Fedora 19 (64-bit) - Installation notes

1. Install Chrome

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome - 64-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

$ sudo yum install google-chrome-stable

2. Install gnome-tweeak-tool and customize it

$ sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool

To run it, press Alt+F2 and type in 'gnome-tweak-tool'. Simple selecting the options performs the changes.

3. Add "Open Terminal" to Gnome Context Menu

$ sudo yum install nautilus-open-terminal

4. Install rpmFusion reposetory

$ sudo 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

5. Install GParted

$ sudo yum install gparted

6. Install djview format libs

$ sudo yum install djview4

7. Disable SELinux

$ sudo nano /etc/selinux/config

SELINUX=disabled

8. Install rar and 7z archive formats

$ sudo yum install unrar p7zip p7zip-plugins

9. Install media codecs

$ sudo yum install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly

10. Install Maven

Download maven from here: http://maven.apache.org/download.html

$ tar -zxvf apache-maven-x.x.x-bin.tar.gz
$ sudo mv apache-maven-x.x.x /opt/maven-x.x.x
$ nano ~/.bash_profile

export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven-x.x.x
PATH=$PATH:$MAVEN_HOME/bin

$ source ~/.bash_profile

11. Install Oracke JDK7

Download Java JDK7 from here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

$ sudo yum install jdk-7u25-linux-x64.rpm
$ sudo alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/java 20000
$ sudo alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/javaws 20000

Swap between OpenJDK and OracleJDK versions:

$ sudo alternatives --config java
$ nano ~/.bash_profile

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25
PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

$ source ~/.bash_profile

12. Install skype

$ sudo yum install qtwebkit.i686
$ sudo yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686

Download Skype for Fedora from here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/

$ sudo yum install skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm

13. Make QDialogs movable

$ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides attach-modal-dialogs "false"

14. Install Adobe Flash Player

$ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
$ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
$ sudo yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl