ownCloud uses automated testing to check for problems, and writing and executing these tests is important for any contributor. In my capacity as an ownCloud systems developer I use these tests to quickly verify that my apps don’t break after merging or pulling new code. For those less familiar with Ruby however, getting the Cucumber Read more »
Android emulator allows you to test apps and websites from an Android user’s perspective, without the need for a physical Android device. The Emulator does not work “out of the box” in Fedora however, and only a version for 32-bit machines is provided. Additional packages are required, and the GUI must be started from the Read more »
Webgen does not work with new versions of Ruby. Using Webgen installed using ruby and rubygems from Fedora repos results in errors including “obsolete and deprecated Config”. To get webgen to work, we will use RVM (Ruby Version Manager). This allows you install multiple versions of ruby side by side. RVM is not available in Read more »
Plenty of resources explain how to install unrar support in Fedora, but what about when you need to create rar files, instead of merely extracting them? Rar has licensing issues which is why it isn’t available in standard Fedora repositories. The package ‘Unrar’ is available in rpmfusion repositories, but to get rar compression support you Read more »
These instructions will allow you to view web pages that are served by your local web development server from within a virtual machine. Example scenario: you run a local web server on Fedora for development, and you want to test your local site pages from within another operating system which is running in a virtual Read more »
GTimeLog is a simple and effective time tracking application for GNU/Linux. It is the preferred tool of top FSFE staff. It is not currently available in official Fedora repositories however, so in order to use it you must manually install it using Python. Fortunately this is simple to do. These instructions were originally written for Read more »
The following procedure allows you to run your own webserver on Fedora 16, so that you can develop web scripts and applications and test them locally without an Internet connection. I assume that you’re using Gnome 3. Run the stated commands in a terminal – accessible via alt+F2, enter: gnome-terminal [press enter] Login as root: Read more »
Download and install the following packages in the order shown: http://dl.atrpms.net/all/libdvdcss2-1.2.11-6.fc16.i686.rpm (Shared libraries for package libdvdcss) http://dl.atrpms.net/all/libdvdcss-1.2.11-6.fc16.i686.rpm (A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption) More information about these packages can be found here: http://packages.atrpms.net/dist/f16/libdvdcss/
Device: BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) This is the built-in wifi on the Lenovo B570 (and many other laptops). [UPDATE: As of updates applied on 15.04.12, wifi is again broken (curse you Fedora and your inadequate testing suites!) - I'm currently working on finding a fix ] [UPDATE: The fix is to connect temporarily Read more »