There was in the past (Fedora Core 3) a GUI application invoked by
Applications -> System Settings -> Add/Remove Applications
This actually invoked /usr/bin/system-config-packages, and allowed one
to install software from the set of CDs that were used for the initial
system setup.
The corresponding functionality seems to have disappeared from Fedora
Core 5. I don't instantly have a Core4 system to check against. The
would-be replacement seems to be
CircleF -> System -> Add/Remove Software
which invokes /usr/bin/pirut which requires a network connection. Not
the best thing to use if one does not always have a network connection
and wants to add software from the CDs because it was overlooked in
the initial installation.
I know how to do this with RPM and building a list of which packages
are on which CDs, but I still have to do my own dependency fighting.
How should the typical GUI-oriented new user cope?
carl
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