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Joined: 09 Oct 2004
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 Posted: 06/07/07 - 02:25 Post subject: |
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| Yes, you are right. There are several ways of installing software. The easiest is to use yum. Yum can be used from console with command yum install packagename or from GUI. Second way is to download rpm file ( which is a binary, precompiled application) and install with command rpm ivh appname.rpm. Rpm has a lot of options which you can see in its help. Third, and most complicated, way is to compile application from source. For that you will need a lot of libraries and development tools but the process if fairly straightforward (unless something goes wrong). In most cases you will have only to enter directory with source through console and work through ./compile, make and make install routine. |
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