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    Linux: Installing with YUM

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Now, what you will likely look up often, is exactly file names. For example, it is common to find that Python 2 packages are called python and Python 3 are called python3.

      This is where yum list | grep python is awesome because it will list everything called python regardless and let you see what the options are.

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      • ntoxicatorN
        ntoxicator @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        Now, what you will likely look up often, is exactly file names. For example, it is common to find that Python 2 packages are called python and Python 3 are called python3.

        This is where yum list | grep python is awesome because it will list everything called python regardless and let you see what the options are.

        This! 🙂

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        • travisdh1T
          travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          Now, what you will likely look up often, is exactly file names. For example, it is common to find that Python 2 packages are called python and Python 3 are called python3.

          This is where yum list | grep python is awesome because it will list everything called python regardless and let you see what the options are.

          Am I the only one that uses

          yum search python | more
          

          I mean, I know 'yum list | grep python' works, I find more often it turns into

          yum list | grep python | more
          

          nothing really wrong with either, just the way I tend to work.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            I can scroll with my terminal, so using more isn't really necessary.

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22
              last edited by wirestyle22

              As a side note: The -y modifier assumes a yes for any interactive questions. I looked that up a little while ago and it was actually kind of hard to find. I've noticed that sometimes it doesn't actually ignore the interactive questions though. I assume this has to do with the package and what is required.

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              • travisdh1T
                travisdh1 @wirestyle22
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                @wirestyle22 said:

                The -y modifier assumes a yes for any interactive questions too. I looked that up a little while ago and it was actually kind of hard to find 😄

                It's right in the man page. Man is your friend, learn to love it! (uh, that might have come out wrong.)

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @travisdh1
                  last edited by wirestyle22

                  @travisdh1 said:

                  @wirestyle22 said:

                  The -y modifier assumes a yes for any interactive questions too. I looked that up a little while ago and it was actually kind of hard to find 😄

                  It's right in the man page. Man is your friend, learn to love it! (uh, that might have come out wrong.)

                  The reason I had trouble is because I was searching Yum commands not Yum modifiers 😄 Windows ruined any potential I had.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                    @travisdh1 said:

                    @wirestyle22 said:

                    The -y modifier assumes a yes for any interactive questions too. I looked that up a little while ago and it was actually kind of hard to find 😄

                    It's right in the man page. Man is your friend, learn to love it! (uh, that might have come out wrong.)

                    It's illegal to use the man pages in Mississippi now.

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                    • stacksofplatesS
                      stacksofplates @travisdh1
                      last edited by stacksofplates

                      @travisdh1 said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      Now, what you will likely look up often, is exactly file names. For example, it is common to find that Python 2 packages are called python and Python 3 are called python3.

                      This is where yum list | grep python is awesome because it will list everything called python regardless and let you see what the options are.

                      Am I the only one that uses

                      yum search python | more
                      

                      I mean, I know 'yum list | grep python' works, I find more often it turns into

                      yum list | grep python | more
                      

                      nothing really wrong with either, just the way I tend to work.

                      I do it also. After about he third time you search something while in a tmux session and you can't scroll up you learn to do that lol.

                      Except I've always used less, idk why I defaulted to that over more.

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @stacksofplates
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                        @johnhooks The difference is 6 compared to a half dozen (at least in this case.)

                        I used to know a reason why you would use less or more in certain cases, but it's been so long that I no longer remember what caused a difference.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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                          @johnhooks said:

                          @travisdh1 said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Now, what you will likely look up often, is exactly file names. For example, it is common to find that Python 2 packages are called python and Python 3 are called python3.

                          This is where yum list | grep python is awesome because it will list everything called python regardless and let you see what the options are.

                          Am I the only one that uses

                          yum search python | more
                          

                          I mean, I know 'yum list | grep python' works, I find more often it turns into

                          yum list | grep python | more
                          

                          nothing really wrong with either, just the way I tend to work.

                          I do it also. After about he third time you search something while in a tmux session and you can't scroll up you learn to do that lol.

                          Except I've always used less, idk why I defaulted to that over more.

                          That's why I don't use tmux often.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @travisdh1
                            last edited by

                            @travisdh1 said:

                            @johnhooks The difference is 6 compared to a half dozen (at least in this case.)

                            I used to know a reason why you would use less or more in certain cases, but it's been so long that I no longer remember what caused a difference.

                            I know of no case where you use more. I always used it because I learned it first, but less is the only one you would actually want to use.

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