Fedora
Basics
Becomming Root
$ su -l
Multiboot - Change default boot order (GRUB 2)
File: /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
# grep ^menuentry /boot/grub2/grub.cfg | cut -d "'" -f2
# grub2-set-default <menu entry number>
# grub2-editenv list
Release Upgrade
# dnf upgrade --refresh
# dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
# dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=25
# dnf system-upgrade reboot
# dnf system-upgrade clean
RPM Fusion Repository
RPM Fusion provides software that the Fedora Project or Red Hat doesn't want to ship.
Required by:
# dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Remove old Kernels
# package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=1
Disable Firewall
Warning: Not recommended!
# systemctl disable firewalld.service
Disable SELinux
Warning: Not recommended!
File: /etc/selinux/config
SELINUX=permissive
Enable hard-restarting the X server via Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp, "
Drivers
Graphics - NVIDIA (proprietary)
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils
Note: akmod takes care of automatically rebuilding the kernel module after each kernel update.
# dnf install akmod-nvidia kernel-devel
Optional: 32bit libraries needed e.g. for Wine.
# dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
To remove the driver and enable nouveau again:
# dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\* nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
WLAN - Broadcom BCM43xx
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
Note: akmod takes care of automatically rebuilding the kernel module after each kernel update.
# dnf install broadcom-wl akmod-wl
Scanner - SANE compatible
# dnf install sane-backends-drivers-scanners
Software
Google Chrome
File: /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
# dnf install google-chrome-<stable/beta/unstable>
Skype
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install lpf-skype
# lpf update skype
Steam
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install steam
See Steam for known workarounds for common problems.
Java
# dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk
Java web plugin
# dnf install icedtea-web
KDE - Localization
# dnf install kde-l10n-de
# dnf install calligra-l10n-de
Skanlite - KDE scanner application
# dnf install skanlite
Digikam
# dnf install digikam
QMapShack
# dnf install qmapshack
mpv
# dnf install mpv
KeePassX - Password manager
# dnf install keepassx
Mumble - Voice chat software
# dnf install mumble
VLC media player
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install vlc
Audex - Audio grabber
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install audex
Wine - Windows compatibility layer
# dnf install wine
Kodi
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install kodi
LibreOffice
# dnf install libreoffice
# dnf libreoffice-langpack-de
Multimedia codecs
MP3 support
Note: You need to add the RPM Fusion Repository first.
# dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly
# dnf install k3b-extras-freeworld
DNF package manager
Proxy
File: /etc/yum.conf
[main] proxy=http://<server>:<port>
Fix broken transactions
# package-cleanup --cleandupes
Fix Error: db5-Error(-xxxxx) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery =
# rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
# rpm --rebuilddb
Remove a package which fails to uninstall with dnf
# rpm -e --noscripts kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19