sujit sugathan wrote: >i'm new to linux .can u please tell me the steps i should go through >to install any new software.i've many softwares on cds,but i dont know >how to install these.can u please illustrate in simple language. >please help me out. > >thank you. >sujit > > > This guide should be useful http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/ regards Rahul