any 64bit type install program? command line or gui? david On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 22:05, Steven Op de beeck wrote: > Piotr Gajewski wrote: > > Hello, > > I installed Fedora for the very first time on my laptop. I never used > > RedHat. And my question about packages management: > > other distros (like debian, gentoo, freebsd) get packages list from > > server and via some application i can view/install some of them. > > Can i (and where?) configure some fedora tool to view packages on some > > servers and easily install them? > > If so - please give some addresses which i could use. > > > > Thanks, > > greetings, > > > > gajos > > > > P.S. > > Sorry for my english. > > If you want a more GUI approach, install 'apt' using yum: > > yum install apt > > apt does pretty much the same as yum, it uses different repositories > though. > To get a graphical interface for apt, install synaptic: > > > yum install synaptic > > OR (since you already used yum in the first part, you might give apt a > try) > > > apt-get install synaptic > > (you have to run 'apt-get update' before this, to update your local > package lists) > > Then start 'synaptic'. > > Good luck. > > -- > mvg, > Steven >
