On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:43 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > 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. > > Paul. > Thanks Paul...i was not aware that I had to update from root using yum. This worked..Thanks again.. Jimmy
