Installing New Software
Now that you understand the basics of package management, you probably want to install some software. The first step is to figure out which package provides the software you need.
Finding the Package You Want to Install
Unfortunately (or fortunately!), so much software is available for Linux that even if you know exactly what you want, you might have a hard time finding it.
Use the Package Name
Sometimes, the package that contains your software is easily identifiable from its filename. So if you are looking for GIMP (a powerful image manipulation program), you can find the packages for GIMP by simply listing the contents of your distribution's RPMS directory. Use wildcards or pipe the output of ls through more, or else you ...
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