Installing eXe on the One Laptop Per Child OLPC XO

The eXe (eXeLearning) Fedora 7 RPM can be used on the OLPC.

1. install python-imaging, python-zopeinterface
   1. start Terminal activity
   2. become root
   3. use yum to install packages

      su
      yum install python-imaging python-zopeinterface
      

2. install Firefox (and all of its dependencies)
   1. this requires editing /etc/yum.repos.d/ to remove firefox from the exclude line

      yum install firefox
      

3. install the exe-1.xx.x.xxxx-y.fc7 RPM

   rpm -ivh exe-1.xxx.x.xxxx-y.fc7.rpm
   

4. start eXe from the Terminal activity using the exe command

   exe
   

Be patient! It takes about 90 seconds for eXe to launch completely and become ready for use.