Re: Add/remove software in text mode ...

From: Malick (malick.john_at_NO-SPAMgmail.com)
Date: 07/14/05 

Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:56:37 -0400

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ofern@impulse-dynamics.com wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm new to linux and now learning Fedora Core 4.
>
> I have the following question -
>
> How to I add X support to a "Server" installation which was initially
> installed without X Server support and without any window managers ?
>
> Is there any easy way to do this - something like the
> system-config-packages X client ?
>
> With rpm I need to know all the individual packages.
>
> I noticed that YUM is pretty similar but it takes all the software
> from the Internet. How to you tell YUM to search for software groups
> on the Fedora installation CDs and install them from there ?
>
> I'll appreciate any help.
>
> Cheers, Ofer N.
>
> OFR146795489-IAG
>
If you know what packages to install, you could insert the FC4 Cds,
mount the drive ( mount /mnt/cdrom or /media/cdrom ) then navigate to it
( cd /media/cdrom ) then look for the packages you want to install. then
install the ones you want ( rpm -ivh packagename.rpm )

It will then tells you the dependencies if there are some. You will need
to install those rpm dependencies prior to the one you want to install.

If you want to remove software, you can use the rpm -e package-header
command ( for exemple, if you want to remove xmms, you have to type "rpm
- -e xmms" and not "rpm -e xmms.1-4.fc4.i386.rpm"

or you can try "yum remove xmms"

Hope it helps.
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