There is some good info in the book "Red Hat Linux 8 for Dummies", which though somewhat dated (for newbies who don't know, Red Hat has for years been called Fedora Core), has a fairly pain-free section on the rpm command. There is also a good introduction to other basic shell commands. I found it very helpful. Don't buy it--it's too dated, but it should be available at most libraries.
Derick is right, learning how to work in the shell is really essential to working in Linux, or any *real* OS for that matter, including Mac OS X. I've always found the library to be my best friend for that, with the web as a close second (e.g. linuxquestions.org). -PRH On Tuesday 11 September 2007 01:49, Derick Centeno wrote: > Explanation: After the whereis command is executed YDL responds by > telling you where powermanga is located. The next step to remove it > requires you to be in superuser mode. To do that change directories > and go to where the program is located, then use the rpm command with > the e flag (e for extract): > > #rpm -e powermanga > > YDL will proceed to remove it for you. > > Picking up a text on Unix shells and System Administration would also > help with Linux while expanding anyone's understanding regarding what it > is possible to do in executing various projects one might wish to > experiment with or pursue. > > Good Luck... _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
