how the hell do i install? (Rolf Gerrits)

[Adam Radabaugh]

> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:29:28 +0100
> From: Rolf Gerrits <rm.gerrits at quicknet.nl>
> Subject: Re: how the hell do i install?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4059F898.7080701 at Quicknet.nl>
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> M. Calvin Kashevarof wrote:
>
> > *
> >
> > how the hell do i install a program?  where is this command line or
> > what is command line?
> >
> > *
>
> Calvin,
>
> Try to learn basics first !
> ... a place to start ...
> http://www.linux-tutorial.info/cgi-bin/display.pl?7&0&224&0&3
>
> Rolf

Rolf, you can install a package via up2date, yum or in the panel (for win
users, start menu looking thing),
and find the menu item for "add/remove programs/applications".  The latter
will install programs from the core cds only; or you can use yum to get new
packages/programs to install (or update existing ones).

If you want to use yum, you need the terminal.  The terminal is in the panel
under System Tools.  At the prompt (and you should do this
as root), type:

yum install <packagename>

Whereby you replace <packagename> with any package(program) you want.  Say
you wanted to install mozilla-chat (which is a mozilla IRC client, also
avaiable via "Add/Remove"),
you type at the terminal prompt:

yum install mozilla-chat-1.4.1-18.i386.rpm

The numbers before the i386 are version numbers and the i386 is the
indication for your computer's instruction set.  In this case, i386 means
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon or later.

This will then have yum access the internet, download Mozilla chat, and
install it for you.  Any future updates (with either yum or up2date) and
this package will be included (if an update for it is available).  To remove
a package from fedora, do this (using same example):

yum remove mozilla-chat-1.4.1-18.i386.rpm

Hope this helps!