Fedora Extras is an extension of Fedora Core that provides many additional packages for users of the Fedora distribution.
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Fedora systems automatically use both the Fedora Core and Fedora Extras repositories to install and update software. |
To install software from either the Core or Extras repositories, choose
Applications → Add/Remove Software. Enter the
root password when prompted.
Select the software you require from the list, and choose
Apply.
You may also install software with the yum
command-line utility. For example, this command automatically
installs the abiword package, and all of the
dependencies that are required:
su -c 'yum install abiword'
Enter the root password when
prompted.
As of the release of Fedora Core 6, there are approximately 2,000 packages in Fedora Extras, built from 1,350 source packages. The following list includes some popular and well-known applications that are maintained by community members in Fedora Extras:
abiword - elegant word-processing application
balsa - lightweight e-mail reader
bash-completion - advanced command-line completion for power users
bluefish - HTML editor
clamav - open source anti-virus scanner for servers and desktops
exim - flexible and powerful mail transfer agent
fuse - tool for attaching non-standard devices and network services as directories
fwbuilder - graphical utility for building Linux and Cisco firewall rulesets
gaim-guifications - enhancements to the Gaim Instant Messenger
gdesklets - widgets for the GNOME desktop
gnumeric - powerful spreadsheet application
gramps - genealogy application
inkscape - illustration and vector drawing application
koffice - complete office suite for the KDE desktop
mail-notification - alerts you as new mail arrives
mediawiki - the Wikipedia solution for collaborative websites
nautilus-open-terminal - extension to the GNOME file manager
pan - the Usenet news reader
revelation - password management utility
scribus - desktop publishing (DTP) application
wine - a compatibility layer to run Windows(TM) programs
xfce - lightweight desktop environment
xmms - the popular audio player
lots of Perl and Python tools and libraries
...and much more!
Is your favorite open source application missing from Fedora Extras? Package the application as an RPM, and submit it for review to Fedora Extras. After a successful review, import it to Extras and you can maintain it there. If you don't know how to create RPM packages, there are many other ways to get involved in Fedora Extras and help the project.
To learn more about how to use Fedora Extras or how to get involved, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras.
This section discusses changes in Fedora Extras packages that affect this release of Fedora Core.
The exim-sa package is deprecated, and is not provided in Fedora Extras 6. It was the original implementation of SpamAssassin integration with Exim, and was functionally similar to sendmail milters or postfix filters. However, that functionality is rather limited, and Exim now has far better support for content checking, fully integrated into its general-purpose Access Control Lists.
Since the sa_exim feature was not enabled in
the default configuration, the package can normally be safely
uninstalled to allow Exim to be upgraded. Users who have
modified their configuration to use sa_exim
features should either reconfigure to use Exim's full content
scanning abilities or rebuild the package for themselves to
include the exim-sa subpackage. For further
details on Exim's built-in content scanning, see the Exim
documentation.