On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 17:40 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > as I installed it with, yum, so I am guessing (but I don't > know if it is always true), I should use the first command you give, > that is, > > su -c 'yum -y remove preload' yum is a front end for making rpm easier to use. The database keeping a record of what rpm packages are actually installed on your computer, is managed by rpm (whether you install or remove packages using yum, rpm, yumex, or several other front ends for rpm). When manually adding or removing just a few packages, the command line is probably going to be the quickest way for you to do so. If you were going to install lots of completely separate packages (e.g. such as you were going to install a large number of games, by picking them from a list which described what they were), then one of the GUI tools might be more convenient. The advantage of using a front end, rather than rpm directly, is when you have to deal with dependencies. When you use rpm, you have to manually add the names of dependent packages to your install command line. But with the front ends, if you try to install a package that needs other packages, the front end will also download and install the other packages it needs. Likewise, when removing packages. It can take out the other associated packages, too. By the way, please REPLY to messages by using the "reply" function of your mail client, NOT the "forward" feature. You're breaking message threading (where associated messages are placed together in a mail client). Not to mention that the quoting is messy to follow. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
