On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 21:53 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:04:20 -0600, Ron Siven wrote: > [....] > > I do not have either mono or sysinfo installed. So, I can only assume > > that it's OK to remove them. Of course some apps might not work (isn't > > mono an implementation of .NET for Linux?) > > > > Did you try : > > > > yum remove sysinfo* > > > > and then : > > > > yum update > > You got it, I think. The first command took only that one thing. > > Then yum update ran -- and, oddly, when I then told it "yum > install sysinfo," it found no such package. I made that "sysinfo*" and it > seems to be looking harder and further afield ... > Should be: yum install sysinfo\* The way yoou have it the shell expands the * rather than yum expandong it. > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert > Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. > -- ======================================================================= The trouble with a lot of self-made men is that they worship their creator. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines