Running a personal domain

[Butch Bussen]

I'd like to know how to install rpm files.
Thanks.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, Scott 
Berry wrote:

> Well to run yum you have the following syntax:
>
> yum install package
> yum remove package
> yum update package
> Now in Fedora we have what they call:
> what provides
> this tells you what a package depends on:
>
> So for an example the statement might look like this:
>
> yum whatprovides perl
> or the name of the package.
>
> Do you need to know how to install rpm's?
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Running a personal domain
>
>
>> Hiya,
>>    Well, I'm mostly wondering about how Yum works, and a lot of that basic
>> kind of package management stuff.  The problem is that the server I have
>> access to is probably customized in some way, so I need to figure out how
>> it
>> does things.  I'm afraid of breaking it and needing to call in the tech
>> support folks to fix it.
>> To quote them, they say that only advanced users need to access the
>> machine
>> via SSH.
>> Thanks,
>> Zack.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scott Berry" <sberry at northlc.com>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 3:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: Running a personal domain
>>
>>
>>> What exactly do you want to know I am using Fedora here which is based on
>>> the Redhat scheme of things.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:40 PM
>>> Subject: Running a personal domain
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hiya,
>>>>    I recently bought the domain name blindlinux.com from a registrar and
>>>> set it's DNS and such using the control panel they provide.  I'm also
>>>> allowed a virtual private server for my site and such, which I can
>>>> access
>>>> via SSH.  I guess I have a desire to learn how all that works
>>>> internally.
>>>> I'm not gonna run a massive site off it or anything, but maybe host some
>>>> files and just a personal page.
>>>> I was wondering if anybody here is familiar with Cent OS.  I'm not,
>>>> though
>>>> have heard it's based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  I'm not familiar
>>>> with
>>>> Red Hat in general.
>>>> Any tips from anybody?
>>>> Thanks muchly,
>>>> Zack.
>>>> PS: I wish I could host it myself, but I'd need to talk to my ISP about
>>>> getting a static IP, and anyway it isn't my connection.
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