SAMS Teach Yourself Red Hat® Fedora™ 4 Linux® All in One

Installing and Removing Fedora Core 4 Components

Fedora Core 4 comes on one DVD or several CD-ROMs packed full of software. When you installed Fedora Core 4 on your computer system, however, only some of this software was copied to your hard drive. If you followed the directions in Chapter 2, “Installing Fedora Core 4,” you have installed only those software components most commonly used by Fedora Core 4 users who want a Unix-style workstation.

It is likely that at some point while using Fedora Core 4, you will want to revise the list of software components that have been installed on your computer—either by uninstalling software you no longer use to free up space or by installing additional software from the Fedora Core 4 CD-ROMs. Fortunately, ...