can i go back?

[maozborn]

after using linux for all of about 2 days now i can see that some of the stuff i am trying to download i have to compile myself... this is fine but when i installed redhat 7.3 i did not check the box that asked me if i wanted to install the development tools or whatever it called them. so i go to the package manager and try to install gcc and those package(s) seem to have a guhzillion dependecies which probably also have dependencies.. i want to be able to go back and install all of the programming/development packages without reinstalling linux. is there a menu or way where i can install them all with out using the package manager?? thanks for the help!!!

[fancypiper]

Install Red Carpet and copy all the rpms you suspect you need off the cd into the directory /var/cache/redcarpet/packages (to speed things up as redcarpet downloads if it isn't there). Then use Redcarpet to install your developmental packages.

Redhat links:
Easy software management: Red Carpet (http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_red_carpet/)
rpmfind (http://rpmfind.net/)
Red Hat Linux Manuals (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/)
Maximum RPM (http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/)

[mdwatts]

I believe you can restart the installation, select upgrade and then the development option.

[Choozo]

Yes, what MD suggest will work just fine.

[maozborn]

thanks a lot guys! it keeps crashing when it is doing the install tho...sigh...ill get this linux thing down eventually...