Sopcast on Linux

Today, I wanted to see the match Etoile. - Al Hilal for the CAF Champions League (I’m tarajjist) but the only way to pass through P2P TV Sopcast, and I am … under Linux.

Installing Sopcast on Fedora Core 6

No fear, sopcast exists also for linux with lighter version than the one available for Windows. The steps are simply :

1. Downloading the libstdcpp5.tgz which contains the needed librairies to run. We can find it on this link.
2. Untar and copy the files libstd* into /usr/lib directory (you must be root or use sudo)
3. Download in-line command program sp-sc-auth from here
4. Untar the package

That’s it. You can for example now use sopcast with command-line this way (supposing you have mplayer installed)

$ ./sp-sc-auth sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/17915 3908 8908 >/dev/null &
$ mplayer http://localhost:8908/tv.asf

You have to know the number of the channel you want to watch and to change the address according to sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/xxxx, where xxxx is the channel number.

Enjoying watching

Installing MPlayer on Fedora 6

All operations below have to be performed as root

Step 1

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm

Step 2

yum install mplayerplug-in

Step 3

In your Fedora Menu, select Add/Remove package in System sub-menu. Look for mplayer. A list of possiblities will appear. Select the following (and most recent) :

• mencoder
• mplayer
• mplayer-doc
• mplayer-gui
• mplayerplug-in

Step 4

For codecs, you can follow the guide within here, or go to mplayer website in codecs sections.

Step 5

Enjoy Mplayer with its GUI.

PS : Another thank to Swobodin

Installing Maple on Fedora Core

I finally did it. Yes, it was not that easy, because of some missing librairies. After many research on the Internet, I got what I’ve want.

First of all, I tried to launch Maple from the CD but no success. No real problems until now : I had simply to copy the whole Linux-Maple directory on my home directory.

Then, I launched

./LinuxInstaller.bin

command. I got an the following error

Error: failed /home/kaiser/Temp/setup/maple/Linux/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so, because libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I so run

yum install libstdc++*

No way. Even with this librairy installed the error is always here. The solution is here. You have first to download libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so to /usr/lib directory and then to perform the following commands :

ln -s libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

Now, you can relaunch the LinuxInstaller.bin command and everything should be OK… Everything is almost OK. Because when you try to run

./xmaple

from the $MAPLE/bin, you could have a message

Connection to kernel lost

The solution is here. Go to directory $MAPLE/jre.IBM_LINUX/bin and perform the following operations

cp java java.orig

Replace the ancient java file by a new containing the following lines

#!/bin/bash
/opt/maple9.5/jre.IBM_INTEL_LINUX/bin/java.orig -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=”true” $*

Make java executable

chmod 0755 java

Enjoy Maple.

And see you soon.

PS : I would like to thank Swobodin for his help during some operations. Thank you man.

Installing Skype on Fedora Core 6

I have had some problems installing the 1.4-Linux-version of Skype on Fedora Core 6, essentially because Skype needs some specific package and update, such as QT-4.

So, in order to install Skype by yum, you can create a file skype.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and include the following lines :

[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc

Try to lauch yum install skype. If the system still invoking missing packages, you may download the following rpm qt4-4.3.1-3.fc6.i386.rpm. It provides the main important libraries and packages for QT. In order to be sure everything gonna be OK, launch

yum install qt4-*

Now, you can install skype.

yum install skype

And good chat.

Gift for Ramadhan : Linux’s Kprayertime and Minbar

For all my friends who are working on Linux, there is an equivalent to well known Windows compatible Athan Program that can be download here at the Islamic Finder site.

In reality, there had been many tries to create free and open softwares for Linux Operating Systems : some of them are Kprayertime and Minbar. They are still in evolution but I have tried the first mentionned and I am quite satisfied with. These program have also special installation package for debian.

In order to install one of them, you may need first to download the ITL library : it is a the Islamic Tool and Libraries packages’ set described by the arabian Linux project Arabayes as a plethora of useful Islamic tools and applications as well as a comprehensive feature-full Islam-centric library. The ITL project currently includes Hijri date, Muslim prayer times, and Qibla.

I succeeded in installing both of them but Minbar is not running as expected : the buttons are not responding when clicked and the athan is not played when time is up. May be it is a bad manipulation from mypart, but you can try yourself.  For Kprayertime, it is an applet that can be added to the KDE Panel this way :

• right-click on the KDE Panel
• select Add applet to Panel
• Look for Kprayertime

Reaching this step you have just to configure your location and the calculation Method that is used by your country or your region.

Snapshot from my DKE Desktop

Warning : These tools can be unaccurate as they are still in evolution and development. Be sure to have the right times in a mosque.

digiKam

As gthumb is not working anymore on my Fedora Core 4 distro, I sent a bug-notifing email to developpers who answered me that I have to upgrade in order to be able to install the new release of gthumb.

The main use of gthumb for my part was importing Photos from my digital Camera, so I looked for another alternative and I discovered digiKam.

This software is programmed with C/C++, and is built using KDE and QT interfaces. It contains many Camera models (Canon, HP, Sony, …) and it can detect yours automatically.

I wasn’t disappointed with it as I was able to finally download my pictures from my A410 SnapShot Canon, but I still have problem with videos which can not be downloade. I also had a problem when I select a single picture and want to see its properties : I always have a black screen.

Anyway, I can still use it waiting for another better alternative. Your suggestions are welcome especially on how downloading videos.

Firefox, simply the best

The statistics on my blog show that more and more users connect with Mozilla Firefox, in its two versions 1.x and 2.x.

Navigators 1. Mozilla Firefox 1.x 40.5 %

Navigators

Unfortunately, Windows is still the leader for Operaing Systems Section.

Operating Systems 1. Windows XP 92.9 %		Operating Systems

And You ? What are you waiting for ? Repent, switch to Firefox and Linux and you will never regret it !

Fedora Core 5 released

Fedora Core 5 has been finally released, after being postponed from March 15th to March 20th.

So, i downloaded the DVD version (3 Gb : i had the chance to be in a French Laboratory with a 3Mbps-downlink throughput - just 10 minutes) and burned it under my Fedora Core 4 system, experimenting, by the way, the command growisofs :

$ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdc=FC-5-i386-dvd.iso

I’m gonna try it now !

LaTeX for dummies …

LaTeX is the best typographical software ever known. But for those who want to write in LaTeX without having to learn the basics, they can use TeXmacs. It’s available on the Net, priceless … (thanks TuX and GPL).

This software allows you to create articles, letters, books, seminars (slides) and more … just as you were on M$-Word. It’s based on the Emacs (GNU/Linux) environnement combined with the TeX macros.
You can find TeXmacs here.

You can find downloads both for Unix-like systems and Window$.

Installing Network Simulator

Bon, j’espère que cela aidera certains.
Sur mon poste, j’ai Fedora Core 4 (c’est 4 CD x 700 Mb)

Récupérer les CDs chez un copain (ou le copain d’un copain, ou …) : c’est plus simple.