Hi Butch, Okay here is what you can do. Now it depends if your installation is local or off the web. To install them locally you do the following: rpm -i package where I is install. Now to do them remotely you do: rpm -jvh website I believe. I do mostly local installs so I may have this wrong. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Bussen" <butchb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 6:42 PM Subject: Re: Running a personal domain > I'd like to know how to install rpm files. > Thanks. > 73s > Butch Bussen > wa0vjr > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, Scott > Berry wrote: > >> Well to run yum you have the following syntax: >> >> yum install package >> yum remove package >> yum update package >> Now in Fedora we have what they call: >> what provides >> this tells you what a package depends on: >> >> So for an example the statement might look like this: >> >> yum whatprovides perl >> or the name of the package. >> >> Do you need to know how to install rpm's? >> >> Scott >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 5:57 PM >> Subject: Re: Running a personal domain >> >> >>> Hiya, >>> Well, I'm mostly wondering about how Yum works, and a lot of that >>> basic >>> kind of package management stuff. The problem is that the server I have >>> access to is probably customized in some way, so I need to figure out >>> how >>> it >>> does things. I'm afraid of breaking it and needing to call in the tech >>> support folks to fix it. >>> To quote them, they say that only advanced users need to access the >>> machine >>> via SSH. >>> Thanks, >>> Zack. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scott Berry" <sberry at northlc.com> >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 3:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: Running a personal domain >>> >>> >>>> What exactly do you want to know I am using Fedora here which is based >>>> on >>>> the Redhat scheme of things. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com> >>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:40 PM >>>> Subject: Running a personal domain >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hiya, >>>>> I recently bought the domain name blindlinux.com from a registrar >>>>> and >>>>> set it's DNS and such using the control panel they provide. I'm also >>>>> allowed a virtual private server for my site and such, which I can >>>>> access >>>>> via SSH. I guess I have a desire to learn how all that works >>>>> internally. >>>>> I'm not gonna run a massive site off it or anything, but maybe host >>>>> some >>>>> files and just a personal page. >>>>> I was wondering if anybody here is familiar with Cent OS. I'm not, >>>>> though >>>>> have heard it's based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I'm not familiar >>>>> with >>>>> Red Hat in general. >>>>> Any tips from anybody? >>>>> Thanks muchly, >>>>> Zack. >>>>> PS: I wish I could host it myself, but I'd need to talk to my ISP >>>>> about >>>>> getting a static IP, and anyway it isn't my connection. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Speakup mailing list >>>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/880 - Release Date: >>>>> 6/29/2007 >>>>> 2:15 PM >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/880 - Release Date: >>> 6/29/2007 >>> 2:15 PM >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/880 - Release Date: 6/29/2007 > 2:15 PM > >
