Install an IBM Web Application Server - Community Edition(WAS-CE) in Fedora 11

Installation Steps:

STEP 1:Download the installation bundle of WAS-CE with ibm-sdk150 java from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia32

STEP 2:Installation of application server :

• Extract the files from wasce_ibm150sdk_setup-version-platform.tar.bz2 into an empty directory using a utility that supports the tar/bzip2 format using
  

[root@localhost Download]#tar -jxf wasce_ibm150sdk_setup-version-platform.tar.bz2
or
[root@localhost Download]#bzip2 -d wasce_ibm150sdk_setup-version-platform.tar.bz2

• Install the dependent packages for wasce

[root@localhost ~]#yum install libXp libXp-devel compat-libstdc++-33

• Install the IBM SDK Java(TM) 2 Technology Edition by invoking rpm package manager on .rpm file from the directory created above

[root@localhost ibm_was_ce]#rpm -Uvh ibm-java2-i386-sdk-5.0-10.0.i386.rpm

• Make wasce_setup-version-unix.bin executable

[root@localhost ibm_was_ce]#chmod 755 wasce_setup-2.1.1.3-unix.bin

• Install the application server wasce_setup-version-unix.bin from the directory created above and follow the instructions provided by the install wizard

[root@localhost ibm_was_ce]#./wasce_setup-2.1.1.3-unix.bin

• After a successful installation, the wasce_ibm150sdk_setup-version-platform.tar.bz2 file and the directory created above are only needed if you want to perform another installation. The installed application server does not require them. You may delete or archive them to suit your conventions.

STEP 3:

• Starting the server

[root@localhost ~]#cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServerCommunityEdition/bin
[root@localhost bin]#./startup.sh
Using GERONIMO_HOME: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServerCommunityEdition
Using GERONIMO_TMPDIR: var/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre
Using GERONIMO_OUT: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServerCommunityEdition/var/log/server.out

Geronimo started in background. PID: 6899

This indicates that your server is started successfully.

• The server will be started in the background and the server's output will be written to /var/log/server.out. When initialization is complete, this file contains a list of ports on which the server is listening, application modules started, active web application URLs, and should end with the server started message.

Step 4:Verifying the server

After your server has successfully started, access these pages to verify the installation:

• Navigate your browser to the welcome page at http://localhost:8080/.
• Navigate your browser to the administrative console at http://localhost:8080/console and log on using:
  • Default username = system
  • Default password = manager

Step 5:Stopping the server

[root@localhost bin]#./shutdown.sh
Using GERONIMO_HOME: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServerCommunityEdition
Using GERONIMO_TMPDIR: var/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre
Username: system
Password: *******
Locating server on localhost:1099... Server found.
Server shutdown started
Server shutdown completed

Audio and video codecs for FEDORA 11 for totem

I've installed fedora 11 and everything went allright.But when i tried to play an audio song in default media player i.e. Totem, it produced an error

Now what can i do?
so dont worry ......
You need to install following audio and video codecs for totem:

• gstreamer-plugins-base
• gstreamer-plugins-good
• gstreamer-plugins-ugly
• gstreamer-plugins-bad
• gstreamer-ffmpeg

These codecs installed may help you to enjoy the audios and videos.

If these does not work then just try a simple way to play ur media files :-

• Open the terminal(Applications->System Tools->Terminal),
• switch to superuser mode(su -),
• type the following command -

rpm -Uvh http://dnmouse.org/autoten-4.1-8.fc11.noarch.rpm

• this will install ur autoten(GUI repository manager).
• just click the repositories u require and it will install all ur checked repos.

This will help u ......I hope!!!

Upgrade your pidgin to 2.6.1 version

Pidgin 2.6.0 was made available a few days ago and now Pidgin 2.6.1 was released as a bug fix version to the new stable 2.6 series. Among the features and improvements which come with 2.6.0 are:

- several changes and bug fixes in libpurple, the library used by Pidgin for its various chat protocols
- various DNS fixes
- AIM and ICQ fixes
- Gadu-Gadu fixes
- MSN new features, like support for receiving audio clips, support for receiving handwritten messages, many other fixes
- lots of XMPP fixes and improvements, like voice and video support with Jingle or the Service Discovery Browser plugin
- Yahoo! fixes and improvements
- Finch and the Pidgin GTK+ Theme control plugin also received improvements

To install Pidgin 2.6.1 in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope from the Pidgin developers PPA on Launchpad, just follow the instructions below:

Step 1:
Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file with text editor (gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list) and add the following two lines:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

and save the file.
Step 2:
Add the trusted key for this repository:

aryan@aryan-laptop:~$gpg --keyserver http://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A1F196A8
aryan@aryan-laptop:~$gpg --export A1F196A8 | sudo apt-key add -

Step 3:
Update the packages lists:

aryan@aryan-laptop:~$sudo apt-get update

Step 4:
The next step is to uninstall your currently Pidgin installation:

aryan@aryan-laptop:~$sudo apt-get remove --purge pidgin

Step 5:
And the last step is just to install Pidgin 2.6.1 from the newly added repositories:

aryan@aryan-laptop:~$sudo apt-get install pidgin

*******************This should be all set to your new Pidgin*************************