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Old 11-07-2013
Installing Linux packages

hi,

I wants to customize the Linux packages after installting the Linux OS...

I am not able to install the packages packages in GUI mode System-> Administration->add/remove software.i want to install some desktop and dabase related packages how do i install those packages...

I use RHEL6.2 server...
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Old 11-07-2013
Use yum (or rpm if you have the package(s) at hand) to install packages after installing the OS.

Last edited by Scott; 11-08-2013 at 12:15 AM.. Reason: Kinder reword
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