Sep 10, 2013
xterm-256color error in Fedora 18 and 19
After upgrading to the latest release of Fedora I started noticing an error when connecting to older RHEL and Solaris servers and getting an error. This change was implemented in Fedora 18 to allow for support of 256 color terminals. xterm-256color: Unknown terminal type I don’t know what kind of terminal you are on – all I have is ‘xterm-256color’ This was causing issues trying to... read more
Jul 31, 2013
How to Install WinFF on Fedora
WinFF is an open source and cross platform GUI video converter that takes the power of command line conversions and puts a GUI front end on it. I have used this on Windows for many years and it has always done well for me. So why not put it on Fedora and see how it does? We can install the repository and install from the command line and have the ability to receive updates. Let’s install the... read more
Jul 28, 2013
How To Install WordPress on Fedora 18 / 19
Looking to start working on WordPress sites, developing new themes or just want to hack around on it? Well what better place to start then on your system. This post covers how to install WordPress on your Fedora 18/19 install. So let’s get started! First we will need to install the dependencies for WordPress which comprise of,httpd, PHP 5.2.x, mysql-server and eventually WordPress itself. With the... read more
Jul 7, 2013
How To Install Silicondust HDHomerun on Fedora 19
HDHomeRun is a TV tuner for computers – Ethernet attached. Once connected to your home router you can access the HDHomeRun Tuners from any computer, anywhere in your home. Watch / Record TV from anywhere you have a computer.First, you have to install some per-requisites to build the dvbhdhomerun drivers needed on Fedora. $ sudo yum -y install asciidoc binutils-devel cmake elfutils-devel gcc-c++ hdhomerun... read more
Jul 2, 2013
How To Manually Uninstall Oracle Client on Linux
You know how it goes, you try running the uninstall process and no matter how hard you try it just doesn’t go as planned. So, it is time to get the hammer. Well it just happened to be one of those moments with trying to remove a botched Oracle 11g client install on RHEL 6. Needed it removed so a clean install could be performed, but needed to know where all the hiding places were. First stop any... read more
