Installing FreeGuide on RPM-based distributions (RedHat/Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE)

Get Java

Ensure that OpenJDK/IcedTea or Sun's version of Java is installed.

Get XMLTV

Now, you will need the latest version of XMLTV. This is made fairly easy for RedHat and Fedora users who can sign up for the ATRPMs package repository by following the instructions at atrpms.net/install.html and then install XMLTV by simply typing

su -c "yum install xmltv"

or similar.

(If you want to do it the hard way, you can find RPMs (for RedHat and Fedora) at http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/name/xmltv/.)

For other RPM-based distros, you should find XMLTV in your favourite package repository (let us know so we can add it here).

Get FreeGuide

Fedora- and RedHat-compatible FreeGuide RPMs are available from rpmfusion.org (from the "free" repository). Find out how to enable this repository here: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration and then install by opening a terminal and typing:

su -c "yum install freeguide"

If you can't get FreeGuide from a repository, you can download it directly here, by going to the download page. Download the freeguide-xx-noarch.rpm RPM file and install it like so:

su -c "rpm -i freeGuide-xx-noarch.rpm"

This will install FreeGuide and put a shortcut to it in the menu.

You can now run FreeGuide by choosing it from the menu (in RedHat it's under "Accessories" or "Other") or alternatively by typing into a terminal:

freeguide

You'll now need to answer a few questions, and then you're ready to go.

If you use a proxy server (if you don't know, you probably don't), you'll need to read this page: ConfigureProxyOnLinux.