i just installed linux on one of my machines, i downloaded yum...src.rpm and used the install commands that come with it:

["$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/"] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
# install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/yum.conf
# install -m 755 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/cron.daily/yum.cron

and i still dont have yum in my machine

i have tried the rpm cmd:

rpm -iv yum-2.6.0-1.src.rpm

but i get an error msg:
cannot write to %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCE

currently on my /etc there are two folders with the word yum on them but collectively they have 7 files total

which other command do i need to run to install yum any assistance willbe greatly appreciated.

First of all, you didn't say which Linux distro you're running. But if the version of Yum you've found is compatible with that distro, and it is a distro that uses RPM (like Fedora, Mandrake, SUSE, or another of the RPM distros) then your command was fine, but you were using a .src.rpm (source rpm) file. Look for the same file, probably where you got that one from, and get one that ends with a .rpm, preceded by your system's architecture (probably ix86).

HTH,

Jim Dishaw

<edit>
Doh! I just read in your information that you're running FC4. Yum should be included in FC4. It may need to have the repositories configured though. Type the command:
which yum
and you should see it in /usr/bin/yum

Follow these directions to configure yum and other things in your distro:
http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora...ion_notes.html

Sorry I didn't catch that earlier.

Jim

thanks dishwjp i didnt know it came with yum, let me get my hands dirty and see what i can do with yum.