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Installing xdotool from source (missing XTest and other dependencies)

23 August 201115 September 2015 ench0 6 Comments Package Managers, Programming, RPM

If you don’t know what xdotool is then this post is not for you… Although many distros come with a packaged xdotool it is usually pretty old version (e.g. the one that comes wiht FC15 does not have the selectwindow command!) so you will most likely want to get the source tarball and install that. […]

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How to write an ISO image with XCDRoast…

6 June 2011 ench0 1 Comment Package Managers, Tips and tricks, XFCE

It may sound like a dumb question, since X-CD-Roast is a GUI tool for writing files and images, but it’s logic is so user-unfriendly and unnatural that in reality it’s not at all simple to create a CD or DVD from ISO using this app. Ok, so how do you write an ISO image with […]

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Can’t play MP3s in Fedora 9…

4 April 201122 August 2016 ench0 2 Comments Linux sound and ALSA, RPM

If you’ve installed Fedora Core 9 you won’t be able to play your MP3 audio files out of the box. I suppose some other Fedora versions also have this “feature”. I won’t go here into a lengthy explanation as to why exactly FC9 does not play mp3 – Fedora actually handles that quite good (the […]

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What files comprise an RPM package? Which package a file belongs to?

31 March 20118 October 2021 ench0 3 Comments RPM

If you want to find the relationship between files on your system and RPM packages (which one owns/belongs-to which) then this page will be of help to you. 1. Contents of an RPM package 1.1.1. This RPM command will show you the contents of a package which is already installed on your system: rpm -ql […]

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