Query7 » fedora http://query7.com PHP, Javascript, Python and Web Development Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:29:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Fedora 9 Package Management http://query7.com/fedora-9-package-management http://query7.com/fedora-9-package-management#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:24 +0000 admin http://www.query7.com/?p=62 Fedora 9 includes the new package manager called Package Kit. It aims to be the package manager for your system, as it can install apts, slackware packages,rpms and many other file formats. I booted into it and noticed 2 things.

  • The first, its incredibly slow – It took along time to download the updates i needed (Slower than downloading a normal file that size from the server) and it took along time to generate the meta data of plugins list.
  • The second is that (in my opnion) the User Interface is horrible. Its hard to navigate to select the packages you want, When you select a package it takes a few more clicks to even see the dependencies it requires, whereas adept and synaptic show you right away.

I tried it, i can honestly say i gave it a good go, but its not for me. Since im new to the rpm system, i searched around for alternatives, i found one called Yum Extender (Yumex).  Its easy to install, just yum install yumex or download it from the websit.

]]> Fedora 9 includes the new package manager called Package Kit. It aims to be the package manager for your system, as it can install apts, slackware packages,rpms and many other file formats. I booted into it and noticed 2 things.

  • The first, its incredibly slow – It took along time to download the updates i needed (Slower than downloading a normal file that size from the server) and it took along time to generate the meta data of plugins list.
  • The second is that (in my opnion) the User Interface is horrible. Its hard to navigate to select the packages you want, When you select a package it takes a few more clicks to even see the dependencies it requires, whereas adept and synaptic show you right away.

I tried it, i can honestly say i gave it a good go, but its not for me. Since im new to the rpm system, i searched around for alternatives, i found one called Yum Extender (Yumex).  Its easy to install, just yum install yumex or download it from the websit.

]]> http://query7.com/fedora-9-package-management/feed 0 Dropbox on Fedora. Believe it http://query7.com/dropbox-on-fedora-believe-it http://query7.com/dropbox-on-fedora-believe-it#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:05:01 +0000 admin http://www.query7.com/?p=64 I was lucky enough to get chosen to be one of the 25 alpha testers for the linux dropbox client. We were given the choice to download a precomiled .deb, or the source code. Since i use Fedora, i opted for the source code. I attempted to compile it and then i came across some dependency issues.There were 2-3 packages that i needed to find work arounds for, they weren’t in the default repositories and for one (i think) there wasn’t a package for it so i needed to compile it.

I eventually was able to compile it without any errors. It did need a system restart to take effect, but low and behold.

]]> I was lucky enough to get chosen to be one of the 25 alpha testers for the linux dropbox client. We were given the choice to download a precomiled .deb, or the source code. Since i use Fedora, i opted for the source code. I attempted to compile it and then i came across some dependency issues.There were 2-3 packages that i needed to find work arounds for, they weren’t in the default repositories and for one (i think) there wasn’t a package for it so i needed to compile it.

I eventually was able to compile it without any errors. It did need a system restart to take effect, but low and behold.

]]> http://query7.com/dropbox-on-fedora-believe-it/feed 0 Fedora 9 , First thoughts http://query7.com/fedora-9-first-thoughts http://query7.com/fedora-9-first-thoughts#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:28:24 +0000 admin http://www.query7.com/?p=60 I was getting some problems with the latest Ubuntu release (ext3 didn’t agree with ubuntu) so i decided to try another distro. Ive always been an apt-get man so i wanted to try something different. I downoloaded the Fedora 9 DVD and popped it in the drive.

I couldn’t use the GUI installer as there was some conflict with my monitor, so i need to use the text based installer. Its no big hassle for me, ive used the text base installer on slackware and other distros. The anaconda installer is great, i selected the programs i wanted to install and install. All up the install only took around 20-25 minutes – very speedy considering i installed gnome, xfce, servers, dev tools and a number of other things. Once the installation had finished i rebooted.

Straight away i noticed that i didn’t have an X server. When you run Fedora for the first time, im pretty sure theres a little dialog that lets you make accounts etc.. unfortunately there was no text option for me and i got left with a command prompt. I was forced to login as root. I tried startx and it worked! I was in the…

]]> I was getting some problems with the latest Ubuntu release (ext3 didn’t agree with ubuntu) so i decided to try another distro. Ive always been an apt-get man so i wanted to try something different. I downoloaded the Fedora 9 DVD and popped it in the drive.

I couldn’t use the GUI installer as there was some conflict with my monitor, so i need to use the text based installer. Its no big hassle for me, ive used the text base installer on slackware and other distros. The anaconda installer is great, i selected the programs i wanted to install and install. All up the install only took around 20-25 minutes – very speedy considering i installed gnome, xfce, servers, dev tools and a number of other things. Once the installation had finished i rebooted.

Straight away i noticed that i didn’t have an X server. When you run Fedora for the first time, im pretty sure theres a little dialog that lets you make accounts etc.. unfortunately there was no text option for me and i got left with a command prompt. I was forced to login as root. I tried startx and it worked! I was in the GNOME desktop, i quickly made myself a normal user account and restarted the computer. Unfortunately the Desktop Manager/GUI Login screen didn’t start so i was at the command prompt again, however i could still startx .

UPDATE: I decided to reinstall Fedora (2 Hours after i initially installed it. I got Anaconda to run graphically, i added the boot parameter resolution=1024×768 and it worked! The installation went smoothly, the boot screen was working and i added my user the proper way. X works straight off now, im very pleased :)

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