December 2004
Beginner
336 pages
14h 32m
English
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Part II: Home Entertainment
(APT), greatly simplifies the pro-
cess of installing applications includ-
ing all dependencies. A gentleman
named Axel Thimm has simplified
the process even further by building
packages that are patched or oth-
erwise optimized for building this
HTPC. Try this even once without
capitalizing on his efforts, and you’ll
realize he’s possibly worthy of saint-
hood.
If you already have a PC that you
intend to use as a starting-point to
build your HTPC, be warned that you
may encounter difficulties beyond
those I’ve already pointed out. This
project assumes you’re building your
HTPC on the hardware specified in
Chapter 7, Build a Windows-Based
Home Theater PC.
The Platform
A reliable system calls for a sta-
ble platform. In this first phase of
the project you’ll be building that
foundation.
1. Install software prerequisites
As you know, you’ll be building this project from a base of Fedora Core 1.
Whether you’ve already installed it or you are just planning your installation
now, ensure that these packages are included:
KDE Desktop Environment
MySQL (hidden during installation under SQL Database Server)
Development Tools
Kernel Development
X Software Development
KDE Software Development
The system this project is based upon has a 60GB second hard disk drive. I
mounted this entire volume as /var and formatted ...
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