There are some yum note. Last update: used fedora core 3, 12/2004. 1. Setting up yum configuration files. (two methods). 1a: Create /etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo: ------------------------------------ [dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ enabled=1 #gpgcheck=1 Create /etc/yum.repos.d/freshrpms.repo: ----------------------------------------- [core] name=FreshRPMS-Core baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/core enabled=1 #gpgcheck=1 #[extras] #name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - extras #baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/extras #enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 #[alternatives] #name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - alternatives #baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/alternatives #enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [updates] name=FreshRPMS-Updates baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/updates enabled=1 #gpgcheck=1 [freshrpms] name=FreshRPMS-Fresh baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms enabled=1 #gpgcheck=1 Import the GPG keys for your yum repositories. ---------------------------------------------- rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt rpm --import http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/*GPG-KEY* 1b. Setting up yum configuration files. - from the unofficial fedora faq site:. replace your /etc/yum.conf with ./yum.conf I enabled freshrpm. 2. yum command summary: yum list - List all available packages. yum list installed - List installed packages. yum check-update yum list updates - See if there are updated packages available. yum update - Update all installed packages that have a newer version available. yum install - Install specific packages and their dependencies. yum search - Search all known packages entries (descriptions etc) for word. yum info - Show basic information about a package. yum clean - Eliminate any cached packages from the system. yum remove - Eliminate any cached packages from the system. 3. Now use yum to install apt # yum install apt # yum install synaptic