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[polatbarnes]

Hi, i am new to vps's and i was wondering if anyone can guide me how to install software to my vps. i will need to contact to my vps and have no problem connecting by remote link, how can move files back and forward and install software? thanks

[S3B HosT]

Hello Polatbarnes,

What is the system in your VPS , Linux or windows ?

[eukvps]

If you are using Linux VPS and have OS like CentOS, Fedora installed then in that case you can use yum to install any software,
syntax for using yum : yum install <software name>
if software is not avaliable in yum repository then you may download it from http://rpm.pbone.net and install it using command
rpm -ivh <rpm package name>
you can download it using command wget and link that you get from rpm.pbone.net for downloading particular package.

If you have Debian installed on VPS then you may install package using command apt-get install packagename

[Adam H]

To transfer files to your vps from your computer you will need
http://www.winscp.net.

[abetterway2host]

Hi,
What software are you installing?

[joshuayip]

How do I know what software is available in the software repository ? As in how do I access the software repository with command line. Sorry I am too new to this

[Adam H]

If we are talking about YuM.

You can use "yum list" to list all the software available or "yum search whatyouwantofind" to find specific software.

Note: replace whatyouwanttofind with the software package you are looking for.

[kieransimkin]

How you install software on a VPS is entirely down to what system it is running - installing software on a Windows VPS is very different to installing software on a Linux or FreeBSD VPS. Installing software on a Linux VPS varies wildly between distributions - if you want help, please specify which operating system your VPS is running.

There's always the old fashioned way of doing it that will work on most UNIX-like systems - ie, Linux and BSD. Search the internet (freshmeat.net or sourceforge.net) for the application you require, download the source code in a tarball (.tar.bz2, .tar.gz or .tgz) onto your VPS and execute something like the following:

tar -zxf sourcecode.tar.bz2
cd sourcecode
./configure --help
./configure --configuration --options --here
make
make install


This will work for the vast majority of software designed to run on UNIX-like systems.

[SecureWH]

I installed VNC using yUm, Went very well.

You should use rpm.pbone.net

Thanks

[TGJ_Sean]

Thanks for the info, it helped.

[MeMoIRAQ]

Thanks kieransimkin

[flaviorodrigues]

i like to know the best software usefull

[bigu_c]

I want to user FTP client to upload & download files.

what must i do?

[abetterway2host]

You can setup a user for FTP on the domain and then input this info (domain, user and password) into your FTP control panel. Then click start or connect and change to the proper directory to upload or download your files. This is a simplistic view on what to do but then I have been doing this for so long I may have missed something a beginner needs.

[CoffinSupply]

Hello,
I was looking for guide to install VNC on Linux!