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kde user| pattim |
Posted: Jun 19 2012, 03:50 AM
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SLF Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Member No.: 1625 Joined: 19-June 12  |
Hi All!
I'm new to Scientific Linux, which I think is "Red Hat" - I learned linux from "Lindows" (remember that?) and then moved to OpenSuSE (at about 10.2) and also some Kubuntu. I'm a kde user, and am looking for an app that will let me install software from repos - is that all done by apt-get via command line in SL? I depend on a graphical manager (Kubuntu's wasn't very good) - I'm hoping there is one. Thanks! Patti EDIT: Found it in a separate group (Administration) <<blush!>> |
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| Nathan |
Posted: Jun 19 2012, 08:25 AM
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 SLF Geek  Group: Members Posts: 288 Member No.: 928 Joined: 15-October 11 |
If you'd like a better graphical manager, I suggest installing yumex (you can find it in the EPEL repo).
Btw, installing via command line is done with yum, not apt-get, should you ever need it. |
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| jonkye |
Posted: Jun 21 2012, 04:13 AM
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SLF Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Member No.: 1605 Joined: 7-June 12 |
some useful commands:
yum install package yum erase package yum update yum upgrade yum clean dbcache ... and more Sometimes, commands are "more flexible" ... for example: You can create your own scripts to run them via cron  |
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| zxq9 |
Posted: Jun 21 2012, 06:17 AM
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 SLF Advocate Group: Members Posts: 367 Member No.: 611 Joined: 5-August 11 |
A note on this: yum is immensely and safely scriptable under Fedora, SL and others in the family, but only so long as you are installing from Fedora-compliant repos such as EPEL. The reason is in the "goddam packaging guidelines" that packagers coming to Fedora from Debian or Ubuntu complain about. It is policy that no rpm installers can include anything that requires interactivity on install. You can have a program demand interactivity for setup via a private "first-run" trigger, but no packages are permitted to require interactive input as part of the rpm install. Other repos follow other rules and there's no telling what they permit without checking, or if they check for compliance with their stated rules -- I've seen some pretty hokey rpms floating around that install great software in really dangerous, shaky or plan stupid ways. This has a big effect on how large an installation a single administrator can realistically administer and makes scripting yum a Good Thing. |
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| pattim |
Posted: Jun 28 2012, 04:28 AM
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SLF Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Member No.: 1625 Joined: 19-June 12 |
Thanks for the replies - trying to get the hang of this! Thanks for the summary of commands - is there a web page that a list of good repos to add? I guess I only need one or two...
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| Nathan |
Posted: Jun 28 2012, 10:12 AM
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SLF Geek Group: Members Posts: 288 Member No.: 928 Joined: 15-October 11 |
http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=266
Make sure to thoroughly read the descriptions for all the repos, as some will conflict with others. |
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