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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 --gpg-auto-import-keys 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 ...
- Firefox4 and BlueGriffon:
- See: MeeGo-Lem-Firefox4
- Just-released Firefox4 is packaged with Fedora 15.
- Also released: Firefox4-based web-editor, http://bluegriffon.org/
- MeeGo, closer to Fedora 14, is supported by Fedora 'remi' (Remi Collet repositories), that also provide the official BlueGriffon distribution site for Fedora (both BlueGriffon and Firefox4 depend xulrunner2 package in remi repo).
- With LEM, http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-firefox-4-on-fedora/ is relatively straightforward.
- 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.
- Installing Skype on MeeGo 1.2 Netbook (doesn't use LEM since skype doesn't provide repository):
- Use browser to download Fedora RPM from http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/downloading.fedora
- Latest Skype intended for Fedora 13+ resolves issues from earlier versions: https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14117#c4
$ sudo rpm -ivh skype-2.2.0.25-fedora.i586.rpm
Failed to expand %__security_plugin macro
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:skype ########################################### [100%]
- Install latest LibreOffice on MeeGo 1.2 Netbook:
- See: 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.
Be able to watch/hear common internet media formats
Using LEM, follow instructions in http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f14.html#mp3 and http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f14.html#mediaplayers to be able to hear MP3's or watch FLV, AVI or other "nonfree" codec-requiring formats.
$ sudo zypper in gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 'gstreamer-plugins-ugly' is already installed. No update candidate for 'gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.16-2.fc14.i686'. The highest available version is already installed. Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW packages are going to be installed: gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-bad-free libass libcdaudio libkate libmimic libmms libofa libquicktime mjpegtools-libs 11 new packages to install. Overall download size: 2.2 MiB. After the operation, additional 6.4 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y Retrieving package libmms-0.6.2-1.fc14.i686 (1/11), 48.0 KiB (108.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libmms-0.6.2-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done (7.6 KiB/s)] Retrieving package libquicktime-1.1.5-2.fc14.i686 (2/11), 283.0 KiB (857.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libquicktime-1.1.5-2.fc14.i686.rpm [done (20.5 KiB/s)] Retrieving package libmimic-1.0.4-4.fc12.i686 (3/11), 28.0 KiB (78.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libmimic-1.0.4-4.fc12.i686.rpm [done] Retrieving package gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.11-1.fc14.i686 (4/11), 169.0 KiB (494.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.11-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done (83.3 KiB/s)] Retrieving package libofa-0.9.3-16.fc12.i686 (5/11), 56.0 KiB (154.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libofa-0.9.3-16.fc12.i686.rpm [done (1.3 KiB/s)] Retrieving package libass-0.9.11-1.fc14.i686 (6/11), 62.0 KiB (125.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libass-0.9.11-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done (16.1 KiB/s)] Retrieving package libcdaudio-0.99.12p2-13.fc12.i686 (7/11), 38.0 KiB (81.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libcdaudio-0.99.12p2-13.fc12.i686.rpm [done (6.6 KiB/s)] Retrieving package libkate-0.3.7-2.fc14.i686 (8/11), 46.0 KiB (92.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libkate-0.3.7-2.fc14.i686.rpm [done (13.6 KiB/s)] Retrieving package mjpegtools-libs-1.9.0-2.fc14.i686 (9/11), 233.0 KiB (581.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: mjpegtools-libs-1.9.0-2.fc14.i686.rpm [done (58.4 KiB/s)] Retrieving package gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.20-3.fc14.i686 (10/11), 1.0 MiB (3.3 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.20-3.fc14.i686.rpm [done (356.9 KiB/s)] Retrieving package gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.20-2.fc14.i686 (11/11), 241.0 KiB (679.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.20-2.fc14.i686.rpm [done (40.1 KiB/s)] Installing: libmms-0.6.2-1.fc14 [done] Installing: libquicktime-1.1.5-2.fc14 [done] Installing: libmimic-1.0.4-4.fc12 [done] Installing: gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.11-1.fc14 [done] Installing: libofa-0.9.3-16.fc12 [done] Installing: libass-0.9.11-1.fc14 [done] Installing: libcdaudio-0.99.12p2-13.fc12 [done] Installing: libkate-0.3.7-2.fc14 [done] Installing: mjpegtools-libs-1.9.0-2.fc14 [done] Installing: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.20-3.fc14 [done] Installing: gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.20-2.fc14 [done] $ sudo zypper in xine-lib-extras-freeworld ffmpeg2dirac ffmpeg2theora ffmpegthumbnailer Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW packages are going to be installed: ffmpeg2dirac ffmpeg2theora ffmpegthumbnailer liboil vcdimager vcdimager-libs xine-lib-extras-freeworld 7 new packages to install. Overall download size: 999.0 KiB. After the operation, additional 3.1 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y Retrieving package ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.6-1.fc14.i686 (1/7), 55.0 KiB (171.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.6-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done] Retrieving package vcdimager-0.7.23-13.fc13.1.i686 (2/7), 300.0 KiB (1.1 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: vcdimager-0.7.23-13.fc13.1.i686.rpm [done (14.5 KiB/s)] Retrieving package ffmpeg2theora-0.27-1.fc14.i686 (3/7), 61.0 KiB (149.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: ffmpeg2theora-0.27-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done] Retrieving package liboil-0.3.16-4.fc12.i686 (4/7), 113.0 KiB (497.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: liboil-0.3.16-4.fc12.i686.rpm [done (35.7 KiB/s)] Retrieving package vcdimager-libs-0.7.23-13.fc13.1.i686 (5/7), 96.0 KiB (187.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: vcdimager-libs-0.7.23-13.fc13.1.i686.rpm [done (39.7 KiB/s)] Retrieving package ffmpeg2dirac-0.1.0-4.fc12.i686 (6/7), 49.0 KiB (102.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: ffmpeg2dirac-0.1.0-4.fc12.i686.rpm [done (20.4 KiB/s)] Retrieving package xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.19-1.fc14.i686 (7/7), 325.0 KiB (889.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.19-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done (20.2 KiB/s)] Installing: ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.6-1.fc14 [done] Installing: vcdimager-0.7.23-13.fc13.1 [done] Installing: ffmpeg2theora-0.27-1.fc14 [done] Installing: liboil-0.3.16-4.fc12 [done] Installing: vcdimager-libs-0.7.23-13.fc13.1 [done] Installing: ffmpeg2dirac-0.1.0-4.fc12 [done] Installing: xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.19-1.fc14 [done] $ sudo zypper in mplayer-gui gecko-mediaplayer mencoder ## see http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f14.html#mediaplayers Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW packages are going to be installed: gecko-mediaplayer gnome-mplayer-common gnome-mplayer-minimal mencoder mplayer-gui 5 new packages to install. Overall download size: 7.1 MiB. After the operation, additional 18.6 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y Retrieving package gnome-mplayer-common-1.0.0-1.fc14.i686 (1/5), 210.0 KiB (858.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: gnome-mplayer-common-1.0.0-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done (37.2 KiB/s)] Retrieving package mplayer-gui-1.0-0.119.20100703svn.fc14.i686 (2/5), 3.5 MiB (9.0 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: mplayer-gui-1.0-0.119.20100703svn.fc14.i686.rpm [done (113.1 KiB/s)] Retrieving package mencoder-1.0-0.119.20100703svn.fc14.i686 (3/5), 3.1 MiB (8.0 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: mencoder-1.0-0.119.20100703svn.fc14.i686.rpm [done (105.1 KiB/s)] Retrieving package gnome-mplayer-minimal-1.0.0-1.fc14.i686 (4/5), 114.0 KiB (319.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: gnome-mplayer-minimal-1.0.0-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done (23.3 KiB/s)] Retrieving package gecko-mediaplayer-1.0.0-1.fc14.i686 (5/5), 78.0 KiB (493.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: gecko-mediaplayer-1.0.0-1.fc14.i686.rpm [done] Installing: gnome-mplayer-common-1.0.0-1.fc14 [done] Installing: mplayer-gui-1.0-0.119.20100703svn.fc14 [done] Installing: mencoder-1.0-0.119.20100703svn.fc14 [done] Installing: gnome-mplayer-minimal-1.0.0-1.fc14 [done] Installing: gecko-mediaplayer-1.0.0-1.fc14 [done] $ killall -HUP banshee-1 ##must kill and restart banshee $ banshee-1 ##start from commandline to see entertaining error messages https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14658
The end result -- you can watch FLV video downloaded from youtube:
The gecko-mediaplayer plugin installed above, allows media to be viewed directly in the web browser:
smplayer for streaming audio/video playback
gpodder and needed python plugins -- to watch/manage podcasts
The OpenShot Video Editor
The Jack Audio Connection Kit, QJackCtl, and Various Cool Audio Tools
Qtractor Audio/MIDI Editor and Sound processing plugins
Games Games Games!
(Author doesn't have time for games, but notes a fully populated installer, and son happy with MeeGo on his netbook).
