---------- Original Message ----------- From: Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:39:30 -0500 Subject: Re: Install other Apps - HOW TO > On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:35:04PM -0400, Terry R. Grier wrote: > > How do I go about learning to install programs that are not listed via yum? > > If you're lucky, they're packaged in a reputable third-party yum repository > -- see <http://fedoratracker.org/tracker.py?mode=pkgSearch> to search. > > Otherwise, there's a _lot_ to learn. Here's one place to start > <http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html>. (Although > it's a little out of date -- software like yum solves the main > problem the author has with RPM packages.) > > Wow... as a newbie.. I guess...I should have "read" more info... which I have read.. quite a bit.. and I never saw anything about this install issue. I basiclly switched to be MS free and thought that programs like mozilla TB, Sunbird, NVU ... and programs like moneydance ... had linux versions... so that I could make the switch and use all of my same programs. I guess.. I am going to have to learn how to install these programs...some how..
