help with rpm

flowertuff · 03-03-2005, 09:39 PM

Hi,

I just installed centOS a few days ago, so I'm brand spanking new.

My question is about updating. The update I am being shown is for firefox. I'm not sure how the updating works on linux. Maybe someone would be kind enough to explain. Should I download the rpm? Or will it automatically update when downloaded? After installing correctly (which hopefully someone will explain), is there any cleanup that should be done?

Thanks.

btmiller · 03-03-2005, 09:57 PM

If you set up yum, you can just run "yum update" and updated RPMs will be downloaded and installed for you. If you Google on yum there's a lot of info out there about how to use it.

flowertuff · 03-03-2005, 10:05 PM

ok, i'll check out yum.

thanks.