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dweedle
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im just curious and messing around, but i can't figure out for the life of me how to do several things:

navigate DVD-rom
take the .rpm files i download and install the programs in them

and probly more as time goes along.

anyone know what to do

2/4/2006 12:42:05 AM

skokiaan
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sounds like an awesome friday night

2/4/2006 12:53:43 AM

MiniMe_877
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.

[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 12:58 AM. Reason : fuck it]

2/4/2006 12:57:27 AM

Protostar
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I've never used Fedora Core 4. I used Suse linux, but never installed rpms from the command line, I just let Yast do it for me. Doesn't the Fedora project have a Wiki?

2/4/2006 1:06:53 AM

ncsuapex
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RPMs

Install a package
rpm –ivh packagename

upgrade a package
rpm –Uvh packagename

for the DVD, I'm not sure on FC4 but here are a few things to try.
cat /etc/fstab
mount
df -k


you should see your DVD drive mounted and its location. then just cd to that directory.

2/4/2006 1:20:22 AM

dweedle
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what is yast

and what is wiki

2/4/2006 1:20:52 AM

ncsuapex
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I would assume yast is like yum or apt or synaptic.. It's a package manager.


wiki, just google. It's a collection of pages with information.

2/4/2006 1:22:32 AM

dweedle
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oh i think ive done something with the yum extender, dont know what i did with it though

2/4/2006 1:23:24 AM

ncsuapex
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if yum is installed I would learn to use it. One thing to remember is, whatever packet manager you use to install the software you'll have to use to upgrade or remove it. So my advice is, pick one packet manager and stick to it for all your installs if possible.

Plus yum, apt and the like will install the dependencies, which will save you a lot of hassel.

2/4/2006 1:29:41 AM

windhound96
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http://www.livna.org/
go there, follow the instructions on installing.. ( http://rpm.livna.org/configuration.html#Core4 )
livna will give you the files so you can play mp3's and other stuff they legally couldnt include..

"yum install yumex" if you want a gui for yum, bit like yast's installer

"yum install xine-skins" (it'll grab the rest of the dependencies for xine as well)
xine is a good dvd player.. gxine is a better interface for it..

if you're using Gnome or KDE you should beable to just double click any rpm file and it'll install it for you.. executing it from a terminal isnt really nessisary.. or if you download it with firefox (etc) just 'open' it..

Gnome or KDE also have the eqiv. of 'My Computer' on the desktop.. should beable to navigate a DVD-rom from there, unless you meant play it, which is what xine is for.. there really shouldnt be a need to mount it, as both KDE and Gnome should do it for you..
if nothin else run konqueror, check /media/ and see whats there

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ <- Fedora's Wiki

2/4/2006 11:42:37 AM

dweedle
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^thx

2/5/2006 12:39:48 AM

raiden
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this thread is awesome.

3/4/2016 12:30:29 PM

dweedle
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I just saw the thread title and was like "hey I remember that operating sysohwaitaminute..."

3/7/2016 9:53:26 PM

krallum2016
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I also didn't know how to do this in 2006 but now I do I wonder what I will know in 2026

3/8/2016 2:40:43 PM

raiden
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dweedle

did you get it installed? did you found out what a wiki is?

LOL


but for real its crazy. I'm a huge fan of yum (I hated RPM dependency-hell), so its kinda cool to see thread where its being talked about as a new thing.

3/9/2016 7:45:01 AM

lewisje
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This thread reminded me of this old meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-does-one-patch-kde2-under-freebsd

3/30/2016 1:34:36 AM

federal
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and now fedora has thrown yum out and replaced it with dnf

CRAZY

4/8/2016 12:39:28 AM

raiden
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yeah I hate that move. I don't know why they just didn't improve upon yum rather than make a whole new tool.

dnf? wtf?

# yum forever.

5/10/2016 6:57:57 PM

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