Install extra software

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Extra packages to install after RHEL has been set up and updated

• First add these two lines to /home/hwtester/.bashrc and log out/log back in.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH"

1. libgsf-devel
   • Apparently, this is missing from the gnome-devel install. Get the binary package from rhn.redhat.com and install it. It's possible to do su -c 'up2date libgsf-devel'
   • If you were unable to install the gnome and kernel devel packages during install, running su -c 'up2date libgnome-devel', su -c 'up2date gtk2-devel', su -c 'up2date gnome-desktop-devel', su -c 'up2date eel2-devel', su -c 'up2date glade2', and su -c 'up2date --force kernel-source' will install the required packages.
2. Firefox
   • This will make web browsing much more pleasant
3. Eclipse
   • This is for software development
   • Once it's been installed, Install the Subclipse pluginInstall the CDT and the indent add on
     • To install the indent addon, just extract the contents of indent_1.0.2.zip to the eclipse 'plugins' directory.
   • Run this command: gedit /home/hwtester/.indent.pro and put these lines in that file:

-nbad -bap -bbo -nbc -br -brs -c33 -cd33 -ce -ci4 -cli0
-cp33 -cs -d0 -di1 -hnl -i4 -ip0 -lp -npcs
-nprs -npsl -saf -sai -saw -nsc -nsob -nss
-nut -l132 -lc78 -fca -sc

Note: To install Firefox and Eclipse, just download the archives from the linked web pages and extract them to the desktop (they have probably been saved to 'hwtester's home' by the web browser). You can create icons by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "New Launcher". The icons and the executables should be in the extracted folders. You can then drag the icons to the panel bar at the bottom of the screen.