Help with Fedora 11.................

I have a couple of questions regarding Fedora 11. First one being that I installed the Fedora 11 operating system on Virtual Box, and it runs a little slow, which is ok, but I have trouble installing software. Linux calls software ”packages”, I can add “packages”, but I can never install them. After reading the user guide documents, I find out that the Live disk of Fedora 11 that I’m running doesn’t allow anyone to install software. Also, I have tried logging in as the root and super user, and I still can’t install the programs. I have tried finding other editions of Fedora 11,but I think you have to pay for those. Are there any Linux experts out there, that can help? Currently I’m running Fedora-11-i686 Live.ISO on my Sun Virtual Box, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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sidsanders

check Installation Guide

note fedora std install media can be found at (mirror): http://mirror.lib.ucdavis.edu/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso

this is the std install iso. you can get torrents for this, use other mirrors, or get the cd iso std install.

sidsanders

torrents: Torrent Server for the Fedora Project
mirror list: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/

9MMMAC

I think the Live CD's give you a good taste of what the distro does, but you're right- as far as I know, you can't download and install packages; you have to install the whole thing (as in "I like this, I'll add it to my HD forever") to disc, then pull down any updates and add ons- after installation of the whole package. Am I correct that you used a live CD to install an entire full distro package? What in particular are you looking for or wanting to do?

fleck

9MMMAC wrote: »

Am I correct that you used a live CD to install an entire full distro package?

Yep, just like Ubuntu, it loads a Live OS and lets you do the install right from inside it.

Edit: I just found this on the LiveCD features page:

'Read-write rootfs so it's possible to install software while the livecd is running'

Are you trying to use a GUI package manager, or are you not supposed to? Because unless you're doing it wrong, it's supposed to work.

9MMMAC

Well, I have two thoughts here. Yes, it's entirely possible the live distro you got won't let you install software packages, even after a full install to the HD, but that's a strange one...

Is there some security process on your VM that is blocking executables- even in the VM image?

To take it further: depending on how you set up your file structure, and assuming you got a verifed safe download, you could save those files (either in the VM or bring them out to a physical medium), get another Fedora 11 and reuse the downloads. Might save ya some time...