Do you have the log of the yum groupinstall "Development Tools"? Also is this the exact command you used on your shell. and I hope the internet connection is up when you ran this command.
Thanks -R/\\/I- -----Original Message----- From: dev-boun...@moblin.org on behalf of Bala Jeyaraman Sent: Fri 9/24/2010 1:10 PM To: dev@moblin.org Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] a newbie here thanks Ravi, Trying the group install command in shell results in the following error message >>Warning: Group Development Tools does not exist. >>No packages in any requested group available to install or update On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Ravindra Pratap Singh < ravindrasi...@tataelxsi.co.in> wrote: > Hi, > > I have no idea about 1st and 3rd. But for 2nd (installing gcc and other > development tools) you can run the command on the shell > > yum groupinstall "Development Tools" > > Thanks > -R/\\/I- > > -----Original Message----- > From: dev-boun...@moblin.org on behalf of Bala Jeyaraman > Sent: Fri 9/24/2010 12:44 PM > To: dev@moblin.org > Subject: [Moblin Dev] a newbie here > > Hi all, > > I bought a new emachines netbook that has come with Moblin preinstalled. I > am a total newbie to linux and moblin and still am feeling my way around. I > am not able to do somethings and hope someone can help me out > > 1) There is no "preferences" section in my applications panel. I am not > able > to change fonts/background etc. What should i do to enable this > > 2) The ./compile command is not working as the gcc package is not > installed. > Where do i get all the necessary rpms for installing gcc. (i need this for > installing wine) > > 3)How can i customize the "myzone". I don't use social networks and > calendar > much and want to make myzone a plain affair. > > regards > Bala > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > dev@moblin.org > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > > -- Beauty lies in the eyes of the beer holder _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List dev@moblin.org To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List dev@moblin.org To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists