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There are three general categories of reader for whom this HOWTO is
designed:
- Standalone System Users: If you own one or more systems,
have no interest in setting up a repository of your own and just want to
learn to use yum to shop for and install new software packages and keep
your systems up to date, this is you. You may skip around to the
sections on preliminaries and installing yum, yum.conf and the yum
client itself. As you have time or interest and more than one system
you might consider skimming the other sections as well -- it is easier
to set up a repository mirror than you might think, and besides, you can
never know too much about a core toolset. You may or may not wish to
join the yum mailing list for additional support getting started -- once
you've gotten started, you probably won't need it.
- Systems Administrators of Workstation Networks If you
own or are responsible for one or more systems and wish to set up one or
more repositories, you will need to read or at least skim the entire
document. This HOWTO is in fact designed primarily with you as an
audience in mind. Parts of it (inserted to support less knowledgeable
readers) can be skipped, but you'll know them when you see them. You
may or may not wish to or need to join the yum development mailing list
for additional support or to contribute to its development.
- Developers If you are a software developer who is
interested in using yum as a direct distribution agent or in
contributing to the development of yum itself, you too will need to read
or skim the entire document, but for you the document is likely to be
inadequate. You should almost certainly join the yum list linked to the
primary yum website linked below.
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