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MeeGo-Lem
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MeeGo-Lem: Linux Everywhere for MeeGolem
WARNING: THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS STATUS: Not even close yet.
This is a guide on how to run and install Fedora's "noncompliant apps", along with the rest of Fedora14 libs and apps, on MeeGo 1.2 Netbook. The intent here is not MeeGo non-compliance, but rather end-user usefulness, on-par with what other user's get from installing Fedora, and then following instructions like http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f14.html to actually get a system that's worth using.
This hack provides the following repositories that work alongside MeeGo's if you're careful with your use of 'zypper'
- Fedora 14 from http://fedoraproject.org/
- Noncompliant and additional packages from http://rpmfusion.org/
- Audio/Video from http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
- Adobe's Flash Plugin RPM repository from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/productinfo/instructions/#section-3
- Google Chrome Browser RPM repository from http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?platform=linux
The end result is over 20000 packages many of which work beautifully.
See http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-community/2011-March/003675.html
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14129
Installation
Prerequisites
- Setup sudo
...
- Install tar and wget
sudo zypper install tar wget ...
Install repositories
- /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo
cd /tmp ; wget 'https://bugs.meego.com/attachment.cgi?id=4761' cd / ; tar xvzf '/tmp/attachment.cgi?id=4761'
- /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*
cd /tmp ; wget 'https://bugs.meego.com/attachment.cgi?id=4762' cd / ; tar xvzf '/tmp/attachment.cgi?id=4762'
Refresh zypper
$ sudo zypper clean --all $ sudo zypper refresh
The Hacks that Make it All Possible
- Fedora uses readline6, MeeGo uses readline5.
- Fedora uses Python 2.7, MeeGo uses Python 2.6.
Some Example Installations
Google Chrome, Flash Plugins, Java, Skype, LibreOffice, etc.
- Simple install of google-chrome beta (and flash/java/talk) on MeeGo 1.2 Netbook
- Chrome: simple setup with LEM installed:
sudo zypper install google-chrome-beta ... ## note three different versions available: $ zypper search chrome ... i | google-chrome-beta | Google Chrome | package | google-chrome-stable | Google Chrome | package | google-chrome-unstable | Google Chrome | package ...
- Adobe Flash: simple setup with LEM installed:
## install from Adobe RPM reposotory from LEM $ sudo zypper install flash-plugin Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW package is going to be installed: flash-plugin 1 new package to install. Overall download size: 4.7 MiB. After the operation, additional 11.6 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y Retrieving package flash-plugin-10.2.152.27-release.i386 (1/1), 4.7 MiB (11.6 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: flash-plugin-10.2.152.27-release.i386.rpm [done (790.4 KiB/s)] Installing: flash-plugin-10.2.152.27-release [done] ## Setup Link to enable web browser plugin: $ sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ## Now restart browser or qtwebkit-based apps requiring flash.
- Install latest LibreOffice on MeeGo 1.2 Netbook:
- http://wiki.meego.com/LibreOffice
- LibreOffice is recommended over Fedora's OpenOffice: http://forum.meego.com/showpost.php?p=18796&postcount=24 ; also Fedora provides a much older version than LibreOffice, and has special weird Fedora dependencies to the OpenJDK java included with Fedora.
- Installing Skype on MeeGo 1.2 Netbook (doesn't use LEM since skype doesn't provide repository):
$ wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-fc10 $ mv getskype-linux-beta-fc10 getskype-linux-beta-fc10.rpm $ sudo rpm --nodeps -ivh getskype-linux-beta-fc10.rpm
Be able to watch/hear common internet media formats.
smplayer to watch streamed audio/video.
gpodder and needed python plugins -- to watch/manage podcats.
The OpenShot Video Editor
The Jack Audio Connection Kit, QJackCtl, and Various Cool Audio Tools
Qtractor Audio/MIDI Editor and Sound processing plugins.
