Packages installation

[mehulved]

ok i thought since RHEL is Enterprise version it will be better than Fedora
So I chose RHEL.

See you have no clue on how the Open Source model works. Well nither did I know when I started and even now I can't claim to know it perfectly.
But, in the Open Source arena. It's rather community projects which are usually better. Some reasons are listed below
1) It is used extensively by the community so it is well tested
2)It has lots of developers who happen to be the users of the software too, so it's some issues which aren't well tackled in enterprise systems so well are addressed in the community distro.
3) RHEL, SLED,etc are optimised for server usage. This doesn't mean it's bad for desktop or anything as such but it will be some steps beyond FC or OpenSUSE cos most geeks in the community will be using FC, SUSE, Ubuntu,etc so the documents you will get hold of on the net for the latter will be far better.
There are more points but I can't remember some and am feeling lazy to write down more, too. So, using RHEL or it's clone CentOS will not give you any advantage whatsoever over FC, unless you pay for RHEL and get tech support from RH.
I am not so familiar with yum so can't help you about the yum problem now, but I will look it up if I get time soon and it has not been answered.

 

[JGuru]

@Red_hat, RHEL is used by very large companies since they need such a O.S that
supports clustering, scalability, mutiple Processor support, data recovery etc.,
It's mainly for the Enterprise. I suggest you switch to Fedora Core 5. We can help
solve your problems easily. Fedora is a good distro.Also it's easy to learn things.

 

[red_hat]

@ Tech u r future ,J guru

: I was totally unaware about the things which u explained so I will consdier u r points.

I will install either ubuntu or FC5 .
I have to download these disros so will take little bit time.

Thnx for help.

 

[mehulved]

OK it seems all your yum channels weren't updated. Just do

yum clean all
yum -y update

See this *www.openfree.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15610

 

[red_hat]

OK it seems all your yum channels weren't updated. Just do

yum clean all
yum -y update

See this *www.openfree.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15610

Error: Missing Dependency: libraw1394.so.8 is needed by package libavc1394

this was the last line after following above procedure..

btw am going to install ubuntu 6.06 today.

 

[praka123]

@red_hat get the needed libraw1394 rpm from :
*atrpms.net/dist/el4/libraw1394/

 

[red_hat]

@red_hat get the needed libraw1394 rpm from :
*atrpms.net/dist/el4/libraw1394/

OOps I installed Ubuntu .

We have to use sudo .Isnt there any method or default pwd to become a root user?

 

[JGuru]

@Red_hat, You don't need root password at all in Debian-based Linux distros like Ubuntu.
Use sudo, gksudo, gksu followed by a command,

For eg., to open a file & write to it, of which the 'root' has read, write, execute permission.

Open the Terminal Window & type;

$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

This is just an example.

Now make changes to the file & save it. That's all.

The syntax is 'sudo command' The command is any command that requires root priviledges.

To display your harddisk partition, type:

$ sudo fdisk -l

The output you get will be some what like this:

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 638 5124703+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 639 3982 26860680 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 639 1403 6144831 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 1404 2041 5124703+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 2042 2770 5855661 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 2807 3827 8201151 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda9 3828 3982 1244974+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

NOTE: In your case the output may vary!!

 

[mehulved]

Don't use root. It is an unnecessary security risk. sudo lets you do everything that needs to be done by a root user.
It is a good practice not to use root user when you are connected to a network.

 

[red_hat]

ok.doubt cleared regarding sudo.
I updated system with update manager and installed softs like azureus ,xmms player,VLC,downloader for x.

Ubuntu mounted all NTFS partitioned drives automatically.
Now i have one question that this data on NTFS partition is read only.
But I can play songs ,movies and even added downloaded data in azureus for uploading.Is there any problem doing so?

I used to use Odc for data transferring on lan for xp ?Now how can i transfer data ?
We were using Radmin like VNC. Is there any option for that?
__________
I downloaded rpm ,converted to debian package and installed

*www.radmin.com/support/forum/read.php?FID=12&TID=10750

but it shows

bash: wine: command not found

 

[mehulved]

Well check with synaptic, radmin would be there. Don't convery rpm's to deb's not a good idea.
For sharing data with Windows installed on another PC use Samba.
NTFS write support is available using ntfs-static, ntfs-3g,etc or by compiling your own kernel-2.6.18 with ntfs write support enabled.

 

[red_hat]

Sorry buddies for replying so late

Now I am totally switched to Linux (i.e. Ubuntu) and installed everything which is necessery including samba and nis throgh add-remove programmes /synaptic manager.So now der is nothing like switch back to windows except some instance.

Ubuntu is really kewl and esy for newbies.Now I will try to learn how all these things to be manually configured and would like to try and learn other distros.

thnx to all tuxfans coz becoz of u today I am able 2 use GNU /linux

Btw Wish u Very Happy Diwali to all of u

 

[mehulved]

Can you state that 'some instance'?

 

[red_hat]

I am not hardcore gamer ,but Sometimes we play cs ,worms on lan for tp.
so I may require to switch to M$..
I read post where u suggested cedega or wine for tht.
I will try tht also later on.

 

[praka123]

cedega is a non free thing needs subscription afaik,when will wine project mature and support more win32s,,,...aaow

 

[red_hat]

I isntalled wine and installed some windows programmes for eg. radmin and odc but odc closed after some process executed in terminal and was unable to run radmin server.
is wine preferrable to use.
does Cedega will solve this prob.

One more thing regarding port forwarding in azureus
I gave these commands given in stanton-finley notes
$ sudo /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 6881:6999 -j ACCEPT
$ sudo /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p udp --destination-port 6972:6972 -j ACCEPT

my incoming tcp listen port is 29939 so gave following command also
$ sudo /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 29939 -j ACCEPT

Do i need to change anything coz still DHT firwalled shows.
and where should I save these commands so that I dont have to type everytime when rebooting system.

sorry for my poor english

 

[praka123]

Then U need crossoveroffice-this also a modified wine source,need to pay

well 4 iptables firewall thing,am poor ,but u can use gui's like firestarter or lokkit etc..

 

[JGuru]

You can try rdesktop, Click here, Wine is free, whereas Cedega is not( you have to pay).
For Firewall use Shorewall. But you need to configure a lot!!