Aggregate Installation Tips
One of the reasons I am writing this blog, is to keep “log” for myself on how I resolved issues.
In this post I will describe how I installed several basic development tools on a Fedora OS.
I want this laptop to be my workstation for out-of-work projects.
Almost everything in this post can be found elsewhere in the web.
Actually, most of what I am writing here is from other links.
However, this post is intended to aggregate several installations together.
If you’re new to Linux (or not an expert, as I am not), you can learn some basic stuff here.
How to install (yum), how to create from source code, how to setup environment variables and maybe other stuff.
First, we’ll start with how I installed Fedora.
Installing Fedora
I downloaded Fedora ISO from https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/.
It is Gnome distribution.
I then used http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ to create a self bootable USB. It’s very easy to use.
I switched to KDE by running: sudo yum install @kde-desktop
Installing Java
Download the rpm package Oracle site.
| # root | |
| su - | |
| # Install JDK in system | |
| rpm -Uvh /path/.../jdk-8u40-linux-i586.rpm | |
| # Use correct Java | |
| alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/java 2000000 | |
| alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/java/latest/bin/javac 2000000 | |
| alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/javaws 2000000 | |
| alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/java/latest/bin/jar 2000000 | |
| # Example how to swap javac | |
| # alternatives --config javac | |
Under /etc/profile.d/ , create a file (jdk_home.sh) with the following content:
| # Put this file under /etc/profile.d | |
| export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest | |
| export PATH=$PATH:JAVA_HOME/bin |
I used the following link, here’d how to install JDK
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2014/install-oracle-java-8-on-fedora-centos-rhel/
Installing Intellij
Location: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
| # root | |
| su - | |
| # Create IntelliJ location | |
| mkdir -p /opt/idea | |
| # Untar installation | |
| tar -xvzf /path/.../ideaIC-14.1.tar.gz -C /opt/idea | |
| # Create link for latest IntelliJ | |
| ln -s /opt/idea/idea-IC-141.177.4/ /opt/idea/latest | |
| chmod -R +r /opt/idea |
Check https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/basics-and-installation.html
After installation, you can go to /opt/idea/latest/bin and run idea.sh
Once you run it, you will be prompt to create a desktop entry.
You can create a command line launcher later on as well.
Installing eclipse
Location: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
| su - | |
| # create eclipse location | |
| mkdir /opt/eclipse | |
| # Unzip it | |
| tar -xvzf /path/.../eclipse-java-luna-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz -C /opt/eclipse | |
| # create link | |
| ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse/ /opt/eclipse/latest | |
| # Permissions | |
| hmod -R +r /opt/eclipse/ |
Create executable /usr/bin/eclipse
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # name it eclipse | |
| # put it in /usr/bin | |
| # chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse | |
| export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse/latest" | |
| $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $* |
Create Desktop Launcher
| # create /usr/local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop | |
| # Paste the following | |
| [Desktop Entry] | |
| Encoding=UTF-8 | |
| Name=Eclipse | |
| Comment=Eclipse Luna 4.4.2 | |
| Exec=eclipse | |
| Icon=/opt/eclipse/latest/icon.xpm | |
| Terminal=false | |
| Type=Application | |
| Categories=Development;IDE; | |
| StartupNotify=true |
See also http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/linux-install-eclipse-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/
Installing Maven
Download https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
| # root | |
| su - | |
| # installation location | |
| mkdir /opt/maven | |
| # unzip | |
| tar -zxvf /path/.../apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.tar.gz -C /opt/maven | |
| # link | |
| ln -s /opt/maven/apache-maven-3.3.1/ /opt/maven/latest |
Setting maven environment
| # put it in /etc/profile.d | |
| export M2_HOME=/opt/maven/latest | |
| export M2=$M2_HOME/bin | |
| export PATH=$M2:$PATH |
Installing git
I wanted to have the latest git client.
Using yum install did not make it, so I decided to install from source code.
I found a great blog explaining how to do it.
http://tecadmin.net/install-git-2-0-on-centos-rhel-fedora/
Note: in the compile part, he uses export to /etc/bashrc .
Don’t do it. Instead create a file under /etc/profile.d
Installation commands
| su - | |
| yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel | |
| yum install gcc perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker | |
| yum remove git | |
| # Download source | |
| # check latest version in http://git-scm.com/downloads | |
| cd /usr/src | |
| wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-<latest-version>.tar.gz | |
| tar xzf git-<latest-version>.tar.gz | |
| # create git from source code | |
| cd git-<latest-version> | |
| make prefix=/opt/git all | |
| make prefix=/opt/git install |
git Environment
Create an ‘sh’ file under /etc/profile.d
| # save under /etc/profile.d/git-env.sh | |
| export PATH=$PATH:/opt/git/bin |
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