In redhat, everything is (or SHOULD) be installed as packages called RPM. At any moment you can remove, update or install a package (e.g. program or group of programs) being logged in as ROOT without needing to reboot (normally and as far as I know). On your RedHat installation CD you can find all the standard packages delivered (including the one for development) under a sub-directory name RPMS (don't forget to explorer all of the CD-ROMS of the distribution!) You can either install them manually on the command line (using the RPM command, as for instance #rpm - Uvh --test THENAMEOFTHEPACKAGE.rpm note here that I use the option --test to see if no conflict or whatsoever problem can occur BEFORE effectively installing the package).
Under KDE you can use a nice GUI named RPM manager (from the top of my head). But I would recommend you to get used to the command line counterpart as it is much more flexible and you understand more what is going on (I don't know anything about the GUI as I hardy use them normaly). Use: # rpm -qa to list ALL the packages installed on your machine #rpm -qa | grep THENAMEOFAPACKAGE to find out if a package is already installed and what is its version (if nothing is returned, it means that the package is not installed) #rpm -e THENAMEOFAPACKAGE to uninstall a package. Read the man on the command rpm for more info on how to use it. By the way, note that the great thing about linux is that you do NOT need to reinstall it every week like some other OS :o) So normally, in your life you should not have to reinstall anything from scratch - You even hardly will have to reboot in your lifetime :o) This is all I can tell you about packages installation, I don't know much about GIPtables myself, sorry Good luck in your linux adventures (the force is with you)! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ~Kevin Davis� Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 4:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Add Linux development tools so I can build Nessus? I have a Linux Red Hat system that I want install Nessus on but I have realized that I can't build it because when I installed the OS I didn't select the development tools as part of the installation package. Is there any easy way I can add on what I need without reinstalling Red Hat? Thanks ~~Kevin Davis� What could possibly go wrong? - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
