I downloaded and installed redhat 8 from the speakup website. I have connectivity to the net, and up2date works. I thought, when I installed, that I had selected 'all applications' but I noticed gcc, and emacs (among others) were missing. I know I can type up2date <appname> and that app will be installed. Is there a way to make up2date install every linux app it knows about? I have a 20-gig /usr/local partician, so space shouldn't be an issue. I don't want to have to guess at what apps I have, or don't. if I can't do it with up2date, can I add the speakup boot loader options to a kickstart bootdisk so that I can try installing again? What would happen if I went to the rpm directory in each of the three cds in order and typed rpm -u * any help would be appriciated.