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Welcome to the tutorial guide. The guide will provide a user with instructions and information on how to install skype, download manager, FTP Client and other applications.

Installing Skype
First of all, you need to add the following repository to your Fedora install. This can be done by running following command:
su -
cat < /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
gpgkey=http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/phone/skype/rpm-public-key.asc
EOF
Now, you can install skype by running following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install skype’

Installing Downloader for X
- If you would like to install Downloader for X which is a download manager then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install d4x’

now, please go to:
- Applications
- Internet
- Downloader for X

Installing gFTP
- If you would like to install gFTP, which is an FTP Client, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install gftp’

now, please go to
-Applications
- Internet
- gFTP

Installing aMule
-In order to install aMule which is a P2P eMule Client, please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install amule’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Internet
-aMule

Installing Gwenview
If you would like to install Gwenview which is an Image Viewer, then please run following command:

su -c ‘yum -y install gwenview’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Graphics
- Gwenview

Installing RSSOwl
If you would like to install RSSOwl, which is a RSS/RDF/Atom Newsreader, then first thing that you need to do download the version for x86
su -c ‘tar zxvf rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz -C /opt/’
su -c ‘chown -R root:root /opt/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin/’
su -c ‘gedit /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh’

-now, please insert the following lines
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
cd /opt/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin/
./run.sh
-now, please save the edited file
su -c ‘chmod +x /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh’
su -c ‘gedit /usr/share/applications/RSSOwl.desktop’
-now you can create a desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=RSSOwl
Comment=RSSOwl
Exec=runRSSOwl.sh
Icon=/opt/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin/rssowl.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;
-now, please save the edited filed
- now, please go to:
-Applications
- Internet
- RSSOwl

Installing Mozilla Thunderbird
If you would like to install Mozilla Thunderbird which is an Email Client, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install thunderbird’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Internet
- Thunderbird Mail Client

Installing Pan
If you would like to install a Pan, which is a Newsreader then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install pan’
now, please go to
-Applications
- Internet
- Pan Newsreader

Installing GnoCHM
If you would lie to install a GnoCHM, which is a CHM viewer then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install gnochm’
now, please go to:
-Applications
-Accessories
- CHM Viewer

Installing bluefish
If you would like to install a blufish which is a Web Authoring System, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install bluefish’
now, please go to:
-Applications
-Programming
- Bluefish Editor

Installing quanta plus
If you would like to install quanta plus which is a KDE Web Development Environment, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install kdewebdev’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Programming
- Quanta Plus

Installing GnuCash
If you would like to install GnuCash, which is an Accounting Application then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum -y install gnucash’
now, please go to:
-Applications
-Office
-GnuCash

Intalling GParted
If you would like to install Gparted, which is a Partition Editor then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install gparted’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- System Tools
- GParted

Installing Firestarter Firewall
If you would like to install a firestarter firewall, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install firestarter’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- System Tools
- Firestarter

Installing Fedora Firewall
If you would like to install a Fedora firewall, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install system-config-firewall’
now, please go to:
-System
- Administration
- Firewall

Configuring Fedora SELinux
If you would like to configure Fedora SELinux, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install system-config-selinux’
-now, please go to:
-Applications
-System Tools
- SELinux Management

Installing Wireshark
If you would like to install the Wire shark which is a network traffic analyser, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install wireshark wireshark-gnome’
now, please go to:
-Applications
-Internet
- Wiresark

Installing Scribus
If you are interested in installing Scribus which is a desktop publishing application, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install scribus’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Office
- Scribus

Installing gDesklets
If you would like to install gDesklets which is a Desktop Applets then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install gdesklets’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Accessories
- gDesklets

Installing gcc
If you are interested in installing gcc which are basic compilers, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install gcc gcc-c++’

Setting up a Development Environment
In order to set up a development environment you need to add development repo. This can be done by running following command:
su -c ‘gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-devel.repo’
now, you can add the following lines to the new file
[development]
name=Fedora - Development
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
please save the edited file and run following command:
su -c ‘yum groupinstall “Development Tools”‘

Installing Anjuta
If you are interested in installing Anjuta which is an integrated development then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install anjuta
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Programming
- Anjuta IDE

Installing Blender
In order to install a Blender which is a 3D modeling tool, please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install blender’
-now, please go to:
-Applications
- Graphics
- Blender 3D modeller

Installing Frozen Bubble
If you would like to install a Frozen bubble which is a game, then please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install frozen-bubble
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Games
-Frozen-Bubble

Installing Stellariumbr />
In order to install Stellarium which is a virtual planetarium, please run following command:
su -c ‘yum install stellarium’
now, please go to:
-Applications
- Graphics
- Stellarium nightsky renderer

If you followed the steps as mentioned in this tutorial guide, then you would have successfully installed the applications as mentioned in this guide.