problem in installation of software fedora 15

[suvayu ali]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> why in the world dou you not simply type "yum install gedit"
> instead installing devel-tools and make your system dirty
> with non packaged stuff?

To add to what Reindl said, this should be the steps you should follow
when installing applications:

1. $ yum search <name>
2. If you find something, then simply
   # yum install <package_name>
3. If not, search for community maintained repositories on rpmfusion or
   fedorapeople or some such similar resource. A search engine like
   Google or Yahoo helps.
4. When all of the above fails, build an rpm from source (unless it is a
   complex application to package).
5. If building a package is difficult, then and only then install from
   source.

-- 
Suvayu

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