[ale] Fedora 9

[Geoffrey]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>> And it's a rip-snorting pile of dog poo. You can only install one 
>> package at a time. Maybe that's easier for noobs but I found it to be 
>> a time waster. yumex is great for all purpose use and pirut can also 
>> be reinstalled (cli:  yum update yum rpm && yum install pirut yumex ).
>>
>> The big change is the new package tool no longer asks for root 
>> password for updates to installed packages. It requires root password 
>> to install new packages. I can see the logic of that but I'm not real 
>> happy with it.
> I too thought that was a little odd. As far as pirut goes, when you go 
> to install pirut it installs gnome-packagekit. But I agree, it's a PITA 
> when you want to install a bunch of packages, you gotta wait for each 
> one to complete before it allows you to request more.

Are you talking about pirut or gnome-packagekit?? (as far as installing 
only one package at a time).

My experiences with pirut indicate you can select multiple packages to 
be installed all at once, but it's not 'intuitively obvious to the 
casual observer.'


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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