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    Linux: Installing with YUM

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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
                      last edited by

                      @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
                        last edited by

                        @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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