---------- Original Message -----------
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:39:30 -0500
Subject: Re: Install other Apps - HOW TO
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:35:04PM -0400, Terry R. Grier wrote:
> How do I go about learning to install programs that are not listed via yum?
If you're lucky, they're packaged in a reputable third-party yum repository
-- see <
http://fedoratracker.org/tracker.py?mode=pkgSearch> to search.
Otherwise, there's a _lot_ to learn. Here's one place to start
<
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html>. (Although
it's a little out of date -- software like yum solves the main
problem the author has with RPM packages.)
Wow... as a newbie.. I guess...I should have "read" more info... which I have
read.. quite a bit.. and I never saw anything about this install issue.
I basiclly switched to be MS free and thought that programs like mozilla TB,
Sunbird, NVU ... and programs like moneydance ... had linux versions... so
that I could make the switch and use all of my same programs.
I guess.. I am going to have to learn how to install these programs...some how..