochm

eMule Client

$ sudo yum install amule

DC++

$ sudo yum install linuxdcpp

Partition Editor

For KDE users

$ sudo yum install qtparted
For Gnome users:

$ sudo yum install gparted

Google Earth

Go to this page   and download GoogleEarthLinux.bin. Next open a terminal and go to the folder you have saved it. Install it by typing:

$ sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
When you first run Google Earth you might get a message about missing Bitstream Vera Sans fonts. To install them type:

$ sudo yum install bitstream-vera-fonts

Skype

First you must install the Skype repository. Open a terminal and type:

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo
In that file copy the following lines:

[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
gpgcheck=1
Now you can easily install skype by typing:

$ sudo yum --enablerepo=skype install skype
At any time you can search for updates like that:

$ sudo yum --enablerepo=skype update skype
If you are asked if it is ok to import the GPG signature just type y and press Enter.

16. Access Windows partitions

First you must find out what are the device names of the partitions you want to access. To do so open a terminal and type:

sudo /sbin/fdisk -l
Here you should see something like this:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           x        xxxx        xxxx+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            xxxx        xxxx        xxxx    b  W95 FAT32

which means that there is one NTFS /dev/sda1 partition and one FAT32 /dev/sda2 partition.

FAT32 partitions

Create a mount point for the FAT32 partition. Here it will be directory fat32 under /mnt/ Of course you can name it as you wish.

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/fat32
$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.original
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab

Add the following line at the end of file.

/dev/sda2    /mnt/fat32 vfat  auto,iocharset=utf8,umask=0000  0    0

Save (Ctrl+O) and exit (Ctrl+X). Now you can mount your fat32 partition by typing

$ mount /mnt/fat32
$ umount /mnt/fat32

NTFS partitions

First you must have ntfs-3g installed:

$ sudo yum install ntfs-3g fuse fuse-libs
Next you must create a mount point for the ntfs partition.

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/ntfs
$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.original
If you want users to have read only access in the ntfs partition add the following line in your fstab:

/dev/sda1    /mnt/ntfs ntfs-3g  ro,defaults,umask=0222  0    0
If you want to have read/write access add this line:

/dev/sda1    /mnt/ntfs ntfs-3g  rw,defaults,umask=0000  0    0
Save (Ctrl+O) and exit (Ctrl+X). Now you can mount and unumount your ntfs partition by typing

$ mount /mnt/ntfs
$ umount /mnt/ntfs

17. Accessing Windows Shares

$ sudo yum install smb4k

system-config-firewall
Here in 'Trusted Services' find 'Samba', tick it and press 'Apply'.


mount error 1 = Operation not permitted Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
open a terminal and type:

$ sudo chmod u+s /sbin/mount.cifs
$ sudo chmod u+s /sbin/umount.cifs
Each time you update smb4k or a samba component you have to run again this command.

18. Compiz-Fusion

Compiz-fusion is that cool cube you may have seen in many linux desktop's screenshots. It is provided through yum but for the time being there are no packages for fusion-icon (a tray icon to control compiz-fusion) and ccsm (compiz settings manager).

git

Unofficial Repo

If you prefer the easy yum way you can install the following unofficial repository in your system and get the latest compiz-fusion packages. Just type:

$ su -
# wget http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/fusion/compiz-fusion.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/compiz-fusion.repo

Next you will need to remove the fedora compiz packages first and delete /home/username/.gconf/apps/compiz )

$ su
# yum install compiz-all fusion-icon-all compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themesLordMorgui has mirrored the repo so you will need to edit to account for the changes

$ su
# gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/compiz-fusion.repo
and change to

[fusion] name=Compiz Fusion repository
#baseurl=http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/fusion/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/mirror-f$releasever-$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
To start compiz-fusion just use fusion-icon. It will place an icon at the tray which contains anything you want to configure.

Unofficial Packages

Alternativelly you can try some prebuilt unofficial packages.

If you are using x86_64 Fedora 8 download them from here .

If you are using i386 Fedora 8 download them from here .

After you download the tar.gz you want extract it in a sepperate directory and install them with:

$ sudo rpm -hiv *.rpm
If you use only KDE you must not downlad

compiz-all-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
compiz-gnome-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
compizconfig-backend-gconf-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
compizconfig-backend-gconf-debuginfo-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
fusion-icon-all-0.1-100.fc8.noarch.rpm
fusion-icon-gtk-0.1-100.fc8.noarch.rpm
Whereas if you use only Gnome you must not download

compiz-all-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
compiz-kde-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
compizconfig-backend-kconfig-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
compizconfig-backend-kconfig-debuginfo-0.6.99-1.fc8.i386.rpm
fusion-icon-all-0.1-100.fc8.noarch.rpm
fusion-icon-qt-0.1-100.fc8.noarch.rpm
Use yum to resolve dependencies. I also had to install the following packages:

$ sudo yum install PyQt mesa-libGLU-devel libdrm-devel
When the installation completes run fusion-icon and you are ready! An icon should appear at your tray. You can access the 'Settings Manager' and the 'Emerald Theme Manager' from it easily.

Official Packages

If you want to stick to the official fedora packages open a terminal and type:

For KDE users:

$ sudo yum install compiz compiz-kde compiz-bcop compiz-fusion compiz-fusion \
compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compiz compizconfig-python \
libcompizconfig libcompizconfig-devel gnome-compiz-manager kicker-compiz
For Gnome users:

$ sudo yum install compiz compiz-gnome compiz-bcop compiz-fusion compiz-fusion \
compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compiz compizconfig-python \
libcompizconfig libcompizconfig-devel gnome-compiz-manager

ATi Errors

If you have an ATi video card you might get the following error:

* Opening CompizConfig context
* No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap with direct rendering context
... nor with indirect rendering, this isn't going to work!
* Using the GTK InterfaceTo solve it you must downgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg

For i386

su -
wget http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-server/1.3.0.0/9.fc7/i386/xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.i386.rpm
rpm -U --oldpackage xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.i386.rpm
For x86_64

su -
wget http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-server/1.3.0.0/9.fc7/x86_64/xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.x86_64.rpm
rpm -U --oldpackage xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.x86_64.rpm
If this works ok you must ban xorg-x11-server-Xorg from updating

su
gedit /etc/yum.conf

and add this line

exclude=xorg-x11-server-XorgIf you do downgrade xorg the fedora version of compiz will no longer work due to missing deps i.e xorg ( No biggie because it sucked anyway).
The 0.6.99 version of compiz doesn't have the same pathetic deps

19. KDE

Install KDE

If you haven't installed KDE during the Fedora installation proccess you can easily install it through yum like this:

$ sudo yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
When the installation completes log out and from the sessions manager choose KDE.

KDE style in gtk applications

Some gtk applications don't look good in KDE. To force those applications use the qt style install qtk-qt-engine.

$ sudo yum install gtk-qt-engine
Then go to Control Center -> Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts and apply the changes you want.

KDE Country Flags

$ tar -xzf kbflags-1.0.tar.gz
$ sudo cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/gr.png /usr/share/locale/l10n/gr/flag.png
$ sudo cp kbflags-1.0/21x14/us.png /usr/share/locale/l10n/us/flag.png

Auto Login

$ sudo yum install kde-settings-kdm
Next type:

$ sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/desktop
and paste in those lines.

DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
Save (Ctrl+O) and exit (Ctrl+X).

$ sudo alternatives --remove java /opt/jre1.6.0_02/bin/java
To use SUN's java plugin as well type:

# /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so \
libjavaplugin.so /opt/jre1.6.0_03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so 2
# /usr/sbin/alternatives --config libjavaplugin.soNow you can choose whatever java version you want by typing the number in front of it.

**Note: Currently there is a bug with Sun Java because it is incompatible with the newer libX11 included in Fedora 8. If you get an error like this xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion 'c->xlib.lock' failed here is the workaround:

For sun-java5-bin:

sed -i 's/XINERAMA/FAKEEXTN/g' /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.soFor sun-java6-bin:

sed -i 's/XINERAMA/FAKEEXTN/g' /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.00/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.soThe same fix (applied to the appropriate file) might work for other proprietary JDKs.

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