Fedora :: Learn more Yourself !!

This page is basically for new users.. Credit to “OS” for pointing this out.. I’m just going introduce basic tools which will help you to learn yourself.. eg.. man pages. It is not possibe to give explanations for all the installations etc.. I urge users to experiment and hence learn themselves..

Man pages :: These are probably the best source of information on the system itself..

to use the man pages :


[Ankur@Ankur C_programming]$ man man # to know about man pages themselves..


you can also use the info command..


[Ankur@Ankur C_programming]$ info man


most commands also have a –help or -h tag that display information on them..


[Ankur@Ankur C_programming]$ yum -h
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, presto, protectbase, security
Usage: yum [options] COMMAND List of Commands: check-update Check for available package updates
clean Remove cached data
deplist List a package's dependencies
erase Remove a package or packages from your system
groupinfo Display details about a package group
groupinstall Install the packages in a group on your system
grouplist List available package groups
groupremove Remove the packages in a group from your system
help Display a helpful usage message
info Display details about a package or group of packages
info-security Returns security data for the packages listed, that affects your system
install Install a package or packages on your system
list List a package or groups of packages
list-security Returns security data for the packages listed, that affects your system
localinstall Install a local RPM
makecache Generate the metadata cache
provides Find what package provides the given value
reinstall reinstall a package
repolist Display the configured software repositories
resolvedep Determine which package provides the given dependency
search Search package details for the given string
shell Run an interactive yum shell
update Update a package or packages on your system
upgrade Update packages taking obsoletes into account Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --tolerant be tolerant of errors
-C run entirely from cache, don't update cache
-c [config file] config file location
-R [minutes] maximum command wait time
-d [debug level] debugging output level
--showduplicates show duplicates, in repos, in list/search commands
-e [error level] error output level
-q, --quiet quiet operation
-v, --verbose verbose operation
-y answer yes for all questions
--version show Yum version and exit
--installroot=[path] set install root
--enablerepo=[repo] enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
--disablerepo=[repo] disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
-x [package], --exclude=[package]
exclude package(s) by name or glob
--disableexcludes=[repo]
disable exclude from main, for a repo or for
everything
--obsoletes enable obsoletes processing during updates
--noplugins disable Yum plugins
--nogpgcheck disable gpg signature checking
--disableplugin=[plugin]
disable plugins by name
--skip-broken skip packages with depsolving problems
--downloadonly don't update, just download
--downloaddir=DLDIR specifies an alternate directory to store packages
--disablepresto disable Presto plugin and don't download any deltarpms
--security Include security relevant packages
--cve=CVE Include packages needed to fix the given CVE
--bz=BZ Include packages needed to fix the given BZ
--advisory=ADVISORY Include packages needed to fix the given advisory

Some useful yum tags..

The info tag gives you information on the package ..

The whatprovides tag allows you to find the package that provides a certain required file.. This is useful in dependancy resolution..

Anoder way.. www.fedoraforum.org

This is my favourite.. visit the forums.. ask questions.. learn from what the users tell you.. read others posts and problems.. and eventually help others.. globally.. The people here are amazing to communicate with.. Its a lot of fun.. sign up today..

www.fedoraforum.org