System of Fedora Core

Richard E Miles r.godzilla at comcast.net
Mon Oct 18 21:46:19 UTC 2004


> linux at glossolalie.org wrote:
> 
> > edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote on 18.10.2004, 03:36:29:
> >
> > > Sorry,
> > > What about "yum" ?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > Yum will allow you to install/uninstall packages and will take care of
> > the dependancies for you. Maybe you need to have a look at
> > www.fedorafaq.org#installsoftware
> > hth
> > Thierry
> 
> I want to know what different between yum and rpm...
> 
> Thanks.

Yum is a front end to rpm. It has the ability to resolve resolve dependencies.
rpm is the actual package installer.

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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
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