Tora installation on Fedora 16 with rpm

2012-02-09 1 min read Database Fedora
[][1]Image via Wikipedia Last article I talked about tora installation from the sources, but if that is too much for you then you can use this one liner: rpm -ivh "http://amit-agarwal.co.in/mystuff/tora-2.1.3-1.fc16.i686.rpm" But if you like the hard way out, then you can always try this. Related articles Unrar in Fedora… (gryphon143.wordpress.com) Fedora Utils just got easier (funsurf.wordpress.com) rpmorphan – deborphan for the rpm based distros. (amit-agarwal.co.in)

Interesting repository for Fedora.

2012-01-18 1 min read Fedora
Here is one repository that you can add to your Fedora to give it a few more hundred packages: cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/rpm-sphere.repo <<EOF [rpm-sphere] name=RPM Sphere baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/zhonghuaren/Fedora_16/ gpgkey=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/zhonghuaren/Fedora_16/repodata/repomd.xml.key enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 EOF

rpmorphan – deborphan for the rpm based distros.

2011-12-07 2 min read Fedora
Lets first install the rpmorphan package: 1 <td> <div class="bash codecolorer"> &nbsp;<span class="kw2">sudo</span> <span class="kw2">yum install</span> rpmorphan </div> </td> </tr> </table> and here is the description of the package: rpmorphan finds "orphaned"[1] packages on your system. It determines which packages have no other packages depending on their installation, and shows you a list of these packages. It intends to be clone of deborphan Debian tools for rpm packages. It will try to help you to remove unused packages, for example: Continue reading

Quickly install most of the things that you need on Fedora.

2011-10-30 1 min read Fedora
easyLife is a user friendly program that installs packages on Fedora as well as adjustments most users want. It makes new users’ experience easy and fun, providing the means to set the OS up quickly and painless. This app does not really require any more introduction. http://sourceforge.net/projects/easylife-linux/ [][1]Easy Linux for Fedora Related articles How To Install Ailurus 10.05 On Fedora | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials (amit-agarwal.co.in) Fedora 16: Linux home for lost Ubuntu GNOMEs (go. Continue reading

Introducing /run – what is this directory doing in my root directory?

2011-04-13 1 min read Linux
Image via Wikipedia http://lwn.net/Articles/436012/ There is a suggestion to add /run directory that will be mounted as tmpfs. This directory will be mounted early in the boot process and can be used in various scenario’s. I hope this will improve few things in the linux world. Related articles How to find the number of files inside the directory in linux (manivasagan.wordpress.com) How do you reset your Ubuntu password (wiki.answers.com) Finding Files using – locate – on Linux (galigio. Continue reading

Slackware Linux 13.37 RC 3.1415926535897932384626433832

2011-04-02 1 min read Linux Uncategorized
Slackware released the next version a few days back and guess the complete name : Slackware Linux 13.37 RC 3.1415926535897932384626433832. You must be crazy to tell the complete version to anyone. Development Release: Slackware Linux 13.37 RC 3.1415926535897932384626433832 More fun with Slackware’s version numbers as Patrick Volkerding announces the latest release candidate for the upcoming Slackware Linux 13.37: +ACI-There have been quite a few changes so we will have one more release candidate: Slackware 13. Continue reading

using gnuplot for time plotting

2011-02-17 1 min read Learning Linux
Couple of days back, I was working with some data and wanted to plot it. I had couple of options Excel, ploticus and then our own gnuplot. My choice here was gnuplot, as this is most commonly available and helps me write scripts that can automate my repetitive task. So far, so good. The data I was plotting was against time, that was the problem. Couple of quick searches did not result into any luck to get me on the path and hence with some man pages and some documentation, finally I found this, might be this will be helpful for others. Continue reading
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