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Fedora

Postby akashee » 24 May 2010, 08:35

How do I make Fedora download 3rd party software? I can't seem to install mp3 support for Fedora or any software that's not made by Fedora developers. How do I let Fedora download and install install 3rd party software just like changing the software sources in Ubuntu?
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Re: Fedora

Postby viking60 » 24 May 2010, 10:36

Hi akashee and welcome :!: Fedora does not support proprietary software out of the box. But don't dispear it can be done with some minor adjustments.
Have a look here:
mp3 in Fedora


Basically you will find all you need in the RPMFusion repositories. They can be added like this:

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[me@viking ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

[me@viking ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
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Re: Fedora

Postby dedanna1029 » 24 May 2010, 13:48

Moving to the Help section.

akashee: Please take a bit of time to look at the home page of the forum to see what each section is for. Thanks!
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Re: Fedora

Postby dedanna1029 » 24 May 2010, 13:52

There are codecs you'll need to install once you're on to rpmfusion:

lame
blade
ffmpeg

Among others. I'll try to compile a more thorough list of codecs you'll need when I get off of work.
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