Fedy

Fedy is an open source and free command-line/graphical software, specifically designed for the Fedora Linux operating system, that allows users to effortlessly install various proprietary applications and plugins.

The program can help you install multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash Player plugin, Oracle Java plguin, Microsoft fonts, as well as to do various other useful tweaks, such as auto-login, add user to sudoers, etc., on your Fedora Linux distribution.

Previously known as Fedora Utils

With Fedy you can also turn off unnecessary daemons, view your system information and much more with just few clicks. For legal reasons, the program has been renamed from Fedora Utils to Fedy on February 1, 2014.

It is designed only for official Fedora distributions, including all of its spins with the Xfce, LXDE or KDE desktop environments. The program should also work with various Fedora derivatives, and it’s fully compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit hardware platforms.

Getting started with Fedy

Installing Fedy on your Fedora Linux operating system is the easiest of tasks, as you can copy and paste the following line of code into a terminal emulator window to install it system wide and make it available to all users on your system. Please note that root privileges are required to install Fedy.

su -c "curl https://satya164.github.io/fedy/fedy-installer -o fedy-installer && chmod +x fedy-installer && ./fedy-installer"

The above command, will download the latest version of the Fedy pre-built binary from its homepage, save it on the current directory where you’ve opened the terminal emulator, make it executable and run it, so you can start using it immediately without any fuss.

Simply follow the on-screen instructions to install software packages that are not available in the official Fedora software repositories, disable unnecessary daemons, fix common issues, optimize the boot process, as well as to view system information.

What is new in this release:

• New user interface
• Support for Fedora 22

What is new in version 3.2.2:

• Fix brackets installation error

What is new in version 3.1.3:

• Attempt to install packages from older Fedora release if repo unavailable
• Check if repo file is valid before adding
• Removed various untested and error-prone plugins
• Rewrite UI with Yad instead of Zenity
• Various bug fixes and enhancements

What is new in version 3.0:

• Added new icon (Courtesy: Reda Lazri)
• Make libraries more modular
• PolicyKit dialog is not shown while executing custom command or help
• Confirm when removing old kernels

What is new in version 2.0.9:

• Completely switched to PolicyKit for authentication
• Fedora Utils can now speak the errors and warnings (optional, see --help)
• Install VLC instead of Gnome Mplayer if KDE is running
• Improved "Fix font rendering" plugin
• Updated Android SDK
• Save downloaded files and reuse them during Java installation
• Removed Unico engine as it is now available in official repos

What is new in version 2.0.4:

• Fixed minor bugs
• Updated some apllications
• Now Fedora Utils won't use PolicyKit for root access by default, but you can still use "pkexec fedorautils"
• Removed Picasa, as the Linux platform is no longer officially supported
• Removed WinFF
• Added TeamViewer, Arista

What is new in version 2.0.2:

• More modular
• Updated Java and JDK
• Added new plugins

What is new in version 1.7.9:

• Initial Fedora 16 support
• Now you can double click Fedora Utils and select "Run in Terminal"
• Attempts to run itself as root when you run Fedora Utils as normal user
• Completely new code to detect sudo access to prevent multiple prompts
• Detects and prevents running multiple instances of Fedora Utils
• Handles Ctrl-C interrrupt
• Added support for arguements, try --help for the list
• Option to force redownload of files with --force
• Added option to install Media Player shell extension
• Autologin now conistent with the gui, users need to revert the old one and apply new one
• Fixed Weather extension dependency
• Fixed a bug about installing Jockey
• Removed livna, because of being unreliable, used atrpms instead
• Removed License accept prompt to get you started more quickly
• Updated Adobe Flash

What is new in version 1.7.8:

• Fixed bugs in compilation of some packages
• Removed VirtualBox Repo
• Removed "Install Broadcom Wireless Driver"
• Configuring SELinux will now won't show failure if SELinux is disabled
• Added --nogpgcheck to yum install
• Added "View Help" in menu
• Added Jupiter
• Added option to fix bad theme in root apps
• Jockey is now installable in Fedora 16
• New Shell Extensions
• Minor bug fixes

What is new in version 1.7.1:

• Initial Fedora 16 support
• Now you can double click Fedora Utils and select "Run in Terminal"
• Attempts to run itself as root when you run Fedora Utils as normal user
• Completely new code to detect sudo access to prevent multiple prompts
• Detects and prevents running multiple instances of Fedora Utils
• Handles Ctrl-C interrrupt
• Added support for arguements, try --help for the list
• Option to force redownload of files with --force
• Added option to install Media Player shell extension
• Autologin now conistent with the gui, users need to revert the old one and apply new one
• Fixed Weather extension dependency
• Fixed a bug about installing Jockey
• Removed livna, because of being unreliable, used atrpms instead
• Removed License accept prompt to get you started more quickly
• Updated Adobe Flash

Requirements:

• Fedora