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  1. 12-13-2006 #1
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    Yum Package Manager

    I am using fedora core 6 and I was wondering how I find software I install from yum.

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    install 'yumex' ( Yum Extender ). its GUI of yum and it will display a list of all the installed/upgradable/new packages.
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    yum -y install yumex




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    Quote Originally Posted by devils_casper
    install 'yumex' ( Yum Extender ). its GUI of yum and it will display a list of all the installed/upgradable/new packages.
    Code:
    yum -y install yumex




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    I have that installed already but I installed a bittorent program through yum and now I'm not sure where to find it. It doesn't show up in any of the menus.
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    which bittorrent package did you install?
    in case, its bittorrent, install it GUI too.
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    yum -y install bittorrent-gui





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    Thanks that worked perfectly. I can open it under applications now. The question is though, how come I got to applications-system tools-yum extender and click on install and then it installs it doesn't go under applications like it did when i entered that code?

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    sometimes application appear in Menu after reboot only. did you reboot machine after installing packages?






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    Everything is now working fine and I would like to thank everyone who posted help here, thank you all very much.
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    Just a suggestion, instead of using yumex to install software graphically, try running pirut from the command line. yumex is slow and resource-heavy. Pirut is set up to install software over the internet just as yum is as long as you have an active internet connection.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thrillhouse
    Just a suggestion, instead of using yumex to install software graphically, try running pirut from the command line. yumex is slow and resource-heavy. Pirut is set up to install software over the internet just as yum is as long as you have an active internet connection.
    How do I run it through the command line and is there a way to have it install under applications?

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    You can run it through the command line simply by executing:
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    $pirut
    It will ask you for root's password and you can install software from there. As for adding it to your menu, it's already there (in Gnome)! Just go to Applications -> Add/Remove Software and again, you'll be asked for root's password. In previous versions of Fedora, the Add/Remove Software tool would only install software that was available on the Installation CD/DVD's but it has since been modified to include your yum repos.
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