To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
Subject: Re: Installing Yum
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:43:17 +0100
Jimmy Barnett Jr wrote:
ok as a Newbie to linux I have heard alot about yum and updates. I have
it downloaded and sitting on my desktop. where do I need to move it too?
and how do I go about getting it installed and running? thanks in
advance...
You shouldn't need to install it; it's installed by default in Fedora.
Try (as root):
# yum update
If that doesn't work, please state what you have downloaded, the version
of Fedora you are using, and what the output of the command "rpm -q yum" is.