[CentOS] How do I Install and activate?

Mon Jun 27 14:08:35 UTC 2011
John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com>

I got Eclipse. I have some older devices that won't work with ssh. Maybe 
I'll try upgrading their firmware, but meanwhile, I do need to use them.

John

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 09:39:43AM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> John J. Boyer wrote:
> > I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it.
> >
> > 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it?
> 
> You. Should. Not. Use. Telnet. except for *very* particular debugging
> work. Use ssh. In face, if you're working at anywhere but home, I'd be
> *very* surprised if your employer allows telnet for any real use. Use ssh.
> Telnet is from when the 'Net was a kinder, gentler place, and transfers
> things like username and password in plain text, meaning someone sniffing
> your network can read it.
> >
> > 2. How do I install Mercurial? it is not in the repository.
> >
> > 3. How do I install eclipse? It is also not in the repository.
> 
> As someone else noted, the std. package manager for CentOS is yum. man
> yum, but as an example:
> yum install mercurial<enter>
> 
>         mark
> 
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