[OLPC-Chicago] XO help

[Jason Rock]

Hey Jeffery,

I didn't realize until last night that yum was installed on the XO's so now
I can give you a line by line walk through.

First you have to get root,
this is accomplished two different ways depending on the build your using.
Either
sudo su    or     su

Then you are going to install the packages you want using yum.
Since I don't know the package names for yum, you should do

yum search [search term (something like java or flash)]

this will print out a couple lines of packages.  pick one to install and
type

yum install [package name]

I'm afraid I don't know how to register application so that you don't have
to launch them from the terminal.

For a gui based music player id recommend rhythmbox

Hope this helps

Jason

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Jeffrey A. Schwartz <jasermd at comcast.net>
wrote:

>  I appreciate the help that some of you are trying to offer. My problem is
> that I am not technical at all and for the most part do not understand what
> you are telling me, including the advice from Jason. I have been able to
> load on to the XO Opera but I am only able to get it to launch from the
> terminal. I have not been able to get JAVA, Flash or a media player on the
> XO, despite spending hours looking at the wiki, reading posts in the help
> and support groups, etc.
>
>
>
> Again, anyone that has some specific line by line instructions on how to
> add JAVA, Flash, a media player and getting Opera into the main menu – it
> would be greatly appreciated by me. I was also serious in offering to pay
> someone to do this for me if someone has the time available. I also read
> about a "batch script" on some sites. Is this something that someone sets up
> and by accessing it all of the correct files will download and install
> correctly? If so, maybe I can get someone to help me in this way.
>
>
>
> Thanks again for your support. JAS
>
>
>
>
>
> Jeffrey A. Schwartz (708) 848-8880
>
>
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> *From:* Jason Rock [mailto:jrock08 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 22, 2008 2:41 PM
> *To:* jasermd at comcast.net
> *Cc:* olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OLPC-Chicago] XO help
>
>
>
> mpg123 or mplayer are both *nix media players that can handle mpeg4
> files.  I'm not sure how you could go about getting them for the XO, but
> they are both command line interface, so you wouldn't have to do that much
> to make it work.
>
> Jason
>
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Jeffrey A. Schwartz <jasermd at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Looking for some help! I carry my XO around the country with me and it is
> always the topic of interesting conversations and pledges by others to
> contribute to the OLPC cause to make them available to deserving kids
> everywhere.
>
>
>
> Here is my problem – I must be incredibly dense because no matter how much
> I have tried I have not been successful in understanding how to program some
> basic stuff that would make the XO incredibly useful for me. For example,
> the following are things that I would like the XO to be able to do and from
> what I read it is possible if you know how to add the programs (which I do
> not).
>
>
>
> -media player to play mpeg4 files
>
> -enhanced web browser of some sort
>
> -ability to use a program called GOTOMYPC so that I can connect into my
> desktop when traveling
>
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>
>
>
> Any ideas on how I can easily download this type of stuff to a USB drive
> that I can then just install on the XO?
>
>
>
> *Anyone interested in earning a few bucks to program this stuff on my XO
> for me? *
>
>
>
> Thanks, JAS
>
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> Jeffrey A. Schwartz (708) 848-8880
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