Few questions about Fedora 18

kkdkdkdkkd56554 · #1 18th January 2013, 11:14 PM

I've previously used and ran a persistent F17 GNOME 3 usb drive.

That is no longer my case. I now and run and use a persistent F18 GNOME 3 usb drive.

Having not used F17/F18 for long, F17/18 are the only Fedora's I've ever used in my Fedora experience.

That said, I'd like to ask a few questions regarding F18.

Can I install Steam BETA? (Invites no longer required.) If, so how?

Can I mount my Nexus 7 16GB for basic usage like file transfers? If so, how?

How can I get seconds to display in date/time?

How can I get the minimize/maximize window buttons to show?

How can I update to Firefox 18? Or can I install Nightly instead?

These are the current questions I have for now.

smr54 · #2 18th January 2013, 11:50 PM

I'm not sure what the Nexus runs. In older Android systems, it would probably just show up as a USB device. In newer Android systems, you have to installs simple-mtpfs, then you can mount it (with root privilege--there's a way to use it as user too, I think, but I make so little use of it, I never bothered), with simple-mptfs /mnt

(Or wherever you want to mount it. )

nonamedotc · #3 18th January 2013, 11:54 PM

I have attempted to answer some of your questions below

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkdkdkdkkd56554

Can I install Steam BETA? (Invites no longer required.) If, so how?

Yes. Use the rpm from Tom Callaway (spot's) repositories. Here is the link - http://spot.fedorapeople.org/

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkdkdkdkkd56554

How can I get seconds to display in date/time?

How can I get the minimize/maximize window buttons to show?

Easiest way is using gnome-tweak-tool. Install it and use the gui to toggle options from off to ON.

Code:

yum install gnome-tweak-tool

Alternative to do the same include using gsettings command on the terminal and using dconf-editor (yum install dconf-editor)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkdkdkdkkd56554

How can I update to Firefox 18? Or can I install Nightly instead?

If you update the system, you should get FF18.

Hope this helps.

kkdkdkdkkd56554 · #4 19th January 2013, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonamedotc

I have attempted to answer some of your questions below

Yes. Use the rpm from Tom Callaway (spot's) repositories. Here is the link - http://spot.fedorapeople.org/

Can you or someone explain to me what .rpm is?
.
These are the available Steam .rpm's

steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc16.i686.rpm
steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc17.i686.rpm
steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc17.src.rpm
steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm

I'm unsure on which to grab and use.

nonamedotc · #5 19th January 2013, 01:52 AM

If you are using Fedora 18, try steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm.

kkdkdkdkkd56554 · #6 19th January 2013, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonamedotc

If you are using Fedora 18, try steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm.

Will do.

I'd still like to know what .rpm is and how to use it?

Assumably just double click the .rpm, or how would I Proceed after downloading the Steam .rpm?

nonamedotc · #7 19th January 2013, 02:08 AM

'rpm' is the packaging format used in Fedora, Red Hat, etc. See this wikipedia article about rpm/package manager.

You could double click on the rpm and your default package manager front end should pop-up and ask for permissions to install the software (depending on your settings) and should proceed.

If you prefer command line, you could do the following.

Code:

su -
[enter root password]

yum install steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm

Hope that helps.

I just noticed that you are running debian. .rpm is to fedora (fedora based) as .deb is to debian (and debian based)

kkdkdkdkkd56554 · #8 19th January 2013, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonamedotc

'rpm' is the packaging format used in Fedora, Red Hat, etc. See this wikipedia article about rpm/package manager.

You could double click on the rpm and your default package manager front end should pop-up and ask for permissions to install the software (depending on your settings) and should proceed.

If you prefer command line, you could do the following.

Code:

su -
[enter root password]

yum install steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm

Hope that helps.

I just noticed that you are running debian. .rpm is to fedora (fedora based) as .deb is to debian (and debian based)

I got these errors when attemtping to install via the double click install procedure.

Attached the errors as screenshots.

I need to be root use

Code:

yum install steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm

How would/do I run Terminal as root?

kkdkdkdkkd56554 · #9 19th January 2013, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkdkdkdkkd56554

I got these errors when attemtping to install via the double click install procedure.

Attached the errors as screenshots.

I need to be root use

Code:

yum install steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm

How would/do I run Terminal as root?

Well, I've somewhat got it figured out now, I have to use

Code:

su -

to use Terminal as root.

For the most part, this is the output upon running the commands

Code:

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ su -
[root@localhost ~]# 
[root@localhost ~]# yum install steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
No package steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm available.
Error: Nothing to do

***DBelton*** · #10 19th January 2013, 02:35 AM

Open a terminal as you normally do, then enter all of what nonamedotc gave you above you above. The su - command witll switch you into a root login in your terminal screen. Then you can install using the yum command specified. (Just a note, for that yum command to work, you need to cd to the folder you downloaded the steam rpm into after you sign into root.)

Yum looks in the current folder for rpm packages you try to install. If it's not in the current folder, you either need to specify the full path in the yum command, or change to the folder first.

kkdkdkdkkd56554 · #11 19th January 2013, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DBelton

Open a terminal as you normally do, then enter all of what nonamedotc gave you above you above. The su - command witll switch you into a root login in your terminal screen. Then you can install using the yum command specified. (Just a note, for that yum command to work, you need to cd to the folder you downloaded the steam rpm into after you sign into root.)

Yum looks in the current folder for rpm packages you try to install. If it's not in the current folder, you either need to specify the full path in the yum command, or change to the folder first.

I specified the path but this is the output

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# yum install steam /home/liveuser/Downloads/install steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
No package steam available.
fedora/filelists_db                                      |  22 MB     00:15     
updates/filelists_db                                     | 6.2 MB     00:03     
No package /home/liveuser/Downloads/install available.
No package steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm available.
Error: Nothing to do

Hopefully I kinda did this correctly

***DBelton*** · #12 19th January 2013, 03:06 AM

You didn't specify the path correctly

try it this way:

Code:

yum install /home/liveuser/Downloads/steam-1.0.0.14-2.fc18.i686.rpm