It's a 32-bit Fedora 11 installed on my system.
Below are some commands for searching and installing softwares on the system:
1) export http_proxy="http://username:password@vsnlproxy.iitk.ac.in:3128"
(the http:// after the '=' may not be required)
The above command connects you to the users outside of iitk.
2) yum search player
The above command gives a list of the players available for playing video files. (mplayer etc.) One can also try out dcpp in the same fashion. Works only for free software.
3) yum -y install kmplayer.i586
The above command installs kmplayer.i586 in my computer.
yum -y update This command gives the updates (to which softwares?)
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The command for running matlab is:
/opt/matlab7.4/bin/matlab &
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This is how to use scp:
kbhaskar@phypc2:~$] scp ./kbhaskar/CMP/orbital_ordering/onset/orb_fluc/further/piavg_.m kbhaskar@172.28.72.29:~/.
Explanation: I am in phypc2, root directory. I am copying the file piavg_.m from phypc2 into the computer with IP address 172.28.72.29. My login ID is kbhaskar on both computers.
This way I don't need to open a mozilla browser and email the file each time I want to get the file from that computer into my present computer.
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