How to Install VLC Player On Centos 6

Add Repository 

- First login with user “root”
- Next run the following commands


# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

# wget http://pkgrepo.linuxtech.net/el6/release/linuxtech.repo



Check VLC version in Repo

# yum list *vlc*



Install VLC Player

- Run the command below to install vlc

# yum -y install vlc

instlal compiler on centos

Setup a basic development environment  on CentOS Enterprise Linux  :

1. autoconf
2. automake
3. binutils
4. bison
5. flex
6. gcc
7. gcc-c++
8. gettext
9. libtool
10. make
11. patch
12. pkgconfig
13. redhat-rpm-config
14. rpm-build
15. rpm-sign
16. libstdc++-devel 
17. libstdc++
18. c++
19. wxGTK-devel
20. wxGTK

#yum install wxGTK-devel wxGTK autoconf automake binutils bison flex gcc gcc-c++ gettext libtool make patch pkgconfig redhat-rpm-config rpm-build rpm-sign libstdc++-devel libstdc++ c++

Remote Desktop (rdesktop) in Redhat/Fedora/CentOS

About Rdesktop

Rdesktop application is use to connect RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) of any Operating System like Windows XP, Window NT, Windows 2003/2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7 from Linux machine. It’s a client utility for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). In this article we are going to view how we can take remote desktop of Windows Terminal using Hostname and IP Address.

Please make sure following points before connecting to remote host.

1. Enable RDP port no. 3389 in Firewall.
2. Enable remote desktop under Windows Operating System.
3. Require at least one user with password.
4. Under MS-Windows desktop >> Right Click on My Computer >> Select properties >> Select Remote tab >> Enable Remote desktop >> Save the changes.

Install rdesktop (Remote Desktop)

#rpm -qa rdesktop

#yum -y install rdesktop


How to use rdesktop with hostname
To connect Windows host from Linux desktop type following command using -u parameter as username (narad) and (ft2) as hostname of my Windows host. To resolve host name make entry at /etc/hosts file if you don’t have DNS Server in your environm


rdesktop -u user_login IP_Host

example :

#rdesktop -u administrator 192.168.1.7

how to install virtualBox 4.3 on Fedora/CentOS/RHEL

Oracle VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.
VirtualBox supports a large number of guest operating systems:
Windows 3.x
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
DOS
Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11)
Solaris
OpenSolaris
OpenBSD
This guide shows howto install VirtualBox 4.3 (currently 4.3.20) on Fedora 21/20/19/18/17, CentOS 7/6.6/5.11, Red Hat (RHEL) 7/6.6/5.11. This guide uses Virtual Box own yum repositories.
Note: Fedora 16 users can install VirtualBox 4.2, Fedora 15/14 users can install VirtualBox 4.1, Fedora 13 users can install VirtualBox 4.0 and Fedora 12 users can install VirtualBox 3.2.

1. Change to root User
#su -

2. Install Fedora or RHEL Repo Files
#cd /etc/yum.repos.d/


Fedora 21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12 users
#wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo

CentOS 7/6.6/5.11 and Red Hat (RHEL) 7/6.6/5.11 users
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo