I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it. 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it? 2. How do I install Mercurial? it is not in the repository. 3. How do I install eclipse? It is also not in the repository. Thanks, John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities
John J. Boyer wrote:> I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it. > > 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it?man telnet if it's not installed: man yum if you want the telnet server: man yum> 2. How do I install Mercurial? it is not in the repository.it's in rpmforge/repoforge> 3. How do I install eclipse? It is also not in the repository.yes it is man yum
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:45 AM, John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com> wrote:> I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it. > > 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it? >I know you say local network but really get out of the habit of using telnet. SSH is just as simple to use. The only reason for telnet nowadays is to support older terminal emulation software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110627/7d9f7d7d/attachment-0002.html>
John J. Boyer wrote:> I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it. > > 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it?You. Should. Not. Use. Telnet. except for *very* particular debugging work. Use ssh. In face, if you're working at anywhere but home, I'd be *very* surprised if your employer allows telnet for any real use. Use ssh. Telnet is from when the 'Net was a kinder, gentler place, and transfers things like username and password in plain text, meaning someone sniffing your network can read it.> > 2. How do I install Mercurial? it is not in the repository. > > 3. How do I install eclipse? It is also not in the repository.As someone else noted, the std. package manager for CentOS is yum. man yum, but as an example: yum install mercurial<enter> mark