FredPod, Episode 37-131215 − “How to build an RPM package.”
December 16, 2013
FredPod Episode 37-131215
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This is your host, Mark Walker—now let’s get to the content.
This episode, number 37, was produced on December 15th, 2013—and today’s topics will include:
Selections from “yum info recent” from several yum repositories
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and the Latest from FredLUG, the Fredericksburg Linux Users Group.
Today’s feature is How to build an RPM package.
And we’ll close with a Creative Commons licensed work by
Fading Autumn, entitled California Sky.
Here are some recently updated items in the yum repositories:
Name : gnome-boxes Summary : A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems Description : gnome-boxes lets you easily create, setup, access, and use: * remote machines * remote virtual machines * local virtual machines * When technology permits, set up access for applications on local virtual machines Name : libreoffice-ogltrans Summary : 3D OpenGL slide transitions for LibreOffice Description : OpenGL Transitions enable 3D slide transitions to be used in LibreOffice. Requires good quality 3D support for your graphics card for best experience. Name : libreoffice-pdfimport Summary : PDF Importer for LibreOffice Draw Description : The PDF Importer imports PDF into drawing documents to preserve layout and enable basic editing of PDF documents. Name : libreoffice-presentation-minimizer Summary : Shrink LibreOffice presentations Description : The Presentation Minimizer is used to reduce the file size of the current presentation. Images will be compressed, and data that is no longer needed will be removed. Name : libreoffice-wiki-publisher Summary : Create Wiki articles on MediaWiki servers with LibreOffice Description : The Wiki Publisher enables you to create Wiki articles on MediaWiki servers without having to know the syntax of the MediaWiki markup language. Publish your new and existing documents transparently with writer to a wiki page. Name : lynis Summary : Security and system auditing tool Description : Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even call it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardening state of the machine, detects security issues and provides suggestions to improve the security defense of the system.
You can find additional information on these, and many other recently updated packages, by typing yum info recent or
yum list-updateinfo new from the security yum plugin—both are done from the command line.
There’s been a lot of discussion on the FredLUG email list and meetings about how to introduce more people to Linux. An additional meeting schedule has now been added on the second Saturday of each month. The third Monday meetings are being discontinued starting in 2014. Hopes are that this new meeting schedule will make it easier for more people overall to participate in the FredLUG meetings, and the general open source community.
You can find the email list for the Fredericksburg Linux Users Group, FredLUG, at calypso dot tux dot org (http://calypso.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/fredlug). Feel free to join the list.
Besides the FredLUG email list, you’re also welcome on the IRC channel pound FredLUG on irc dot freenode dot net.
FredLUG, meets on the second Saturday of the month, and also on the “last-Saturday-of-the-month” at the England Run library branch, which is west of Falmouth in Stafford County—meeting time is 9 AM 0900 US Eastern time.
A Google-maps link is in the show notes below.
https://plus.google.com/113969762126266027466/about?gl=US&hl=en-US
Interactive postings about FredLUG meetings are also at http://www.meetup.com/fredlug/.
Visit the Fredlug website at http://fredlug.info for more details and resources.
Today’s feature is How to build an RPM package—and we had a good time with it too.
Today’s episode will close with a Creative Commons licensed work by
Fading Autumn, entitled California Sky. Enjoy.
Fading_Autumn_-_California_Sky.mp3
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This is Mark Walker. Enjoy life, and we’ll talk with you next time.
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