Archive for December, 2011

Running Skype on Fedora 16 64Bit

So that I will not forget…

  1. Download skype (rpm)
  2. install:
    sudo yum install -y --nogpgcheck skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm 
    
  3. install the following:
    sudo yum install -y libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686
    
  4. Run Skype…add me up: lawrence.salmingo

Running Zimbra Desktop on Fedora 16 64 Bit

So that I may not forget…

 

After downloading/extracting zimbra desktop from http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html:

  • Configure your user account:
         /opt/zimbra/zdesktop/linux/user-install.pl
       
  • Install alsa-lib.i686:
        sudo yum install -y alsa-lib.i686
        
  • Install compatibility support for older c++
        sudo yum install -y libstdc++.i686
        
  • Install current xulrunner (fresh install is xulrunner-7.0.1-1)
         sudo yum install -y xulrunner-7.0.1-1.fc16.i686
        
  • Don’t forget yum install gtk2-engines.i686
        sudo yum install gtk2-engines.i686 -y
        

Double click on the icon on your desktop (~/Desktop/zd.desktop)

Hope This Helps

Renz.

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