Fedora update HELP!

**suneelpervez** · 08-10-2007

Hello everyone! i am beginer to linux.

i just dont know which fedora i am using, can someone tell me the command or method to check that which version of fedora am in using?

my 2nd question is that, suppose i am a fedora 4 user , will yum -y update will update my fedora to 7 or i have to buy separate cd for what ? Problem is that i dont have cds and i cant buy as its not available at place where i live

... but i have DSL connection , is there any way to update to fedora (latest version) from internet ?

and the 3rd problem that i am facing is that, i want to use msn messenger in linux and i can;t

... Intenet messenger that is built-in in fedora only signs in my yahoo account. but i want to use msn messenger. what can i do ???

i will be thankful for any kind of help. i am newbie of linux and just installed linuxe fedora in my pc few days ago.

**aliov** · 08-10-2007

Hi ,

For the version you'll have a look to the /etc directory, there you'll fin something like fedora-version , but i'm not sure.

yes yum will update your machine , but i don't prefer this solution since i faced always big problems , what i do is only to change the root directory (usually i make the /home partition alone so i don't have to play with it.

for the messenger the gaim has an option for msn protocol , but if you want web cam you'll try amsn or kopete.

regards.

**devils casper** · 08-11-2007

Originally Posted by suneelpervez

i just dont know which fedora i am using, can someone tell me the command or method to check that which version of fedora am in using?

Hi and Welcome !!

Execute this

Code:

cat /etc/fedora-release

Originally Posted by suneelpervez

my 2nd question is that, suppose i am a fedora 4 user , will yum -y update will update my fedora to 7 or i have to buy separate cd for what ? Problem is that i dont have cds and i cant buy as its not available at place where i live

... but i have DSL connection , is there any way to update to fedora (latest version) from internet ?

You can upgrade Fedora using YUM only but its not recommended. Download LiveCD of Fedora 7 and go for fresh install, if possible,

**abhishek456** · 08-11-2007

and the 3rd problem that i am facing is that, i want to use msn messenger in linux and i can;t ... Intenet messenger that is built-in in fedora only signs in my yahoo account. but i want to use msn messenger. what can i do ???

take a look at AMSN

Code:

sudo yum install amsn amsn-plugins

**lsatenstein** · 08-11-2007

There is a built in command that tells you a lot about your linux system

From the terminal, execute uname -a

uname takes many parameters. -a lists them all.

execute "man uname" and it will tell you all about uname.

**devils casper** · 08-11-2007

Originally Posted by lsatenstein

From the terminal, execute uname -a

uname takes many parameters. -a lists them all.

execute "man uname" and it will tell you all about uname.

uname -a command displays info of kernel and OS only. It doesn't tell any thing about name and version of Distro.

**suneelpervez** · 08-11-2007

thanks alot to everyone who contributed here to help all other newbies like me. My distribution is fedora 4 and last night i updated my system and it is still fedora 4 ... i was hopeful to get upgrade to fedora latest dist. And about downloading liveCD of latest fedora. will i be able to install it without wrinting that onto cd ?

once again ! thanks all of you.

one more thing, "sudo yum install amsn amsn-plugins" displays

[root@localhost ~]# sudo yum install amsn amsn-plugins
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: amsn
No Match for argument: amsn-plugins
Nothing to do

and when i download its package from website, i follow the steps of installation , it finishes successfully but i cant find where it is installed.

**abhishek456** · 08-12-2007

one more thing, "sudo yum install amsn amsn-plugins" displays

[root@localhost ~]# sudo yum install amsn amsn-plugins
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: amsn
No Match for argument: amsn-plugins
Nothing to do

sorry for the that man.This actually works for only distributions of Fedora core 5 and above

and when i download its package from website, i follow the steps of installation , it finishes successfully but i cant find where it is installed.

depending on the type of installation you did you can find it in /usr/bin directory or /opt

or find it using

Code:

 whereis -b amsn

**devils casper** · 08-12-2007

Originally Posted by suneelperverz

thanks alot to everyone who contributed here to help all other newbies like me. My distribution is fedora 4 and last night i updated my system and it is still fedora 4 ... i was hopeful to get upgrade to fedora latest dist.

I would suggest you to go for Fresh Install only. There is a lot of difference between Fedora Core 4 and Fedora 7. Upgrade will not work.

Originally Posted by suneelpervez

And about downloading liveCD of latest fedora. will i be able to install it without wrinting that onto cd ?

Its possible but again, you will have to do a lot of work.
Back up data, burn Latest version, Fedora 7 to CD and go for clean install.

**suneelpervez** · 08-12-2007

Ok Bro i will find new fedora core 7 cd from market here. I live an a part of pakistan where i dont hope i could have core 7 cd . and if i get any , that may or may not be working

Is there any way to buy fedora core 7 cds from internet? for which i can pay throught bank draft or money order. as we dont have credit card facility here too

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