Yum Extender

[Temlakos]

Robert Spangler wrote:
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> On Friday 29 April 2005 14:05, Matthew Miller wrote:
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>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:53:11PM -0400, John Moore (Linux Server) wrote:
>> > I just installed the Yum Extender and it is great!!  Don't have to go
>> > back and forth between user and root, the updates work AND it is soooooo
>> > much easier to add packages using this tool.  Great suggestion!!
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>> You shouldn't have to go back and forth between user and root with regular
>> yum either.
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> Really?  I do.
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> Start yum and it complains that I'm not root
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> Regards
> Robert

Well, sure you have to expect that.

But when you start Yum Extender, it /will/ ask you to specify the root 
password. Now, sure, it asks you that just once--but you /do/ have to 
supply it.

Nevertheless, I heartily recommend yumex, for a whole host of reasons. 
It gives me everything I wanted in a GUI front-end, while allowing me to 
see what it's doing (through its Output window), just as I can see right 
now on the command line.

A very valuable customization and administration tool--and one I would 
like to see made part of Fedora Core, or Fedora Extras at least.

Temlakos