How to install KDE Bluetooth Manager in Fedora Core 5

This post will guide you through installation of KDE Bluetooth Manager in Fedora Core 5.

Download the latest KDE Bluetooth Manager RPM package from here and install it as root.

[root@localhost ~]$ rpm -ivh kdebluetooth-1.0-0.14.svn20060621.fc5.i386.rpm

Then edit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf file and comment out line

dbus_pin_helper;

and then uncomment line

pin_helper /usr/bin/bluepin;

and change the path of pin helper binary such as

pin_helper /usr/lib/kdebluetooth/kbluepin;

Then restart bluetooth service.

[root@localhost ~]$ /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

That’s it 🙂

How to install KDE Bluetooth Manager in Fedora Core 4

This is my first post on any blog. This post will guide you through installation of KDE Bluetooth Manager in Fedora Core 4.

Download the source code and uncompress it.

[user@localhost ~]$ tar -xjf kdebluetooth-1.0_beta1.tar.bz2

[user@localhost ~]$ cd kdebluetooth-1.0_beta1

Now configure and make it.

[user@localhost kdebluetooth-1.0_beta1]$ ./configure

[user@localhost kdebluetooth-1.0_beta1]$ make

Then login as root and install it.

[user@localhost kdebluetooth-1.0_beta1]$ su

[root@localhost kdebluetooth-1.0_beta1]# make install

If you have any problems during installtion, e.g., some failed dependencies then look at the Installation->Requirements section of online manual of KDE Bluetooth Manager.

Then edit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf file as per the instructions at Installation->Setup section of online manual of KDE Bluetooth Manager.

That’s it 🙂