On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Paul Allen Newell <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/4/2012 5:28 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 05.03.2012 02:01, schrieb Paul Allen Newell: >>> On 3/4/2012 1:46 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>>> >>>> Run: yum install python3\* >>>> and see what happens. >>> >>> Aaron: >>> >>> I just went through all the man pages and docs on yum and couldn't see >>> what this syntax meant. To get python3, I do >>> "yum install python3" ... what does the \* get me? >> >> the backslash escapes the * for the shell >> if not all filenames starting with python3 would be >> interpreted as parameter what you surely do not want >> >> > Reindl: > > Thanks. From a shell point-of-view, this makes sense, but I am still not > certain what it buys me over just "yum install python3". `yum install python3` just installs the "python3" package containing the Python 3 interpreter, while `yum install python3\*` installs every package that begins with "python3", e.g. the Python 3 interpreter and all library packages for it included in the Fedora repository. -T.C. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
