[ale] Fedora 9

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey wrote:
> 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.'
>
>
>   

The old pirut such as in F 7 & F 8 did allow multiple packages to be 
installed as you point out, but the new pirut or gnome-packagekit only 
allows one at a time, unless someone has found a way to select multiple 
packages before installing.