how to update

[Paul Higgins]

There is some good info in the book "Red Hat Linux 8 for Dummies", which 
though somewhat dated (for newbies who don't know, Red Hat has for years been 
called Fedora Core), has a fairly pain-free section on the rpm command.  
There is also a good introduction to other basic shell commands.  I found it 
very helpful.  Don't buy it--it's too dated, but it should be available at 
most libraries.

Derick is right, learning how to work in the shell is really essential to 
working in Linux, or any *real* OS for that matter, including Mac OS X.  I've 
always found the library to be my best friend for that, with the web as a 
close second (e.g. linuxquestions.org).

-PRH

On Tuesday 11 September 2007 01:49, Derick Centeno wrote:

> Explanation: After the whereis command is executed YDL responds by
> telling you where powermanga is located.  The next step to remove it
> requires you to be in superuser mode.  To do that change directories
> and go to where the program is located, then use the rpm command with
> the e flag (e for extract):
>
> #rpm -e powermanga
>
> YDL will proceed to remove it for you.
>
> Picking up a text on Unix shells and System Administration would also
> help with Linux while expanding anyone's understanding regarding what it
> is possible to do in executing various projects one might wish to
> experiment with or pursue.
>
> Good Luck...