Fedora First Login

Here's my TO DO list on a fresh Fedora installation.

1. Update the OS and install "important" software.

$ su -
password
# yum update
# yum install -y eclipse gimp inkscape geany texmaker ffmpeg vlc opencv
# yum install gnome-tweak-tool

2. Install Google Chrome by creating the file /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo and adding these lines.

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome - 32-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Then, install Chrome by:

# yum install -y yum install google-chrome-stable

3. Run gnome-tweak-tool:

$ gnome-tweak-tool

4. Enable RPMfusion repository.

# yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Then can install free software such as rar

# yum install rar

Note: it's still better to install RAR from the original site.
5. Install JabRef.

Download the JAR file.

# wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jabref/jabref/2.7.2/JabRef-2.7.2_01.jar

Then create a shortcut somewhere, like on the desktop.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Jabref
GenericName=Jabref
Exec=java -jar /home/maczulu/JabRef-2.7.jar
Icon=jabref
Terminal=false
Type=Application

6. Install MediaInfo.

Install each RPM in the proper sequence.

• libzen0 (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/zenlib/libzen0-0.4.24-1.i386.Fedora_16.rpm)
• libmediainfo0 (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediainfo/libmediainfo0-0.7.53-1.i386.Fedora_16.rpm)
• MediaInfoCLI (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediainfo/mediainfo-0.7.53-1.i386.Fedora_16.rpm)
• MediaInfoGUI (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediainfo/mediainfo-gui-0.7.53-1.i386.Fedora_16.rpm)

7. Install Fedora Utils etc