On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 10:23, Nicolas Bertrand wrote: > yum install "*" > or > yum install "xsod*" > to avoid interpretation of the glob (*) by the shell. Awesome! That is what I needed. Thanks a bunch. > > Nic > > ********************************************** > Nicolas Bertrand > IT Support, GRID & Bioinformatics > CEH Oxford, Mansfield Road > Oxford OX1 3SR > Tel: 01865 281 697 > Fax: 01865 281 696 > email: nsb@xxxxxxxxx > ********************************************** > >>> ernesto@xxxxxxxx 01/25/04 3:04 PM >>> > On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 09:43, Tom Taylor wrote: > > Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > > > > > How does one install "all" of the packages? > > > > I'm not sure why you'd want to do this? There's a lot of packages that > > > you'd never use, and it would take a lot time/a lot of space to > install. > > This is what I do with up2date from RH. I highlight the list of > packages that I want and then select install. Or I can select all which > is a desired option sometimes. > I think it is a waste of time to pick each package individually. For > example, I had to do the following to install xosd: > yum install xosd > yum install xosd-devel > > Why isn't yum install xosd* allowed? > > Don't get me wrong. I am not asking for a GUI like in up2date just good > command line features to save time. > > > > > > > yum install * does not work. > > > Must I download packages manually and install them one at a time? > > > > yum install <packagename> is the syntax, and it will resolve > > dependencies and get those for you as well. > > > > If you're looking for a type of program, but you don't know the exact > > name, you can try: > > > > yum search <string> > > > > And it will give you a list of packages back, relating to your string. > > > > -- > > Tom Taylor > > <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- > Ernest L. Williams Jr. <ernesto@xxxxxxxx> > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- Ernest L. Williams Jr. <ernesto@xxxxxxxx>
