You may also want to read some documentation on package management and how it all works.
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:46 PM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > On 05/29/2015 05:42 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 05/29/2015 05:21 PM, Tini wrote: > >> is there a good reminder app in the repo? i need something that can give > >> daily, monthly, or weekly popups telling me to do something. > >> > >> for example, "on a certain date in the future call somebody about > >> something." > >> > >> i tried a program called 'calendar' but it didn't seem to install > >> correctly. > >> > >> Tini > >> > >> --- Original Message --- > >> From: prmari...@gmail.com > >> To: Tini <t...@telekon.org>, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com>, > >> SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@FNAL.GOV > >> Subject: Re: how to add packages that are not in the repo? > >> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 19:59:16 -0400 > >> > >> You can also do yum install /path/to.rpm > >> If you use the rpm command directly yum complains about it, butt it's no > >> big deal if it does. > >> > >> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > >> Original Message > >> From: Tini > >> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 19:27 > >> To: ToddAndMargo; SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@FNAL.GOV > >> Subject: Re: how to add packages that are not in the repo? > >> > >> thnx for the help! > >> > >> there are a handful of apps that i want to install but i can't find > >> them in the repos. some of them are older files that are no longer > >> supported. i want them because the newer versions don't work as > >> well. > >> > >> Tini > >> > >> --- Original Message --- > >> From: ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> > >> To: t...@telekon.org, SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@FNAL.GOV > >> Subject: Re: how to add packages that are not in the repo? > >> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 > >> > >> On 05/29/2015 02:31 PM, t...@telekon.org wrote: > >>> how can i add packages that aren't in the repo? > >> > >> Hi Trin, > >> > >> Go to pbone.net, find the package (rpm) you want to install. > >> > >> Download the package. > >> > >> switch to root and install the package > >> rpm -ivh package.rpm > >> > >> If you can't find the package for SL on phone, then it > >> gets interesting. > >> > >> What did you have in mind? > >> > >> -T > >> > > > > > > Hi Tini, > > > > For a simple calendar/task/contact manager, I adore Osmo. > > > > I got mine from pbone.net > > > http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/29080566/dir/redhat_el_7/com/osmo-0.2.12-0.6.svn924.el7.nux.1.x86_64.rpm.html > > > http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/20303695/dir/redhat_el_6/com/osmo-0.2.12-0.2.svn924.el6.nux.x86_64.rpm.html > > > > > > > > -T > > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Computers are like air conditioners. > They malfunction when you open windows > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
