Newbie Help: Can't install Anything Slightly Out of My Depth

RedFedora · 01-15-2012, 08:54 AM

Hi I'm sorry for posting yet another dumb question. I'm running Fedora 16 and I'm having trouble installing some programs. I'm trying to install CD Paranoia, SRWare Iron and a few other programs. Could anyone help? I really don't have a clue what to do but I'd like to learn.

Thank You,

Janus_Hyperion · 01-15-2012, 10:01 AM

cdparanoia is available in the fedora repository. In a terminal, type as root

Code:

 yum install cdparanoia

To check if a program is available in the repository, you could use one of the following commands.

Code:

 yum info package_name
yum search/provides pacakge_name

You can use *some_keyword if you do not know the actual package name.

snowday · 01-15-2012, 11:32 AM

Good advice above of CD Paranoia.

Regarding web browser, my suggestion obviously is to use a tested & trusted browser from the Fedora repositories, such as Firefox.

However if you want to install an unsupported browser, here are easy instructions to get SRWare Iron running:

Download the correct tar.bz (32 or 64 bit depending on your architecture) from here: http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2934 and ask for help in that thread if the download is not self-explanatory.

craigevil · 01-15-2012, 09:51 PM

Yum - FedoraProject : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Yum
Package Management Week: Using Yum - Fedora Daily Package : http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/i...Using-Yum.html
Docs/Drafts/SoftwareManagementGuide - FedoraProject : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/D...agement_Guidev

start by reading the nifty docs that Fedora has.