On 3/5/2012 8:04 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sun, 2012-03-04 at 17:01 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
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?
My apologies in advance if I am missing the obvious ...
Thanks,
Paul
Evidently we are entering a state of confusion. I was responding to
someone [maybe not you] who said F16 does not support python3. We seem
to agree that it does.
Now the \* comes from a bash rule. If you enter an argument like
python3* bash will try to expand the argument before it is submitted to
yum for processing. Using something like python3\* delays the expansion
of the argument until yum is processing it so other rpms whose names
start with python3 will be downloaded.
Aaron:
Yes, a state of confusion was entered. Others on the list have explained
to me --- the though of the shell processing the command and it needing
bash syntax to work never entered my mind.
Thanks,
Paul
--
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
