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On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 05:15, Yayan wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><I>Hi,
Newbie here... :)
I've installed Centos 3.1 with selecting Custom Packages.
Now, I want to install some packages not installed the first time.
The manual says that I can use redhat-config-packages but there are no
packages that's not installed, just installed packages. So, I can only
remove packages....
So, how do I install addtional packages from CD without having to
reinstall? I've tried installing manually by opening the RPMs but it
always complain about dependency...
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redhat-config-packages is not good for installing new packages if you have applied updates. (And sometimes even if you haven't).<BR>
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Use <B>yum</B> to do updates and to install new packages. The command:<BR>
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<B>yum provides</B><I> filename</I><BR>
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to figure out what package contains a file ... and the command:<BR>
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<B>yum list</B> <I>package-name</I> <BR>
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to provide release number and basic info about a package, and the command:<BR>
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<B>yum info</B> <I>package-name</I><BR>
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to get more info about a package ... use the command:<BR>
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<B>yum install</B> <I>package-name</I><BR>
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to install packages.<BR>
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The added advantage to using yum is that only updated packages are used...before getting started doing new packages, use the command:<BR>
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<B>yum upgrade</B><BR>
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to get the latest upgrades...<BR>
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- Johnny Hughes<BR>
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