[plug] want easy to use RedHat GUI rpm tools

Bill Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Tue Dec 16 09:26:31 WST 2003


I think a GUI tool will make a more fuss free migration for windoze
users but isnt essential: They dont need to be experts in system admin
and package management, just install and deinstall at will without
killing the system in the process.

BillK

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 08:37, Derek Fountain wrote:
> > Being rusty on RedHat (last version I know well is 7.0) what easy to use
> > (GUI) package management tools are available?  Something like Mandrakes
> > urpmi that can be pointed at a central local rpm repository would be
> > nice.
> 
> I looked into this about 3 weeks ago. The answer appears to be YUM:
...
> I can see why YUM has been made the standard tool for Fedora. The only bit I'm 
> not sure about is your requirement for a GUI tool. I used YUM with the 
> command line only, so you might want to check the availability of a GUI 
> before you commit to it.




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