[K12OSN] updating, installing, distributing apps

[Brian Chase]

try this yum.conf:

> http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware

I can grab most anything with this config.

Carl Keil wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm hoping that the answer to this is embarrassingly simple.  But I've 
> been using Linux for years now and installing stuff is still a mystery 
> to me.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  I think part of 
> this is that the distros are so awesomely complete and chock full of 
> application goodness that I rarely need to install anything, but 
> sometimes it comes up.
>
> So, specifically, how come I can't install firefox 1.0 on my K12LTSP 
> machine?  I've tried yum update firefox, I've dowloaded the tar.gz 
> from mozilla.org and ran the installer, lots of progress bars later I 
> can find no trace of firefox 1.0 on my system.  When I launch firefox, 
> good ol' 0.9.3 comes up.  Can someone here provide an overview of the 
> proper way to install new apps and update old apps on K12LTSP 4.1?  
> There's got to be an algorithm for installing that covers most cases.  
> I'm also stymied on the procedure of making these apps available in 
> the menus/taskbar for all users once I'm done doing my root business.  
> Can someone explain this to me like I'm a fifth grader?  A referral to 
> a good book on the subject would be awesome as well.
>
> A side note.  I added the dag yum repository to my /etc/yum.conf 
> file.  When I ran yum update it started listing package headers for 
> about 5 minutes.   Needless to say, I got scared of updating that many 
> things and aborted.  Does anyone know if it's safe to add any outside 
> repositories to yum on a K12LTSP system?  Which ones?  What does this 
> do exactly?
>
> Still a noob after all these years.
>
> TIA, this list rocks!
>
> ck
>
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