appears, and then more text comes up (Hp web site) as

appears, and then more text comes up as gyum adjusts its software list- ing. Seeing the last line shown tells you that the installation went okay. 10.When you re finished, click the X at the top-right corner to close thistool. From time to time, the yum repositories can get overworked, and gyumfreezes up. If this happens, just close it and try again. Gyum is a pretty newprogram, so it should get nicer over time. For example, readers of Linux ForDummies, 5th Edition, had to use yum by hand! Adding the software in this bookI discuss a number of programs in this book, and you may want to give thema try. Some are already installed if you did a default Desktop installation ofFedora Core 3. Others you need to add. You can add many through yum: To add Mozilla to Fedora Core 3, type yum install mozilla To add Konqueror (and the KDE desktop along with it) to Fedora Core 3, type yum install kdebase To add Kmail and/or Kontact (and the KDE desktop along with it) toFedora Core 3, type yum install kdepim To add Thunderbird to Fedora Core 3, type yum install thunderbird To install the Macromedia Flash plugin to Fedora Core 3, make sure thatyou ve added the Macromedia repository listed in the section Addingyum repositories and then type yum installflash-pluginTwo major items you may want to add are not available through the yumrepositories, but aren t too terrible to install either. The first of these is sup- port for Java stuff you ll run into on the Web and elsewhere. To add Java support to Fedora Core 3: 1.Point your Web browser to www.java.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp. The Java Runtime Environmentdownload page appears. 2.Scroll down to the section entitled J2SE 5.0 JRE. 3.Click the Download JRE button in this section. 4.Double-click your home directory icon on the desktop to open yourfile browser. 5.Right-click on the file that looks similar to j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586- rpm.bin and choose Properties. The file s Properties dialog box appears. 6.Click the Permissions tab. The Permissions section of the file Properties dialog box appears. 251Chapter 12: Adding Software to Linux18_

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