add or remove packages

[Timothy Murphy]

Paul Howarth wrote:

>>> If you have updated your system with errata packages then add/remove
>>> packages probably won't work any more. Try using yum or up2date instead.
>>>
>>> # yum install kde\*devel

> I mean add the kde development packages using yum, as shown above.

As a matter of interest, does one have to "escape" the '*' as above?
I haven't seen that in the yum documentation I've read.

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