Tag: rpm

Release Notes For Linux v2.0

Posted on by Tony

This is the release notes for linux release v2.0 (source code: linux-2.0.tar.gz) with format adjusted by removing/replacing tabs/spaces/new lines/formatting marks. This notes document can give us an understanding of the early development of the Linux kernel. The original ASCII formatted version is at the end of this post. Intro This document contains a list of
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How to Make DNF and YUM Save Downloaded RPM Packages

Posted on by David Yang

DNF/YUM can automatically download the RPM packages and install them. Under some situations, we may prefer to make a copy of the RPM files for offline usage so that no need to have network connections to install the software packages. For such purposes, we need to make a copy of the RPM packages. It is
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How to Install Wine 32-bit on CentOS 8

Posted on by Eric Ma

Since version 7, RHEL and CentOS only have 64 bit versions. For some reasons, it’s better to run many Windows applications under 32 bit wine. Like How to Install Wine 32-bit on CentOS 7, this post introduce how to install 32-bit Wine on CentOS 8. Most of the mechanisms are similar yet there are differences.
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How to exclude a package from a specific repository only in yum?

Posted on by Q A

This post https://www.systutorials.com/1661/making-dnf-yum-not-update-certain-packages/ introduces how to exclude a package from yum. But is it possible to exclude a package from a specific repository only? For example, a repository R1 I am using contains an updated version of gdb while I don’t want to use the gdb from it as I trust the version (although older)
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How to install alien on CentOS 7 to convert .deb to .rpm?

Posted on by Eric Ma

How to install the alien command on CentOS 7 to convert .deb to .rpm? alien is already in EPEL and it makes it quite easy to install it in CentOS 7. First, enable EPEL following this tutorials. Then, install alien by # yum install alien Then alien should be ready: # yum info alien Installed
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How to install gfortran on CentOS 7?

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How to install the gfortran fortran compiler on CentOS 7 Linux? gfortran on CentOS 7 is provided in the gcc-gfortran package. You may install it to install gfortran. # yum install gcc-gfortran Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk * epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk * extras: centos.01link.hk * nux-dextop: li.nux.ro *
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How to add PHP DOMDocument extension to httpd in CentOS 7?

Posted on by Eric Ma

Just migrated a PHP site to a new server. However, in /var/log/httpd/error_log, there are errors like [:error] [pid 2810] [client 61.92.242.24:43372] PHP Fatal error: Class ‘DOMDocument’ not found in /var/www/…/some.php on line 16 How to add PHP DOMDocument extension to httpd in CentOS 7? You need to install the package php-xml to have DOMCoument support
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How to install encfs on CentOS 6?

Posted on by Eric Ma

I noticed your answer on configuring encfs on CentOS 6. I had difficulties installing encfs on CentOS 6. How did you install it? Thanks. For CentOS 6, I used a slightly old version (version 1.7.4) using an RPM built for by PUIAS: For x86-64 version: # yum install http://puias.princeton.edu/data/puias/6/x86_64/os/Addons/fuse-encfs-1.7.4-1.puias6.x86_64.rpm For i686 version: # yum install
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What’s wrong with the messages like “UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC” and “failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED” on Linux?

Posted on by Eric Ma

I keep seeing messages in dmesg as follows with “exception Emask 0x10” -> “SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC }” -> “failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED” -> “hard resetting link”: [ 7395.936692] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0xe000 SErr 0x280100 action 0x6 frozen [ 7395.936701] ata4.00: irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error [ 7395.936703] ata4: SError: {
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Required packages for building YouCompleteMe for Vim on Fedora 21

Posted on by Eric Ma

YouCompleteMe for Vim on Fedora 21 reports this error: [zma@laptop:~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe]$ ./install.sh — The C compiler identification is GNU 4.9.2 — The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.9.2 — Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc — Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc — works — Detecting C compiler ABI info — Detecting C compiler ABI info
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How to enable RPM Fusion for CentOS 6.6?

Posted on by Eric Ma

How to enable RPM Fusion for CentOS 6.6? Enable RPM fusion on RHEL 6 or compatible like CentOS: su -c ‘yum localinstall –nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-1.noarch.rpm’ It will install https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL. If it fails to install EPEL automatically, you will need to install it manually. Reference: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

How to display chinese character in lxterminal

Posted on by Eric Ma

Do you know how to display chinese character in lxterminal? I tried to install lxterminal on my workstation and it seems display Chinese characters well: FYI, my Linux system is Fedora 21. The lxterminal version: $ rpm -q lxterminal lxterminal-0.1.11-10.fc21.x86_64 Not sure what’s the reason why it does not work for you. You may check
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How to quickly find out which rpm package provides a command on Fedora Linux?

Posted on by Eric Ma

How to quickly find out which rpm package provides a command on Fedora Linux? As an example, we want to find out which package provides the ping command. You can quickly find it out by rpm: $ rpm -qf `which ping` It will give iputils-20121221-2.fc19.x86_64 Alternatively, you can use yum: $ yum provides `which ping`
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How to upgrade Fedora 19 to Fedora 20 through the network?

Posted on by Eric Ma

How to upgrade Fedora 19 to Fedora 20 through the network? The tool for Fedora to upgrade the distribution is FedUp. Check this page for how to upgrade Fedora 19 to Fedora 20: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp#How_Can_I_Upgrade_My_System_with_FedUp.3F Be sure to check the bugs in Fedora 20 before the upgrading: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F20_bugs#Upgrade_issues Generally, it contains 3 steps: Preparation # yum
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How to install sbt for scala on Fedora Linux

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How to install sbt for scala on Fedora Linux? It is not included in the default Fedora repository although scala is included. The download page of scala-sbt.org provides the RPM package. You can install the sbt rpm package by yum. We only need the URL to the RPM package. Here, let take version 0.13.1 as
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How to install JRE for Chrome on Linux x86-64

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How to install JRE for Chrome on Linux x86-64? Use JRE from Oracle on Fedora Linux x86-64 as the example: Download jre from http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp?locale=en#lin . Select Linux x64. Install it by # yum install jre-7u40-linux-x64.rpm (the downloaded rpm). Make a softlink of the plugin:$ cd ~/.mozilla/plugins/; ln -s /usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so ./ Restart Chrome and browse chrome://plugins/
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How to install .deb packages on Fedora?

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I come across some closed source software that only provides .deb packages. Fedora manages packages with rpm/yum. How to install the .deb packages on Fedora? Alien is a tool to convert .deb package to .rpm package: http://joeyh.name/code/alien/ In latest Fedora, the tool alien is in Fedora’s repository. You can use dnf to install the package.
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How to turn my iPhone to a mouse?

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iPhone has the touch screen. Is is possible to turn my iPhone to a wireless mouse on Linux? Use the WiFi Mouse app/server: http://wifimouse.necta.us/ First, install the WiFi Mouse app on you iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id591076411?mt=8 Second, install the WiFi Mouse server downloaded from http://wifimouse.necta.us/ If you are using Fedora Linux, you need to convert the .deb
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