Upgrade to Fedora 38 from Fedora 37 using DNF

This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 37 to Fedora 38 using DNF. This method works on desktop and server machines. You can also upgrade older Fedora installations (example Fedora 36/35/34) directly to Fedora 38. I have tested this method on several machines, but if you have problems, please let me know. Always remember backup, before upgrade! Check video version of guide: Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf 1. Before Upgrade 1.
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Upgrade to Fedora 37 from Fedora 36 using DNF

This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 36 to Fedora 37 using DNF. This method works on desktop and server machines. You can also upgrade older Fedora installations (example Fedora 35/34/33) directly to Fedora 37. I have tested this method on several machines, but if you have problems, please let me know. Always remember backup, before upgrade! Check video version of guide: Watch More Videos and Subscribe to if-not-true-then-false.com Youtube Channel
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Upgrade to Fedora 36 from Fedora 35 using DNF

This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 35 to Fedora 36 using DNF. This method works on desktop and server machines. You can also upgrade older Fedora installations (example Fedora 34/33/32) directly to Fedora 36. I have tested this method on several machines, but if you have problems, please let me know. Always remember backup, before upgrade! Check video version of guide: Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf 1. Before Upgrade 1.1 Backup Your Data Before doing anything, do full system backup or backup at least your important data: documents, pictures, videos, config files, log files, databases etc.
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Install Oracle Java 8u191 on Fedora 29/28, CentOS/RHEL 7.5/6.10

This is guide, howto Install Oracle (Sun) Java JDK and JRE 8 update 191 (8u191) on Fedora 29/28/27/26, CentOS 7.5/6.10, Red Hat (RHEL) 7.5/6.10. If you’re looking installation instruction for older Oracle Java versions, then check Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE 7 on Fedora 24/23/22/21/20/19, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.9/5.11 or Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE 6 on Fedora 20/19/18, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.5/5.10. What’s new in Oracle Java 8 Java Programming Language Lambda Expressions, a new language feature Default methods enable new functionality to be added to the interfaces of libraries and ensure binary compatibility with code written for older versions of those interfaces Improved type inference.
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SVN (Subversion) Backup and Restore

This is quick guide, howto Backup (dump) and Restore (load) SVN (Subversion) repository on Linux. This is actually very simple and important task. SVN backup and restore is useful when you want to move your repos to new server or you need to recover your data. I assume here that you have Subversion (SVN) installed and you have existing repositories. If you installed and created testrepo with earlier guide then you can check real examples.
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Linux: Display / Show File Contents (tabs, line breaks, non-printing characters)

I write before guide, howto create file on Linux shell / command line without text editor (with cat command) and this is guick tip howto display / show file contents (tabs, line-breaks, non-printing characters (ASCII control characters: octal 000 – 037)) and display all on Linux shell / command line. This is very useful when you want to know the entire contents of the file. Example file I use /tmp/testing.
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Linux: Get IP / IPv6 (internal/external) on Command Line/Shell

This is quick tip, howto get internal IP address and external IP address on Linux Shell / Command Line. This guide also show, howto make useful Bash functions to get IP addresses quickly. Note: All functions could be named as you wish and to make functions permanent, add functions to ~/.bashrc or /etc/bashrc. Also all awk commands should work also with gawk and nawk.

  1. Get Internal IP Address(es) on Linux Shell / Command Line 1.
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Quit Bash Shell Without Saving Bash History (5 Methods)

Sometimes it is very useful to delete / remove Bash history partially or completely when log out. Here is my favourite methods howto log out / quit / exit Bash shell without saving Bash history. Remove Only Current Session Bash History and Leave Older History Untouched 1. Quit Bash Shell Without Saving History: Unset HISTFILE unset HISTFILE && exit 2. Quit Bash Shell Without Saving History: Kill Console kill -9 $$ Remove/Delete Bash History Completely 3.
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Fedora 14 nVidia Drivers Install Guide (disable nouveau driver)

Looking Fedora 22/21 nVidia Drivers Install Guide? This is guide, howto install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 14 and disable Nouveau driver. I write this guide about two weeks ago, but I Delayed the publication of this guide, because of pyxf86config bug, which cause following livna-config-display errors on boot: *Checking for module nvidia.ko: [ OK ] Enabling the nvidia driver: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display”, line 28, in import livnaConfigDisplay.
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Linux Encrypt Files/Decrypt Files – GPG Interactive/Non Interactive Modes

GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a free software alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. This is quick guide, howto Encrypt and Decrypt files on Linux with password using GPG. This guide deals with both the interactive mode and the non interactive mode. Interactive mode is useful when the purpose is encrypt some files on the command line. Non interactive mode is useful when the purpose is encrypt files using scripts.
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Show Linux Version, Distribution (Distro), System Information

This is quick guide howto show Linux version, howto show Linux distributin (distro) info, howto show Linux System information, kernel version and kernel information on command line. Show Linux Version Linux version information can be checked using the following commands: cat /proc/version Another way to check Linux Version information is following: dmesg | grep "Linux version" Example output: Linux version 4.11.10-300.fc26.x86_64 ([email protected]) (gcc version 7.1.1 20170622 (Red Hat 7.1.1-3) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 17:05:39 UTC 2017 Show Linux Distribution/Distro information Use lsb_release command to show Linux distribution information: lsb_release -a Example output:
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List tar/tar.gz/tar.bz2 Contents – List all files in archive.tar

This is quick tip, howto list contents of tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 files without unpacking file. This is very useful on server environment where any graphical tool is not available. This method is also very useful when tar, tar.gz or tar.bz2 packages are really big, something like hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes (for example backups). Overall, the key is the tar command with -t option. List the Contents of tar File List tar contents short command tar -tvf archive.
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Install Oracle Java 7u79/80 on Fedora 24/23, CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.8/5.11

Please note: This guide still working normally if you want install Sun/Oracle Java 7, but if you want Java 8 version, then check Install Oracle Java JDK/JRE 8 on Fedora, CentOS/RHEL. This is guide, howto Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK and JRE 7 CPU (7u79) and PSU (7u80) on Fedora 24/23/22/21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 7.2/6.8/5.11, Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.8/5.11. Read more, what is difference between CPU and PSU release. If you’re looking instruction for Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE version 6 installation on Fedora 20/19/18, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.
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Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE 6u45 on Fedora 19/18, CentOS/RHEL 6.4/5.9

Please note: This guide still working normally if you want install Sun/Oracle Java 6, but if you want Java 8 version, then check Install Oracle Java JDK/JRE 8 on Fedora, CentOS/RHEL or if you want Java 7 version, then check Howto Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE 7 on Fedora, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL). By default, Fedora 19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12 and CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 Linux operating systems use the OpenJDK Java, which is a good choice for normal use and it works with almost all the Java programs normally.
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SVN Remove Added File From Repository and Keep Local File – Subversion

This is quick SVN (Subversion) tip, howto remove added file from SVN repository without deleting file from local filesystem. Remove File From SVN Repository and Keep Local File svn delete –keep-local path/to/file.example Real example: svn delete –keep-local css/test.css Real world usage example Adding a whole directory add a file that was not intended to SVN reads, but should be retained locally. svn add css/ A css A css/testing_styles.css A css/style.
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Howto Install KDE 4.4 or Update to KDE 4.4 on Fedora 12 Linux

Updated 26.2.2010, Read First Currently, the latest version of the KDE desktop in Fedora is 4.3.5. I had some problems with its stability, so I decided to try out, how will work KDE 4.4.0 the latest stable version of KDE. At first I tried to install KDE 4.4 from Rawhide repository, but it failed to install from there. Here is instructions on how to install KDE 4.4 successfully using RPMFusion and KDE Packaging Project Repositories.
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Linux: Enable Laptop Touchpad Vertical Scrolling and Tapping from Command Line

I noticed that the Fedora Linux with KDE desktop, has reasonably poor support for laptop touchpad adjustment. For example, the KDE > System Settings > Keyboard & Mouse > Mouse options will not be able to enable vertical scrolling and touchpad tapping. So I decided to write this short guide, howto enable Touchpad vertical scrolling and tapping from command line without any GUI. Enable Laptop Touchpad Vertical Scrolling Simply write following on command line:
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Install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37, CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8, Rocky Linux 8.5

This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 38/37/36/35 and CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 8.5. Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM/DNF repository. Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37/36/35: Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5: Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on CentOS Stream 9/8: Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8.
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YUM Query Available Packages From Specific Repository on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat

This is a quick tip, howto find, query and list all available packages from a specific Yum repository/repositories on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL). This trick does not show the already installed packages from selected repository. List All Repositories and Check Repository ID’s $ yum repolist Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit repo id repo name status adobe-linux-i386 Adobe Systems Incorporated enabled: 17 fedora Fedora 12 - i386 enabled: 15,366 google Google - i386 enabled: 4 livna rpm.
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Install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 on Fedora 24/23, CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.8

Are you looking LibreOffice 5.2/5.1/5.0 Install guide? This is quick guide to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 on Fedora 24/23/22/21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 7.2/6.8, Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.8 with using Apache OpenOffice original RPM packages. What’s new in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 release New Sidebar – The Sidebar makes better use of today’s widescreen displays than traditional toolbars Interoperability Improvements DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements Extensions Improvements/Enhancements Many resource leaks were fixed Check full feature list here.
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