How to *update* a Fedora Core 3 component program?
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Thu May 26 17:19:34 UTC 2005
Bo Berglund wrote:
> I am new to Linux and Fedora Core 3 (installed yesterday)....
>
> When I tried the web browser I found that it is FireFox 1.0 Preview
> Release, so obviously I want to update it.
> I can get the 1.0.4 installer all right and I can unzip it too, but
> when I launch the install it looks like it is going to install a *new*
> instance of the program and this is not what I want. I want a regular
> software update, like when I install a new update of a program in
> Windows. On that platform it updates the *existing* installation
> instead of creating a new.
>
> One of my reasons for this is that the FireFox is available on the
> Applications menu in Fedora and I want to get the 1.0.4 launched from
> there.
>
> So these are my questions:
> 1) How can I *update* FireFox?
# yum update firefox
This will get the latest firefox packaged for Fedora (download from the
Internet) and update your system.
If you run "yum update" without specifying a package name, it will get
*all* updates, which is *a lot* for a fresh Fedora Core 3 installation.
> 2) How can I in general uninstall programs in Fedora?
Fedora uses "packages" called RPM (RedHat Package Manager) files. They
make uninstalling particularly easy:
# yum remove packagename
will remove the "packagename" package, and any other package that will
not work without it (which is known as a "dependency").
> 3) Should the installer not ask me to su before continuing?
Yes, unless you're planning to install it into your home directory or
somewhere else that you, as a regular user, can write to.
See also: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware
Paul.
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