Software Install Best Practice?

From: Danny Howard (dannyman_at_toldme.com)
Date: 11/16/05

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    Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:52:25 -0800
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    Hello,

    I am new to Linux. I come from FreeBSD, and I am used to the idea that
    if I need to add a package, I can do so through the ports tree.

    On Fedora, I have come to a similar accomodation. I added LIVNA to my
    yum repositories like so:

    rpm -ivh
    http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.5.4.noarch.rpm

    Now I can "yum install" most anything on Fedora. :)

    And I have an RHEL box, needs a bunch of Perl modules. I have consulted
    TFM at
    http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-rpm-using.html
    and they say I should use RPM, and first I have to find the .rpm files,
    and I should look:

        http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html

    Well, that's a list of Fedora mirrors ... uhmmm ...

        * Red Hat Network — Refer to Chapter 17 Red Hat Network for more
    details on Red Hat Network

    Chapter 17 makes RHN look like some GUI admin tool for keeping the Base
    OS up to date. I want to find a trusted repository of Perl modules,
    etc. Pointers on where I should go and what I should read?

    Thanks,
    -danny 

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