yum-software-management/en_US yum-software-management.xml,1.1,1.2
Stuart Ellis (elliss)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Mar 13 00:23:41 UTC 2006
Author: elliss
Update of /cvs/docs/yum-software-management/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv31193/en_US
Modified Files:
yum-software-management.xml
Log Message:
- First pass at updating text for Fedora 5.
- Now uses en_US locale.
- Switched to OPL.
Index: yum-software-management.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/yum-software-management/en_US/yum-software-management.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- yum-software-management.xml 12 Mar 2006 20:47:17 -0000 1.1
+++ yum-software-management.xml 13 Mar 2006 00:23:33 -0000 1.2
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
+<!-- $Id: -->
+
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
-<!ENTITY % FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN SYSTEM "../../docs-common/common/fedora-entities-en.ent">
-%FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN;
-
-<!ENTITY DOCNAME "yum-software-management">
-<!ENTITY DOCVERSION "1.0.5">
-<!ENTITY DOCDATE "2005-11-28">
-<!ENTITY DOCID "&DOCNAME;-&DOCVERSION; (&DOCDATE;)">
-<!-- this will soon vanish -->
-<!ENTITY BOOKID "&DOCNAME;-&DOCVERSION; (&DOCDATE;)">
+<!ENTITY % FDP-ENTITIES SYSTEM "fdp-entities.ent">
+%FDP-ENTITIES;
+<!ENTITY % DOC-ENTITIES SYSTEM "doc-entities.ent">
+%DOC-ENTITIES;
-<!ENTITY FCLOCALVER "4">
]>
-<article id="yum-software-management" lang="en">
-
- <xi:include href="fdp-info.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
- <xi:fallback>WHERE IS MY FDP-INFO, DUDE</xi:fallback>
- </xi:include>
+<article id="yum-software-management" lang="en_US">
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="fdp-info.xml"/>
<section id="sn-introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@
<para>
This document describes the configuration of
- <command>yum</command> on &FC; &FCLOCALVER; systems. You must
+ <command>yum</command> on current versions of &FC;. You must
perform the additional step noted in
<xref linkend="sn-authorizing-package-sources" /> to enable
<command>yum</command> on &FC; 3.
@@ -281,17 +275,6 @@
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <note>
- <title>Previous Versions of &FC;</title>
-
- <para>
- &FC; &FCLOCALVER; automatically supports the three
- repositories listed above. You must manually configure &FC; 3
- systems to use &FEX;, as noted in
- <xref linkend="sn-using-repositories"/>.
- </para>
- </note>
-
<warning>
<title>&FED; Development Repositories</title>
@@ -539,41 +522,33 @@
<section id="sn-software-management-tools">
<title>Software Management Tools in &FC;</title>
<indexterm>
- <primary>Add/Remove Applications utility</primary>
+ <primary>Add/Remove Software utility</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
- <primary>Alert Icon</primary>
+ <primary>Software Updater utility</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
- <primary>up2date</primary>
+ <primary>rpm utility</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
The <command>yum</command> utility is a complete software
- management system. &FC; also includes several other applications
- that can supplement <command>yum</command>.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- On your desktop is an <application>Alert Icon</application> that
- keeps you informed about package updates. Until your system is
- updated the icon appears as a red circle with a flashing
- exclamation mark. The Alert Icon is part of the
- <application>up2date</application> application, which enables you
- to easily install system updates.
+ management system. &FC; also includes two graphical applications
+ for software management that use <command>yum</command>. The
+ <application>pup</application> utility provides an interface for
+ updating software, and the <application>pirut</application>
+ application enables you to add or remove software.
</para>
<para>
- &FC; also includes
- <application>system-config-packages</application>. To run this
- application from the graphical interface, select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Desktop</guimenu> <guisubmenu>System
- Settings</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Add/Remove
- Applications</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. Unlike
- <application>up2date</application> and <command>yum</command>,
- <application>system-config-packages</application> installs
- software packages from your &FC; installation discs only, and does
- not use repositories. This application is used on systems that do
- not have a network connection.
+ Both graphical tools appear in the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
+ desktop menu. To update your system with
+ <application>pup</application>, select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> <guisubmenu>System
+ Tools</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Software Updater</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>. To add or remove software with
+ <application>pirut</application>, select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Add/Remove
+ Software</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -590,7 +565,7 @@
<title>Current Package Versions</title>
<para>
- The <application>up2date</application> and
+ The <application>Add/Remove Software</application> and
<command>yum</command> utilities ensure that you have the most
recent version of software packages. Other methods do not
guarantee that the packages are current.
@@ -749,21 +724,14 @@
<para>
Every completed transaction records the affected packages in the
- log file <filename>/var/log/yum.log</filename>. You may only read
- this file with <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
- access.
+ log file
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>log file</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <filename>/var/log/yum.log</filename>. You may only read this file
+ with <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> access.
</para>
- <tip>
- <title>Downloads are Cached</title>
- <para>
- The <command>yum</command> utility keeps downloaded data files
- and packages for reuse. You may copy packages from the
- repository cache directories under
- <filename>/var/cache/yum/</filename>, and use them elsewhere if
- you wish. If you remove a package from the cache, you do not
- affect the copy of the software installed on your system.
- </para>
- </tip>
+
<section id="sn-yum-installing-withrepositories">
<title>Installing New Software with <command>yum</command></title>
<indexterm>
@@ -1233,19 +1201,6 @@
configuration file provided does not include this setting, refer
to <xref linkend="sn-authorizing-package-sources"/>.
</para>
-
- <note>
- <title>Repositories and <application>up2date</application> Channels</title>
-
- <para>
- Starting with &FC; 4, <command>yum</command> repositories are
- automatically used as <application>up2date</application>
- channels. On &FC; 3 and earlier systems, you must manually
- configure <application>up2date</application> to use these
- channels. To do so, edit the
- <filename>/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources</filename> file.
- </para>
- </note>
</section>
<section id="sn-authorizing-package-sources">
@@ -1567,10 +1522,10 @@
<secondary>cleaning caches</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
- By default, <command>yum</command> retains the packages and
- package data files that it downloads, so that they may be reused
- in future operations without being downloaded again. To purge
- the package data files, use this command:
+ If you configure it to do so, <command>yum</command> retains the
+ packages and package data files that it downloads, so that they
+ may be reused in future operations without being downloaded
+ again. To purge the package data files, use this command:
</para>
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'yum clean headers'</userinput>
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