Installation of programs.

For my own entertainment an ease i needed some programs installed.

Installing programs in Fedora 15 is fairly easy.

There are two ways to install stuff. 

You can use the add/remove programs function (found under Activities/Applications/System tools or you can do it with yum.

I prefer to use yum, why you ask?

Well i choose yum because it gives you more the feeling that you are working on a computer.

Working with yum is easy, you just need to know a few small commands to use it.

These are the most used commands for me (more can be found with Google):

1. yum update

2. yum install "package name"

3. yum remove "package name"

To use yum you open the terminal and log in as root (su)

1. Yum update:

To keep your Fedora 15 up to date, and update all software installed on the system you use the command "yum update" (without ")

This will make sure everything that needs an update will get an update.

2. Yum install "package name"

If you know the name of the package you want installed you enter the code "yum install "package name" (without ").

Yum will then download it from the correct repository and install the package.

It is possible that yum won't find the repository for the program you want, in that case google it anw you have 99% chanse you will find it.

3. Yum remove "package name"

Installed something you don't need anymore, this is the way to uninstall it.

More yum commands and what they do can be found here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-centos-fedora-linux-yum-command-howto/