fc6 - extra disk

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Thu Dec 7 12:47:04 UTC 2006


Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Ted Gervais writes:
> 
>> I have seen mention made of fc6 - extra, and I am wondering where that
>> iso disk is at?
>>
>> I burnt 6 discs from the latest release and not one of them are marked
>> *extra*..
>>
>> Can anyone explain where I can find the 'extra' disk for fc6?
> 
> It's not a disk.
> 
> See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras
> 
> FC 6, as installed, already has Extras enabled.  You're all set.  Find 
> an Extras package you want to install, then:
> 
> "yum install packagename".
Or if you are gui-ing: run Applications|Add/Remove Software

Extras is huge {I asked a while ago and people indicated 4-6GB or so. 
Since it unlikely that you want it all the idea is to let yum/pirut 
download just the bits you want.

DaveT




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