This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run installer) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, and Alma Linux versions 10.1, 9.7, and 8.10 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 8/9/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
This guide works with UEFI Secure Boot disabled or enabled. If you keep Secure Boot enabled, follow this step-by-step module signing guide:
RHEL Secure Boot: Howto sign NVIDIA kernel modules (DKMS + .run installer)
Oracle VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.
Check video guide (older, VirtualBox 7.0.x on Fedora) using Oracle’s own dnf repo:
This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 43/42, CentOS Stream, Red Hat (RHEL), Rocky Linux, and Alma Linux versions 10.1, 9.7, and 8.10. Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM/DNF repository.
Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Fedora 43/42:
This is guide, howto install PostgreSQL 18.1 / 17.7 / 16.11 database server on Fedora 43/42 and RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/Alma 10/9/8. The guide shows how to install PostgreSQL 18.1 / 17.7 / 16.11 from the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) repositories and also how to install the distro-provided package where appropriate. Use the detection commands in the installation section to list available majors in your enabled repositories.
Check video guide howto install PostgreSQL on Fedora / Rocky (example older recordings):
Memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but originally intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load. Memcached is a very useful also in other cases, than only dynamic web applications.
This guide explains howto install Memcached 1.6.32 stable version of distributed memory object caching system on Fedora 41/40/39, CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8, Rocky Linux 9.5. Fedora 41/40/39, CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8, Rocky Linux 9.5 has Memcached on default repos, so extra repositories is not needed.
This is quick guide howto change runlevel on GRUB2. Support inttf: Buy Me a Coffee: Buy me a coffee Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf Title says runlevel 3 (refer to changing runlevel from 5 to 3), but yes same method of course works, if you want to change runlevel from 3 to 5, from 5 to 1 or from 3 to 1. Whole process is actually add one additional boot parameter. This modification is not permanent, when you boot your system next time, it uses default parameters. This guide works all Linux distributions with GRUB2.
This is guide howto install nginx, PHP 5.3 and FastCGI webserver with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL and Memcache support on Fedora 12 and Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5/6.
nginx (engine x) is a robust, small and high performance http server, reverse proxy server and also mail proxy server.
1. Add and enable needed repositories: Updated 19.3.2010 Use following repositories to install nginx 0.8.xx version (currently 0.8.36 version)
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm rpm -Uvh http://yum.chrislea.com/centos/5/i386/chl-release-5-3.noarch.rpm rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CHL Just Epel repository is now obsolete, since there can be found only nginx 0.6.xx branch (currenlty version 0.6.39) Check this comment for more info.
Yum (Yellowdog Update Modified) is RPM Packet Management system for Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat, OpenSuse etc. Yum history (list, info, summary, repeat, redo, undo, new) commands is added on 3.2.25 version. So this works every Linux Distros, which uses yum 3.2.25 or newer. Yum history command is a really useful in situations where the need to example rollback latest yum activity or undelete some deletes or just see what is updated lately.
This is quick guide howto install PostgreSQL 8.4 (current stable 8.4.7) database server on CentOS, Fedora and Red Hat. Fedora 14, Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 has PostgreSQL 8.4 database server as default so extra repositories is not needed. Personally, I like to use Postgres own repositories, because the latest version of PostgreSQL may be quickly and easily installed. The following commands run as root and postgres user, so “su -” or “sudo -i” first.
Are you looking LibreOffice 5.2/5.1/5.0 Install guide?
This is quick guide to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 on Fedora 24/23/22/21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 7.2/6.8, Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.8 with using Apache OpenOffice original RPM packages.
What’s new in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 release New Sidebar – The Sidebar makes better use of today’s widescreen displays than traditional toolbars Interoperability Improvements DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements Extensions Improvements/Enhancements Many resource leaks were fixed Check full feature list here.
This is a quick tip, howto find, query and list all available packages from a specific Yum repository/repositories on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL). This trick does not show the already installed packages from selected repository.
List All Repositories and Check Repository ID’s $ yum repolist Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit repo id repo name status adobe-linux-i386 Adobe Systems Incorporated enabled: 17 fedora Fedora 12 - i386 enabled: 15,366 google Google - i386 enabled: 4 livna rpm.livna.org for 12 - i386 enabled: 3 rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Free enabled: 383 rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Free - Updates enabled: 551 rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Nonfree enabled: 124 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Nonfree - Updates enabled: 228 updates Fedora 12 - i386 - Updates enabled: 4,587 repolist: 21,263 Query Available Packages From Selected YUM Repository Disable all repositories and then enable just selected repo.
What is MongoDB? MongoDB (from “humongous”) is a scalable, high-performance, open source, schema-free, document-oriented database. Written in C++. MongoDB bridges the gap between key-value stores (which are fast and highly scalable) and traditional RDBMS systems (which provide structured schemas and powerful queries).
MongoDB is very interesting document-oriented database, because it has really awesome features:
Document-oriented storage (the simplicity and power of JSON-like data schemas) Dynamic queries Full index support, extending to inner-objects and embedded arrays Query profiling Fast, in-place updates Efficient storage of binary data large objects (e.g. photos and videos) Replication and fail-over support Auto-sharding for cloud-level scalability MapReduce for complex aggregation Commercial Support, Training, and Consulting This guide shows howto install MongoDB 2.4.4 on Fedora 18/17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9. Using MongoDB own YUM repositories. Fedora / CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) RPM packages are currently available for x86 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) architectures.
This is guide, howto install Adobe Flash Player Plugin version 32 (32-bit and 64-bit) with YUM/DNF on Fedora 32/31/30/29, CentOS 8.0/7.7/6.10 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8.0/7.7/6.10. Currently only Firefox is supported and you need firefox-x11 launcher or fallback to x11. Wayland and Google Chrome/Chromium is not supported anymore.
Install Adobe Flash Player Plugin 32 Fedora 32/31/30/29, CentOS 8.0/7.7/6.10 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8.0/7.7/6.10 1. Change Root User sudo -i ## OR ## su - 2. Install Adobe YUM Repository RPM package ## Adobe Repository 32-bit x86 ## rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux ## Adobe Repository 64-bit x86_64 ## rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux 3. Install Adobe Flash Player 32 on Fedora 32/31/30/29, CentOS 8.0/7.7/6.10 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8.0/7.7/6.10 # Fedora 32/31/30/29 # dnf install flash-plugin flash-player-ppapi alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl # CentOS/RHEL 8.0 # dnf install flash-plugin flash-player-ppapi alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl # CentOS/RHEL 7.7 # yum install flash-plugin flash-player-ppapi alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl # CentOS/RHEL 6.10 # yum install flash-plugin flash-player-ppapi nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl 4. Fedora 31 Users Install firefox-x11 launcher or Disable Wayland 4.1 Install and use firefox-x11 launcher You can install firefox-x11 launcher on Fedora using following command:
This is guide shows, howto install Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) current version 9.5.5 RPM on Fedora 34/33, CentOS 8.3, Red Hat (RHEL) 8.3. This method works on 64-bit architectures.
Check video version of guide: Support inttf: Buy Me a Coffee: Buy me a coffee Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf 1. Change Root User sudo -i ## OR ## su - 2. Get Adobe Reader RPM package cd /tmp ## English version ## wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm 3a. Install Adobe Reader (acroread) on Fedora 34/33 Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.
This guide shows, howto install Adobe AIR on Fedora 12, Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6. This method works on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This guide also shows howto use Adobe AIR Application Installer and install TweetDeck.
What is adobe AIR? Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications as a desktop applications, using existing HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash or Adobe Flex. Adobe positions it as a browser-less runtime for rich Internet applications that can be deployed onto the desktop, rather than a fully-fledged application framework.
CentOS 5.5 is the fifth update to the CentOS 5 distribution series. It contains a lot of bugfixes, updates and new functionality.
New Packages on CentOS 5.5 freeradius2 gsl postgresql84 python-dmidecode samba3x tunctl xz gpxe (x86_64 only) Some package updates exim 4.63 gcc 4.1.2 kernel 2.6.18 OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 php 5.1.6 xen 3.0.3 yum 3.2.22 httpd 2.2.3 Most interesting update is PostgreSQL 8.4. Of course, many have used the 8.4 version of PostgreSQL on CentOS for a long time, but now it can also be found directly on CentOS 5.5 own repositories.
This is Red Hat 6 RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) installation guide, step-by-step walkthrough with screenshots. Current version of Red Hat 6 is Beta, but also this RHEL 6 Beta version looks very stable and good OS, so that’s why I decided to write this RHEL 6 Installation guide.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta is available on the following architectures: i386 AMD64/Intel64 System z IBM Power (64-bit) Download Red Hat 6 Beta DVD images here.
This is guide with screenshots, howto install NetBeans 6.9.1 on Fedora 14, Fedora 13, Fedora 12, CentOS 5.4, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.4, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 6.
What is NetBeans? The NetBeans IDE (integrated development environment) is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans project consists of an open-source IDE and an application platform that enable developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java platform, as well as JavaFX, PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Groovy and Grails, and C/C++.
Quick guide, howto remove and disable YUM/DNF repo (repository). Yum/DNF command itself does not contain any way to remove the repository. YUM and DNF repo files are located in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
I use skype-stable.repo file with following content as example on this guide:
[skype-stable] name=skype (stable) baseurl=https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY Remove YUM/DNF Repo (Repository) Permanently Before deleting repository permanently is a good idea to check that is the repository installed using rpm package. As many repos usually are, like RPM-Fusion, Epel, etc.
Package change log information is not directly available from the YUM package management. This is short guide howto enable (install) changelog plugin and use changelog information with YUM package management system.
Install YUM Changelog Plugin for Viewing Package Changelogs Install YUM Changelog Plugin on Fedora (as root) yum install yum-plugin-changelog Install YUM Changelog Plugin on CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL) (as root) yum install yum-changelog Examples Howto to View Changelogs Viewing Selected Package Changelogs Viewing all glibc package changelogs
