Randell
How to install AT&T Global Network Client on Fedora 16
First, download the AT&T Global Network Client from ftp://ftp.attglobal.net/pub/custom/ibm_linux/. If you try to install this using rpm -ivh agnclient-1.0-2.0.1.3003.i386 you will get an error similar to: failed to install file: agnclient-1.0-2.0.1.3003.i386 requires libcrypto.so.4 agnclient-1.0-2.0.1.3003.i386 requires libssl.so.4 To solve this error, create a symbolic link for the missing modules by executing commands similar to this as root: ln [...]
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. Software being installed: Subversion Revision Graph 1.0.9
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. Software being installed: Subversion Revision Graph 1.0.9 (org.tigris.subversion.subclipse.graph.feature.feature.group 1.0.9) Missing requirement: Subversion Revision Graph 1.0.9 (org.tigris.subversion.subclipse.graph.feature.feature.group 1.0.9) requires ‘org.eclipse.draw2d 3.2.0′ but it could not be found If you happen to get this error while installing the Subclipse plugin on Aptana Studio [...]
Fedora 16 pre/post-installation setup
This is pretty much the same as my post for Fedora 15, but I modified some details to make sure everything is relevant for Fedora 16. I also converted the steps that requires downloading and installing into one executable command, whenever possible. I also added the -y option to the yum commands so we can [...]
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (Permission denied)
sudo does the trick.
How to create custom application launchers in Gnome 3
Back in Gnome 2, we can simply right-clicked on a panel and chose “Create custom launcher” to create custom application launchers. But since the advent of Gnome 3, the panels where we add our frequently-used applications have been replaced with the Dash. Alacarte is a graphical menu editor that lets you edit, add, and delete [...]
