Subject: Re: [YellowDogLinux] Installing individual applications
From: Eric Woods (woodse@alum.rpi.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 08:20:15 MDT
This is great advice. If you use an installation which has X windows (a
good choice for newbies!), you can use the Package Manager to take care of
these rpm tasks with a graphical interface. (Note: I'm assuming that KDE
is being used -- I haven't been using the YDL installation of Gnome, so I
don't know if there are significant differences.)
Look under the "System" for it, make sure that your YDL CD is mounted, and
under the Package Manager "settings" menu, change the "Location of
uninstalled packages" setting for RPMs to point at the directory Jim
mentions. A click on the refresh button and a few moments for the contents
to be read and you should be able to do all of the package
install/uninstall you want without too much hassle or needing to deal with
a command line.
- Eric
At 03:39 AM 6/26/2001, Jim Cole wrote:
>Hi - Unfortunately the installer does not currently offer you the ability
>to select individual packages. Your best bet is to pick something close to
>what you want and then either add or remove packages as necessary. For
>example, you could install the Base package, mount the CD-ROM, change to
>the YellowDog/RPMS directory, and add packages as appropriate using
>
>rpm -ivh <package_file>
>
>Or you could use the Internet Server option, determine what all is
>installed using
>
>rpm -qa
>
>and then remove anything you don't want using
>
>rpm -e <package_name>
>
>
>Jim
>
>COLIN COMOLLATTI's bits of Tue, 26 Jun 2001 translated to:
>
> >G'Day All
> >
> >This question may of already be answered, please humour me. :)
> >
> >How can I install individual applications using YellowDogLinux v2 on a G4.
> >
> >I would like to set-up a mail server but do not want to have http, ftp, etc
> >installed on this computer for security reasons. I installed using Internet
> >server and found it loaded all of these applications.
> >
> >Is there a easy way around this?
> >
> >Or will I need to install Internet Server option then remove the
> >applications I do not need.
> >
> >Also could someone point me in the direction of where all the archived
> >mailing list messages are? So I can check there before asking questions that
> >may have already been answered
> >
> >Thank you for your time
> >
> >Colin Comollatti
> >Multimedia Developer
> >
> >Educational Design and Multimedia Unit
> >Distance and Flexible Learning Centre
> >Central Queensland University
> >
> >Phone: 4930 9303
> >Fax: 4930 9045
> >Email: c.comollatti@cqu.edu.au
> >
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