Installing Linux apps

[Derick Centeno]

Dear Roland:
In YDL already there are a whole lot of programs you can take the time
to explore.  Just one of them is called xpdf which allows you to read
pdf files without using Adobe Reader because it replaces it completely.

If you investigate what you've got available under the Yellow Dog icon
which functions a bit like the Apple icon -- you'll see the software
under different titles such as Internet, Games, and so on.  Check out
OpenOffice.org it can do mostly all the functions of the entire MS
Office Suite including Access which the MS Office package for the Mac
STILL doesn't include!  You can not just access dbase and My SQL you can
create Adabas databases as well.  

I mention OpenOffice.org because version 1.0 allows you to create pdf
files within OpenOffice dox which means you can create whatever files
within Word, transport them into Open Office or develop your material
entirely within OpenOffice in the first place and then generate a pdf
document by printing from within OpenOffice 1.0.  OpenOffice 1.1.2 is
even easier...it provides an easily visible icon which when clicked
produces a pdf file from within any document you create within
OpenOffice.org  Keep Adobe Reader for your Mac OS side.

As for installing and downloading apps...use yum
An example of one way to use yum is to search for what application and
its associated components are most current:

[root@arakus aguilarojo]# yum search gkrellm*
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - freshrpms
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - os
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - updates
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Looking in available packages for a providing package
Available package: gkrellm-plugins-media.ppc 0:2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr from
freshrpms matches with
 Multimedia plugins for GKrellM
Available package: gkrellm-plugins-media.ppc 0:2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr from
freshrpms matches with
 gkrellm-plugins-media
Available package: gkrellm-plugins-misc.ppc 0:2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr from
freshrpms matches with
 Amusement and miscellaneous plugins for GKrellM
Available package: gkrellm-plugins-misc.ppc 0:2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr from
freshrpms matches with
 gkrellm-plugins-misc
Available package: gkrellm-plugins-utils.ppc 0:2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr from
freshrpms matches with
 System and network utility plugins for GKrellM
Available package: gkrellm-plugins-utils.ppc 0:2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr from
freshrpms matches with
 gkrellm-plugins-utils
6 results returned
Looking in installed packages for a providing package
Installed package: gkrellm-daemon.ppc 0:2.2.2-1.0.yd3.fr matches with
 gkrellm-daemon
Installed package: gkrellm-themes.noarch 0:2.1.8-2.fr matches with
 gkrellm-themes
Installed package: gkrellm-devel.ppc 0:2.2.2-1.0.yd3.fr matches with
 gkrellm-devel
Installed package: gkrellm.ppc 0:2.2.2-1.0.yd3.fr matches with
 gkrellm
4 results returned
[root@arakus aguilarojo]#

I made a choice and tell it to install whatever it finds associated with
gkrellm:
[root@arakus aguilarojo]# yum install gkrellm*
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - freshrpms
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - os
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - updates
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[install: gkrellm-plugins-media 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc]
[install: gkrellm-plugins-misc 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc]
[install: gkrellm-plugins-utils 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc]
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages
Getting gkrellm-plugins-media-2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc.rpm
gkrellm-plugins-media-2.2 100% |=========================| 112 kB   
00:00
Getting gkrellm-plugins-misc-2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc.rpm
gkrellm-plugins-misc-2.2. 100% |=========================| 251 kB   
00:02
Getting gkrellm-plugins-utils-2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc.rpm
gkrellm-plugins-utils-2.2 100% |=========================| 152 kB   
00:00
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
gkrellm-plugins-utils 100 % done 1/3
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins/cpufreq.so;414cdce1: cpio: open
gkrellm-plugins-media 100 % done 2/3
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins/gkrellmms.so;414cdce1: cpio:
opengkrellm-plugins-misc 100 % done 3/3
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins/alltraxclock.so;414cdce1: cpio: open
Installed:  gkrellm-plugins-media 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc
gkrellm-plugins-misc 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc gkrellm-plugins-utils
2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc
Transaction(s) Complete
[root@arakus aguilarojo]# yum install gkrellm*
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - freshrpms
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - os
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 - ppc - updates
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[install: gkrellm-plugins-media 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc]
[install: gkrellm-plugins-misc 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc]
[install: gkrellm-plugins-utils 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc]
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
gkrellm-plugins-utils 100 % done 1/3
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins/cpufreq.so;414cdd45: cpio: open
gkrellm-plugins-media 100 % done 2/3
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins/gkrellmms.so;414cdd45: cpio:
opengkrellm-plugins-misc 100 % done 3/3
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins/alltraxclock.so;414cdd45: cpio: open
Installed:  gkrellm-plugins-media 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc
gkrellm-plugins-misc 2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc gkrellm-plugins-utils
2.2.0-1.0.yd3.fr.ppc
Transaction(s) Complete
[root@arakus aguilarojo]# 

What is nice about doing installations this way is that yum does most of
the work and tells me what is going on during the process.  For more
info consult the YDL FAQ page.


Then you examine the list, see what you want and then tell yum to get it
and install it for you:



On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 20:23, Roland Drake wrote:
> Dear List:
> 
> I have an Apple Performa 6360 onto which I have installed YDL 3.01. I now
> want to install programs, but I'm not certain about how to do this in Linux.
> For instance, I downloaded a copy of Acrobat Reader, but I'm unsure about
> what to do next.
> 
> Roland :)
> 
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