System-config tools in text mode

[William Hooper]

Bill Anderson said:
> I am running FC2 and cannot get system-config-packages or
> system-cdinstall-helper to run in text mode. I always get the error "could
> not open display." Are these tools designed to run in text mode?

Yes.

> If not,
> is there something (besides rpm) to manage packages in Fedora?

up2date and yum come to mind.  Another option would be to use SSH to
forward the display to another machine.

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William Hooper