Fedora Updates

little_penguin · 07-28-2005, 07:45 AM

Hello,

I am currently running Suse 9.2, so I use Yast for my security updates and also Yast for installing new rpms too, I am thinking of using Fedora, does it have these kinds of features too?

An updates system for security patches with a graphical interface?

A graphical interface for installing rpms?

A graphical interface for installing new software from ftp?

Thanks

PTrenholme · 07-28-2005, 08:16 AM

Sure. I mostly use yumex for updates and installation, but there's (under KDE) the kpackage manager.

Fedora comes with the Red Hat Network tool (and a panel icon for "critical" update notification") which invokes the Red Hat up2date system for keeping you system "up to date." If you use yumex, there's a "hack" of the RH icon to let you use yumex in place of up2date if you wish to install it.

Of course yum and rpm are quite easy to use from the command line.

little_penguin · 07-28-2005, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PTrenholme
Sure. I mostly use yumex for updates and installation, but there's (under KDE) the kpackage manager.

Fedora comes with the Red Hat Network tool (and a panel icon for "critical" update notification") which invokes the Red Hat up2date system for keeping you system "up to date." If you use yumex, there's a "hack" of the RH icon to let you use yumex in place of up2date if you wish to install it.

Of course yum and rpm are quite easy to use from the command line.

Cool

That all sounds good, I think thats the main reason Im holding onto Suse is YAST, but it sounds like they all do the job too in a simmilar way, are they good at handling dependencys automaticly like in YAST? Also is the up2date system, is that GUI or is that what you mean you can use yumex for that?

Also, do you get yumex with fedora 4 or do you have to download it seperatly?

Thanks

misc · 07-28-2005, 06:54 PM

yumex and kyum are in Fedora Extras, which is enabled by default in FC4.