How To Install FrostWire 5.7.2 On OpenSUSE 13.1

FrostWire 5.7.2 is now available for download. FrostWire is a powerful BitTorrent client for Windows and Linux. There are many updates included on this release. This tutorial is going to show you How To Install FrostWire 5.7.2 On OpenSUSE 13.1. 

The new FrostWire 5.7.2 comes with the following features:

• uTP support enabled
• Multiple crash fixes
• UX: playable single file torrents now can be played from transfer list
• UX: Fixes UI Thread freeze when opening Options > Search
• UX: Better error reporting when a torrent can’t be fetched from a
• magnet connection

To Install FrostWire 5.7.2 On OpenSUSE 13.1, open Terminal and execute these commands:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/files/FrostWire%205.x/5.7.2/frostwire-5.7.2.noarch.rpm 

sudo rpm -i frostwire-5.7.2.noarch.rpm

Done. 

How to install FlareGet 3.1-36 on OpenSUSE 13.1

FlareGet is a complete, rich features download manager for Linux and Windows. It has many features you need to accelerate your download speed. The new version of FlareGet 3.1-36 is now available for download. You can also download YouTube videos using FlareGet. 

This tutorial is going to show you how to install FlareGet 3.1-36 on OpenSUSE 13.1 

Since it does not available on OpenSUSE repository, we need to install FlareGet manually. But don't worry, installing FlareGet 3.1-36 on OpenSUSE 13.1 is very easy.

wget "flareget.com/files/flareget/rpm/i386/flareget_3.1-36_i386(stable)_rpm.tar.gz"tar -xzvf flareget_3.1-36_i386(stable)_rpm.tar.gzcd flareget_3.1-36_i386\(stable\)_rpm/sudo rpm -i flareget_3.1-36_i386.rpm

If you are running OpenSUSE 64 bit, use the following commands

How to install Filezilla 3.7.3 on OpenSUSE 13.1

Filezilla is a FTP Client program which allows us to download and upload files to a FTP server. On this tutorial, I will guide you how to install Filezilla 3.7.3 on OpenSUSE 13.1. Since Filezilla is available through OpenSUSE repository, we can install this application without any problem. 

How to install VirtualBox 4.3 on OpenSUSE 13.1

This tutorial is going to show you how to install Oracle VirtualBox 4.3 on OpenSUSE 13.1. VirtualBox is a free and open source application to run multiple operating systems on a single host. Installing VirtualBox on OpenSUSE 13.1 is pretty easy. This tutorial will show you how.

First, download VirtualBox 4.3 for OpenSUSE.

• 32 bit 
• 64 bit

Now Install it using command:

Linux-Dash does not work on OpenSUSE 13.1

Linux-Dash is a useful tool to monitor Linux server. The detailed information of the server are displayed on via a beautiful web dashboard. I was successfully installed Linux-Dash on my Elementary OS Luna but I failed to get it run on OpenSUSE 13.1. Linux-Dash is available through OpenSUSE additional repository and it was provided via 1 click install feature. But, I cannot get Linux-Dash working on OpenSUSE 13.1.

After Linux-dash was installed on OpenSUSE, my Apache server won't start. I got the following error when trying to start apache2 service. 

How to install Google Chrome 34 on OpenSUSE 13.1

This tutorial will guide you how to install Google Chrome 34 on OpenSUSE 13.1. As you know Google Chrome is a fast and lightweight web browser developed by Google. Its pretty easy to install the latest stable version of Google Chrome on OpenSUSE 13.1.

To install Google Chrome 34 on OpenSUSE 13.1 please follow these steps:

1. Add Google Chrome repository to OpenSUSE 13.1. 

Open Terminal and paste this command as root

zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386 Google-Chrome

2. Refresh the repository

zypper refresh

3. Install Google Chrome

zypper in google-chrome-stable

How to install PlexMediaServer 0.9.9.7 on OpenSUSE 13.1

PlexMediaServer is a nice application that will turn your Linux into a multimedia streamer. Here I want to show you how to install PlexMediaServer 0.9.9.7 on OpenSUSE 13.1. Its not hard to install PlexMediaServer on OpenSUSE 13.1. Please read the page : https://plex.tv/features for more information about PlexMediaServer features.

First, we need to download RPM package for PlexMediaServer. Choose from the link below:

• For 32 bit
• For 64 bit

Now, install the package

How to get Skype installed on OpenSUSE 13.1

This tutorial is going to show you how to get Skype installed on OpenSUSE 13.1. Skype is the most popular VoIP application which lets us to make a free phone calls, video calls or instant messaging using internet protocol. Installing Skype on OpenSUSE 13.1 is very easy. There is a special binary package made for OpenSUSE which can be installed in few steps. 

First is to download Skype for OpenSUSE

Now you should have a file called skype-4.2.0.13-suse.i586.rpm. The version may vary from time to time. So make sure you adjust the command we used below to match with the Skype version you have. Now execute this command on Terminal as root

rpm -ivh skype-4.2.0.13-suse.i586.rpm

Should there is no error and Skype is well installed and you can start using it. 

How to install Samba on OpenSUSE 13.1

Samba is a free and open source software package that can be used to provide a powerful file and printer sharing over the network. Samba can help people to share files and directories between Linux and Windows PC. On this tutorial, I will show you how to install Samba on OpenSUSE 13.1. After Samba is installed, we can start configuring it to serve the network with file and printer sharing features.

1. Install Samba on OpenSUSE 13.1

Open Terminal and login as root

su

Now execute this command

zypper in samba*

2. Configure Samba

Now samba is installed and we can start to configure it. I want to show you how to create a simple file sharing on Samba.

Edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Under the [global] section, make sure you have the following lines

passdb backend = tdbsam

You can add it if it does not exist. Next is to create a shared folder which only Samba users can access or write to it. Add the following lines to smb.conf

Install rsnapshot module on Webmin

If you following my previous tutorial on How to backup using rsnapshot on OpenSUSE 13.1, you may think how to make it easier to use rsnapshot. Thankfully, there is an easier way to use rsnapshot to backup our data on Linux system. All we need is Webmin with rsnapshot additional module installed. On this tutorial I am going to show you how to install rsnapshot module on Webmin. Please read my previous tutorial on How to install Webmin on OpenSUSE 13.1 before going through.

I assume Webmin is installed and working properly on your computer. Now we can start to install rsnapshot module on Webmin. By installing this module, we can now run rsnapshot in GUI mode. No more syntax or command to backup using rsnapshot. 

First, Login to Webmin and click Webmin Configuration. 

Now click Webmin Modules

How to install Webmin 1.680 on OpenSUSE 13.1

This tutorial is going to show you how to install Webmin on OpenSUSE 13.1. When I wrote this tutorial, the latest stable version of Webmin is version 1.680. I will keep update the tutorial on How to install Webmin on OpenSUSE 13.1 everytime new version of Webmin is available. 

First, we need to download Webmin rpm package for OpenSUSE. Simply click the link below to download

http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.680/webmin-1.680-1.noarch.rpm

Or, you can also use wget to download

wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.680/webmin-1.680-1.noarch.rpm

How to backup using Rsnapshot on OpenSUSE 13.1

For OpenSUSE 13.1 users, you can use Rsnapshot to backup your files to other storage media. Rsnapshot can be used to backup files to local disk, remote disk over ssh, samba or even to an external drive. On this tutorial I am going to show you how to backup using Rsnapshot command on OpenSUSE 13.1. 

First, we must install rsnapshot program on OpenSUSE 13.1. Use this command to install rsnapshot on OpenSUSE 13.1

su
zypper in rsnapshot

Once installed, we can now configure the rsnapshot.conf. Use your favorite text editor to edit the file in /etc/rsnapshot.conf. Make sure you are using root privilege.

nano /etc/rsnapshot.conf

Here on this config file, we can specify the destination of the backup, specify the backup source and also we can set the backup intervals.

How to install Docky 2.2.0 on OpenSUSE 13.1

Docky is my favorite docking system on Linux. With docky, we can access or open applications installed on OpenSUSE much easier. It places shortcut to the dock and we can open, maximize or minimize applications easily. Today I want to show you how to install Docky 2.2.0 on OpenSUSE 13.1. Since Docky is included on OpenSUSE repository, we can install Docky using the following command

su
zypper in docky

Once downloaded, log out and login back to OpenSUSE. You will see Docky schortcut on the application list.

How to install Flash Player on OpenSUSE Linux

I just found my old laptop containing OpenSUSE 11.0 installed on it. But unfortunately Flash Player plugin is not installed so I cannot play YouTube videos from this laptop because missing Flash Player. If you have the same problem with me, you can solve this kind of problem by installing Flash Player on OpenSUSE. This short guide will help you to install Flash Player on OpenSUSE, especially OpenSUSE 11.0.

To install Flash Player on OpenSUSE you can simply run this command as root on Terminal.

zypper install flash-player

In few moments, after OpenSUSE finished downloading the packages, you can browse and watch YouTube and other online videos from your favorite web browser.

How to install Skype on OpenSUSE 12.2

Now it's the time to install the latest Skype 4.1.0 on OpenSUSE 12.2. Skype 4.1.0 for Linux brings a lot improvements. In order to install Skype on OpenSUSE, please download the latest version of Skype 4.1 for OpenSUSE from this link.

After download, you will have a file called: skype-4.1.0.20-suse.i586.rpm. Now we are ready to install it.

Open Terminal or Konsole and type this command

cd /home/dhani/Downloads      ===== this is the download location

rpm -ivh skype-4.1.0.20-suse.i586.rpm

If you got no errors, Skype is now should be ready. If you tried to install it on OpenSUSE 12.2 on 64bit system, you will get the following error

dhani@linux-m5a4:~/Downloads> rpm -ivh skype-4.1.0.20-suse.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtWebKit.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtXml.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libXv.so.1 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libpng12-0 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586

 

To solve it, we need to install those packages first and re execute the rpm -ivh command above.

How to install Virtualbox on OpenSUSE 12.3

How to install Virtualbox on OpenSUSE 12.3

This quick tutorial is going to show you How to install Virtualbox on OpenSUSE 12.3. Its pretty easy to install Virtualbox 4.2 on OpenSUSE 12.3. If you are OpenSUSE 12.3 users, you may follow this tutorial below to install Virtualbox on OpenSUSE 12.3

Step 1. Download Virtualbox 4.2 for OpenSUSE

• http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.0_80737_openSUSE114-1.i586.rpm (32bit)
• http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.0_80737_openSUSE114-1.x86_64.rpm (64 bit)

Step 2. Virtualbox requires linpng.so.0 to install. So we need to install this package first.

su 

zypper in libpng12.so.0

Cannot install Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.3

Cannot install Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.3

OpenSUSE 12.3 is now available for testing. I was installing OpenSUSE 12.3 on my Virtualbox 4.2 and it works well. But I cannot install Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.3 due to missing or mismatched Kernel devel on OpenSUSE 12.3. Also, OpenSUSE 12.3 uses newer gcc version which is not compatible with Virtualbox 4.2. I don't know how to fix this issue. I hope this issue will be fixed on the next version of OpenSUSE 12.3 prior to Alpha 1. 

Install Google Chrome on OpenSUSE 12.2

How to Install Google Chrome Stable on OpenSUSE 12.2 using repository

This tutorial will show you how to install the latest stable version of Google Chrome on OpenSUSE 12.2 via Google Chrome repository. This means we can get future update of Google Chrome automatically. I think its the best way to install Google Chrome on OpenSUSE 12.2. Please do not confuse between Google Chrome and Chromium.

How to install Google Chrome on OpenSUSE 12.2

Open Terminal and paste this command to add the repository. Do this command as root off course

How to start and stop network connection on OpenSUSE 12.2

Tutorial how to start and stop network connection on OpenSUSE 12.2

OpenSUSE is an RPM based Linux as well as Red Hat and Fedora Linux. This tutorial will show you how to manage network connection on OpenSUSE 12.2. We will show you how to start, stop and restart a network connection on OpenSUSE 12.2 via command line. We hope this guide can help you to manage OpenSUSE 12.2 server when no GUI available without rebooting the server.

A. Start Network Service on OpenSUSE 12.2

/etc/init.d/network start
/etc/init.d/network start eth0

Install Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.2

This brief tutorial will show you how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.2 32 bit Gnome Edition. I got the following error when I tried to install Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.2 Gnome edition.

To solve the problems, we need to install several packages before installing Guest Additions. Execute this command on Terminal as root to install required packages.

zypper install gcc kernel-devel make

After that, we can re-install Guest Additions.

First, mount the Guest Additions. Go to Devices > Install Guest Additions from the Virtualbox guest window.