Getting started with package management on fedora

Andy Choens dru at worldskip.com
Fri Nov 14 17:00:32 UTC 2003


Try up2date for your basic updating.

If you want additional stuff, I would look at apt-get and synaptic. 
There are a number of repositories that will hook you up with stuff the
RH/FC can't include.


On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 13:43, Thomas Frayne wrote:

> Getting started with package management on fedora
> 
> I wanted to upgrade the Evolution package that came with my RH9 system,
> and decided I needed the Rawhide version.  When I tried to download and
> install it, using rpm, I found a maze of RPMs that I couldn't navigate,
> so I looked for an improved package manager.  I found and installed Yum
> from Rawhide.  I couldn't make it work, and was told that Rawhide was
> discontinued, so I started figuring out how to use Yum on Fedora.  I
> noticed a note that said that Yum was obsolete, so now I am trying to
> determine what package management interface I should use on Fedora.
> 
> I would prefer to install the Fedora package manager or Yum on
> RH9+Win4Lin, and use it to install just Evolution and its dependencies. 
> If necessary, I would install the entire Fedora system and Win4Lin.
> 
> Questions I didn't see answers for on the Fedora-users archive or
> http://fedora.redhat.com/:
> 
> What is the name of the package manager user interface on Fedora; where
> is a link to its description?
> Does it currently have a working GUI?  If so, how can I find it?
> Does Yum work on Fedora?  How does Yum compare with the Fedora package
> manager?
> Can you provide a link to the first documentation on the Fedora package
> manager that I should look at?
> Should I try to install the Fedora package manager or Yum on
> RH9+Win4Lin, and use it to install just Evolution and its dependencies,
> or would it be better to install the complete Fedora core 1 release, and
> install Win4Lin over that?
> 
> 
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