[CentOS] Software Updater vs. Add/Remove vs. Yum(ex)

Benjamin Sher sher07 at mindspring.com
Mon Apr 16 18:47:43 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 17 April 2007 02:48, Garrick Staples wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 01:53:54PM -0400, Benjamin Sher alleged:
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > Just installed Centos 5. Very impressed but as a newbie I am a bit
> > confused about the the role of the Software Updater vs. Add/Remove and
> > Yum(ex). Which one do I use to update the installed programs, please?
>
> They all work with the same rpm repositories, so whichever you feel
> comfortable with.  Just doing 'yum update' in a root shell is probably
> the simplest and quickest way to install all available updates.

Dear Garrick:

Thank you so much. Really appreciate the clarification.

Benjamin

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