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| ==== What is RPM Fusion? ==== RPM Fusion is a repository of add-on packages for Fedora maintained by a group of volunteers. RPM Fusion is not a standalone repository, but an extension of Fedora. RPM Fusion distributes packages that have been deemed unacceptable to Fedora due to licensing or patent issues. |
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| ==== How do I use RPM Fusion? ==== | === What is RPM Fusion? === RPM Fusion is a repository of add-on packages for Fedora and EL+EPEL maintained by a group of volunteers. RPM Fusion is not a standalone repository, but an extension of Fedora. RPM Fusion distributes packages that have been deemed unacceptable to Fedora. === What packages are available from RPM Fusion? === RPM Fusion provides packages in different repositories, each of them with rules to govern their content : ==== Free repository ==== Software that uses a free license, but is not accepted in Fedora for various reasons.<<BR>> Example: video players...<<BR>> Enable by installing {{{rpmfusion-free-release}}} package. ==== Nonfree repository ==== Software that uses a nonfree license, but is otherwise redistributable.<<BR>> Example: Nvidia binary drivers<<BR>> Enable by installing {{{rpmfusion-nonfree-release}}} package. Until the creation of the tainted repositories, the redistributable status was only analysed with respect to copyrights holders and not rights related to (software) reverse engineering for inter-operability purposes. The "tainted" repositories were added to fill this usage. ==== Free Tainted ==== Software that use a free license, but may have usage restriction in some countries.<<BR>> Example: libdvdcss<<BR>> Enable by installing {{{rpmfusion-free-release-tainted}}} package. ==== Nonfree Tainted ==== Software that uses a nonfree license and which is not explicitly redistributable, but is allowed for inter-operability purposes in some countries.<<BR>> Example: b43-firmware, nouveau-firmware, dvb-firmware.<<BR>> Enable by installing {{{rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted}}} package. === How do I use RPM Fusion? === |
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| ==== Can I use RPM Fusion packages during the installation of Fedora? ==== Yes, as of Fedora Core 6, Anaconda (the Fedora installer) supports using external repositories during installation. See [[RPMFusionInAnaconda|Using RPM Fusion in Anaconda]] for more information. |
=== What do I need to pay attention to when configuring the repositories === There are a few things to note. In short: you always need to enable the matching repositories from Fedora/EPEL and RPM Fusion together. Verbose: |
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| ==== What are the licensing or patent issues that make some packages unacceptable to Fedora? ==== As Fedora is officially affiliated with Red Hat, Inc. in the Fedora Project, Fedora is effectively bound by the same legal restrictions as Red Hat, as a US company, is bound by. This means in particular that software encumbered with US patents cannot be included. Also excluded is software covered by licenses which are incompatible with Red Hat's licensing policy, e.g. licenses which only permit non-commercial use. See Fedora list of [[http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems|forbidden items]]. |
* Packages in RPM Fusion's rawhide repositories require packages from Fedora's rawhide repositories -- hence enable all rawhide repositories or none at all. Note that you have to disable all non-rawhide repositories if you want to switch completely to Fedora rawhide. |
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| ==== Does RPM Fusion distribute illegal software? ==== | * Packages in RPM Fusion's updates-testing repositories may require packages from fedora- or epel-updates-testing -- hence enable all updates-testing repositories or none at all. * Packages in RPM Fusions nonfree repos repositories require packages from the free repositories -- you hence can't use the nonfree repositories without the free repositories; but you on the other hand can use the free repositories without the nonfree ones. === Can I use RPM Fusion packages during the installation of Fedora? === Yes, Anaconda (the Fedora installer) supports using external repositories during installation. See [[RPMFusionInAnaconda|Using RPM Fusion in Anaconda]] for more information. === Why doesn't the Fedora project ship the Software that RPM Fusion offers? === As Fedora is officially affiliated with Red Hat, Inc. in the Fedora Project, Fedora is effectively bound by the same legal restrictions as Red Hat, as a US company, is bound by. This means in particular that software encumbered with US patents cannot be included in Fedora. Fedora further only wants to ship software that is covered by Free and Open-Source-Software licenses; see Fedora's [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing|Licensing Guidelines]] and its [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#SoftwareLicenses|List of Good Licenses]] for details. === Does RPM Fusion distribute illegal software? === |
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| ==== Why should I use the video drivers provided by RPM Fusion for my ATI and Nvidia cards? ==== This is described in the [[RPMFusionSwitcher|RPM Fusion Switcher]] page. |
=== How can I trust that RPM Fusion will work with the Fedora project? === Most RPM Fusion developers are also actively involved in the Fedora project and make sure that RPM Fusion interacts properly with the distributions from Fedora. The contributors also do their best to maintain a the same quality as official Fedora packages. |
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| ==== How can I trust that RPM Fusion will work with the Fedora project? ==== Most RPM Fusion developers are also actively involved in Fedora development and make sure that RPM Fusion tracks Fedora development, and also that the packages are of the same quality as official Fedora packages. |
RPM Fusion further doesn't want to compete with Fedora -- hence RPM Fusion normally does not ship any software that is acceptable in Fedora. |
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| ==== What Fedora versions do you support? ==== RPM Fusion distribution versions follow the end-of-life policy of the respective "upstream" distributions. In practice this means that shortly after the upstream distribution goes EOL, shortly afterwards the corresponding RPM Fusion repository will go EOL too. Usually the repositories will stay available for quite a long time, but no new packages or package updates will be added to them and users are strongly encouraged to update to a non-EOL distro version. |
=== What Fedora versions do you support? === |
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| ==== What architectures do you support? ==== We attempt to support all possible architectures, across all supported Fedora versions. Currently this is i386, x86_64 and ppc. We do not currently support ppc64. |
RPM Fusion ships packages for RHEL 6 and 7 (and its derivatives like CentOS, ScientificLinux and others) and all current Fedora versions (including the development branch rawhide). |
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| ==== Why do I see i686 (or similar) RPMs in i386? ==== Some RPMs are built from binary distributions because the source code is not available, although building from source is always preferred. In these cases, we have little or no control over how the binaries were compiled. So if they were compiled for i686, then they must be presented in an i686 RPM. |
RPM Fusion follows the end-of-life policy of the respective "upstream" distributions. In practice this means that shortly after the upstream distribution goes EOL, shortly afterwards the corresponding RPM Fusion repository will go EOL, too. Usually the repositories will stay available for longer, but no new packages or package updates will be added to them and users are strongly encouraged to update to a non-EOL distro version. The repositories for EOLed distributions will sooner or later move to a archive page to make room for repositories for newer releases. |
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| ==== How can I contribute? ==== You can submit your own packages, do QA on existing submissions or help fix bugs. Please see the [[Contributors|contributors]] page for details. |
=== What architectures do you support? === We attempt to support all possible architectures, across all supported Fedora/EL versions. Currently for Fedora 26 and later these are aarch64, armhfp, i686, x86_64, ppc64 and ppc64le. EL is limited to x86_64 (i686 for EL6). |
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| ==== How do I report a bug? ==== | === How do I report a bug? === |
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| ==== I would like to see an RPM for package X. What should I do? ==== | === I would like to see an RPM for package X. What should I do? === |
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| CategoryFAQ | === How can I contribute? === You can submit your own packages, do QA on existing submissions or help fix bugs . Please see the [[Contributors|contributors]] page for details. == General == === Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-foo. Please verify its path and try again === Yum cannot connect to the RPM Fusion servers if you get above message. That could be a problem with your local network or a problem with the !MirrorManager servers from RPM Fusion. If it's the latter use this comment to temporary work around the problem: {{{ su -c "sed -i 's|^#baseurl|baseurl| ; s|^mirrorlist|#mirrorlist|' /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion*free*repo" }}} To undo the change later use this command: {{{ su -c "sed -i 's|^baseurl|#baseurl| ; s|^#mirrorlist|mirrorlist|' /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion*free*repo" }}} == Packages == === What packages should I install to be able to play nonfree codecs? === Run this command from root to get enhanced audio and video support in applications that rely on GStreamer: {{{ # yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-ffmpeg }}} Run this command from root to get enhanced audio and video support in applications that rely on xine backend: {{{ #yum install xine-lib-extras-freeworld }}} === How can I install libdvdcss? === In some European countries it is illegal to distribute it in binary form. Therefore RPM Fusion has chosen not to carry libdvdcss in its repositories. [[http://rpm.livna.org|Livna]] will provide libdvdcss for the foreseeable future. === I have a problem with one of the non-free drivers (AMD, Broadcom, NVIDIA, ...) -- can you fix it please? === That depends on the nature of the problem. If the root cause for the problem is in the closed part of the driver then we are not able to fix it -- you have to contact the driver vendor, as only they have access to the source. RPM Fusion contributors on the other hand of course can fix issues where the packaging is the root cause. If in a doubt file a bug in [[https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org|Bugzilla]]; the driver maintainers will tell you if they can do anything to fix the issue. === I have multiple 3rd party repos enabled and yum bails out with errors. === Mixing repositories that are not designed to be mixed can lead to trouble, hence you should better not do that. If there is something missing in RPM Fusion that please tell us, maybe we can add it, which will make everything easier for all Fedora users; or better yet, ask the maintainer of the 3rd party repository to join RPM Fusion. === How can I list all installed RPM Fusion Packages === Use a command like this: {{{ rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{PACKAGER}\n" | grep "RPM Fusion" | cut -d\ -f1 | sort }}} |
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions
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RPM Fusion
- What is RPM Fusion?
- What packages are available from RPM Fusion?
- How do I use RPM Fusion?
- What do I need to pay attention to when configuring the repositories
- Can I use RPM Fusion packages during the installation of Fedora?
- Why doesn't the Fedora project ship the Software that RPM Fusion offers?
- Does RPM Fusion distribute illegal software?
- How can I trust that RPM Fusion will work with the Fedora project?
- What Fedora versions do you support?
- What architectures do you support?
- How do I report a bug?
- I would like to see an RPM for package X. What should I do?
- How can I contribute?
- General
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Packages
- What packages should I install to be able to play nonfree codecs?
- How can I install libdvdcss?
- I have a problem with one of the non-free drivers (AMD, Broadcom, NVIDIA, ...) -- can you fix it please?
- I have multiple 3rd party repos enabled and yum bails out with errors.
- How can I list all installed RPM Fusion Packages
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RPM Fusion
RPM Fusion
What is RPM Fusion?
RPM Fusion is a repository of add-on packages for Fedora and EL+EPEL maintained by a group of volunteers. RPM Fusion is not a standalone repository, but an extension of Fedora. RPM Fusion distributes packages that have been deemed unacceptable to Fedora.
What packages are available from RPM Fusion?
RPM Fusion provides packages in different repositories, each of them with rules to govern their content :
Free repository
Software that uses a free license, but is not accepted in Fedora for various reasons.
Example: video players...
Enable by installing rpmfusion-free-release package.
Nonfree repository
Software that uses a nonfree license, but is otherwise redistributable.
Example: Nvidia binary drivers
Enable by installing rpmfusion-nonfree-release package.
Until the creation of the tainted repositories, the redistributable status was only analysed with respect to copyrights holders and not rights related to (software) reverse engineering for inter-operability purposes. The "tainted" repositories were added to fill this usage.
Free Tainted
Software that use a free license, but may have usage restriction in some countries.
Example: libdvdcss
Enable by installing rpmfusion-free-release-tainted package.
Nonfree Tainted
Software that uses a nonfree license and which is not explicitly redistributable, but is allowed for inter-operability purposes in some countries.
Example: b43-firmware, nouveau-firmware, dvb-firmware.
Enable by installing rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted package.
How do I use RPM Fusion?
See Configuration.
What do I need to pay attention to when configuring the repositories
There are a few things to note. In short: you always need to enable the matching repositories from Fedora/EPEL and RPM Fusion together. Verbose:
- Packages in RPM Fusion's rawhide repositories require packages from Fedora's rawhide repositories -- hence enable all rawhide repositories or none at all. Note that you have to disable all non-rawhide repositories if you want to switch completely to Fedora rawhide.
- Packages in RPM Fusion's updates-testing repositories may require packages from fedora- or epel-updates-testing -- hence enable all updates-testing repositories or none at all.
- Packages in RPM Fusions nonfree repos repositories require packages from the free repositories -- you hence can't use the nonfree repositories without the free repositories; but you on the other hand can use the free repositories without the nonfree ones.
Can I use RPM Fusion packages during the installation of Fedora?
Yes, Anaconda (the Fedora installer) supports using external repositories during installation. See Using RPM Fusion in Anaconda for more information.
Why doesn't the Fedora project ship the Software that RPM Fusion offers?
As Fedora is officially affiliated with Red Hat, Inc. in the Fedora Project, Fedora is effectively bound by the same legal restrictions as Red Hat, as a US company, is bound by. This means in particular that software encumbered with US patents cannot be included in Fedora.
Fedora further only wants to ship software that is covered by Free and Open-Source-Software licenses; see Fedora's Licensing Guidelines and its List of Good Licenses for details.
Does RPM Fusion distribute illegal software?
No. RPM Fusion only distributes packages which can be legally re-distributed.
How can I trust that RPM Fusion will work with the Fedora project?
Most RPM Fusion developers are also actively involved in the Fedora project and make sure that RPM Fusion interacts properly with the distributions from Fedora. The contributors also do their best to maintain a the same quality as official Fedora packages.
RPM Fusion further doesn't want to compete with Fedora -- hence RPM Fusion normally does not ship any software that is acceptable in Fedora.
What Fedora versions do you support?
RPM Fusion ships packages for RHEL 6 and 7 (and its derivatives like CentOS, ScientificLinux and others) and all current Fedora versions (including the development branch rawhide).
RPM Fusion follows the end-of-life policy of the respective "upstream" distributions. In practice this means that shortly after the upstream distribution goes EOL, shortly afterwards the corresponding RPM Fusion repository will go EOL, too. Usually the repositories will stay available for longer, but no new packages or package updates will be added to them and users are strongly encouraged to update to a non-EOL distro version. The repositories for EOLed distributions will sooner or later move to a archive page to make room for repositories for newer releases.
What architectures do you support?
We attempt to support all possible architectures, across all supported Fedora/EL versions. Currently for Fedora 26 and later these are aarch64, armhfp, i686, x86_64, ppc64 and ppc64le. EL is limited to x86_64 (i686 for EL6).
How do I report a bug?
Please report all bugs using the Bugzilla. This includes bugs with RPMs as well as bugs related to infrastructure, such as this website.
I would like to see an RPM for package X. What should I do?
Place a request in the wiki and hopefully a maintainer will decide to pick it up. If however you wish to see an additional feature added to an existing package, please file a bug against it in Bugzilla.
How can I contribute?
You can submit your own packages, do QA on existing submissions or help fix bugs . Please see the contributors page for details.
General
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-foo. Please verify its path and try again
Yum cannot connect to the RPM Fusion servers if you get above message. That could be a problem with your local network or a problem with the MirrorManager servers from RPM Fusion. If it's the latter use this comment to temporary work around the problem:
su -c "sed -i 's|^#baseurl|baseurl| ; s|^mirrorlist|#mirrorlist|' /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion*free*repo"
To undo the change later use this command:
su -c "sed -i 's|^baseurl|#baseurl| ; s|^#mirrorlist|mirrorlist|' /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion*free*repo"
Packages
What packages should I install to be able to play nonfree codecs?
Run this command from root to get enhanced audio and video support in applications that rely on GStreamer:
# yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-ffmpeg
Run this command from root to get enhanced audio and video support in applications that rely on xine backend:
#yum install xine-lib-extras-freeworld
How can I install libdvdcss?
In some European countries it is illegal to distribute it in binary form. Therefore RPM Fusion has chosen not to carry libdvdcss in its repositories.
Livna will provide libdvdcss for the foreseeable future.
I have a problem with one of the non-free drivers (AMD, Broadcom, NVIDIA, ...) -- can you fix it please?
That depends on the nature of the problem. If the root cause for the problem is in the closed part of the driver then we are not able to fix it -- you have to contact the driver vendor, as only they have access to the source.
RPM Fusion contributors on the other hand of course can fix issues where the packaging is the root cause. If in a doubt file a bug in Bugzilla; the driver maintainers will tell you if they can do anything to fix the issue.
I have multiple 3rd party repos enabled and yum bails out with errors.
Mixing repositories that are not designed to be mixed can lead to trouble, hence you should better not do that. If there is something missing in RPM Fusion that please tell us, maybe we can add it, which will make everything easier for all Fedora users; or better yet, ask the maintainer of the 3rd party repository to join RPM Fusion.
How can I list all installed RPM Fusion Packages
Use a command like this:
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{PACKAGER}\n" | grep "RPM Fusion" | cut -d\ -f1 | sort