How to upgrade Fedora using yum - installing applications (part a)
Posted in How To's by Shafkat Shahzad, M.Sc - Senior Technical Content Manager on August 31st, 2009 Welcome to the tutorial guide. The guide will provide you with instructions and guidance on how to upgrade Fedora using yum. The guide will cover information on how to install applications.
Compiz-fusion (3D effects)
If you would like to install compiz-fusion, then please type following code:
su -c ‘yum -y install compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-extras libcompizconfig ccsm compiz-manager’
If you have gnome then you can install the additional software which is helpful by typing following code:
su -c ‘yum -y install compiz-fusion-gnome compiz-fusion-extras-gnome’
If you would like to start it up, then run the following
compiz-manager. In order to start it up on boot please the go through following menu:
- System
- Preferences
- Personal
- Sessions
- Startup Programs
Multimedia Applications
Now, let’s go through installing multimedia applications.
Installing a Media Player (Mplayer/Kplayer)
In order to install a media player, you need to ensure that Livna Repository is installed.
Please type in following code for gnome
su -c ‘yum -y install mplayer-gui’
Please type in following code for KDE
su -c ‘yum -y install kplayer’
Installing a Media Player (Xine)
If you would like to install another Movie Player
, then please enable the Livna Repository and type in the following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install xine’
If you would like to enable extra codecs then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install xine-lib-extras-nonfree’
DVD Playback
In order to enable dvd playback in Fedora, please type following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install libdvdread’
If you have followed advise and guidance as provided in this tutorial, then you will have successfully installed the applications as mentioned in this guide
