Getting gnome

**malikdaud** · 01-23-2005

Hello,
I'm using red hat 9. It has an old version of gnome. Can anyone tell me how to download and install the latest version of gnome.
Thanks.

**lakerdonald** · 01-23-2005

You can try going to http://www.gnome.org/ and download a bunch of rpms, or maybe use yum to update all of the gnome libraries and programs.

**malikdaud** · 01-23-2005

How do i use yum. I typed yum in the console, it says command not found.

**lakerdonald** · 01-23-2005

a)you should be root.
b)try typing:

Code:

whereis yum

**malikdaud** · 01-23-2005

Tried being root its still command not found.

By the way if I want to download from the website gnome.org which should i choose:

# Platform Sources
# Desktop Sources
# Bindings Sources

and should i download all the stuff in there?

**lakerdonald** · 01-23-2005

I'd say Desktop Sources.

**malikdaud** · 01-23-2005

Ok I downloaded and installed yum and it has started downloading.
Now can i pause and restart it later when i am free or does it have to continue now?

**lakerdonald** · 01-23-2005

i think yum has to do it in one clean shot. sorry.

**malikdaud** · 01-23-2005

Well i've decided to downloaded the individual packages. But how would i know which one to install first i.e. check all the dependencies and everything
?

**lakerdonald** · 01-23-2005

well download like libgnome, and the gnome gui, gnome-session, gnome-desktop, bonobo, and they'll tell you the deps.

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