On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 12:49 -0800, Rickey Moore wrote: > > > Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rickey Moore wrote: > > > > > > If you want software from a different repository, it is as > simple as > enabling the repository and getting a list of applications. It > is > time for you to do some reading up on yum. It is allot > different and > nicer than the old download, install what will install, > download the > dependencies and install what will install ...... > Sorry, what I failed to mention was that I'm using my roommate's > Windoz machine for file dnloads and <shudder> yahoo to get email. He's > got DSL, so we just added a network hub, and since Sprint uses pppoe > I'm wildly updating to just get the sucker to get the ipadd! ress's > and nameservers. Then I'm burning all these updates to CD's and > transporting them physically to my Fedora machine, kinda like all at > once! <smile> Trouble shooting with a shotgun... > > So, that's why I was looking for update instructions for humans to > read. I know I'll just love yum once I get to the net... I updated > KDE to use the new network manager and some pppoe deamons that I > found. Uptodate used to make me crazy. I do love Linux though, and > have great plans for using it. > > Thanx for any considerations, Ric ---- FC-4 represented a large jump in various items and the initial installation was pretty buggy. Consequently a lot of updates are required to make it function properly. You really need internet access to get the updates installed as it would be a large project to get the updates installed by hand. Craig
