Re: Installing Yum

[Jimmy Barnett Jr <barn65 bellsouth net>]

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:43 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Jimmy Barnett Jr wrote:
> > ok as a Newbie to linux I have heard alot about yum and updates. I have
> > it downloaded and sitting on my desktop. where do I need to move it too?
> > and how do I go about getting it installed and running? thanks in
> > advance...
> 
> You shouldn't need to install it; it's installed by default in Fedora.
> 
> Try (as root):
> # yum update
> 
> If that doesn't work, please state what you have downloaded, the version 
> of Fedora you are using, and what the output of the command "rpm -q yum" is.
> 
> Paul.
> 
Thanks Paul...i was not aware that I had to update from root using yum.
This worked..Thanks again..

Jimmy