Yum constantly downloads - Fedora 8

JulianTosh · 09-06-2009, 03:49 AM

Run this as root

Code:

yum clean all
yum update #just to see if that cleared things up

Then post the output of

Code:

yum -v repolist

Carunkumar · 09-06-2009, 09:55 AM

Thank you loads.

It's working properly. You know what? this problem cost me 20k :-( I regret for not posting the problem before. Anyways, I still don't understand the problem.

Code:

[root@localhost arunkumar]# yum -v repolist
Loading "priorities" plugin
Running "config" handler for "priorities" plugin
Yum Version: 3.2.7
COMMAND: yum -v repolist 
Installroot: /
repo id              repo name                                 status
adobe                Adobe Systems Incorporated                enabled
development          Fedora - Development                      enabled
fedora               Fedora 8 - i386                           enabled
freshrpms            RPMForge: Freshrpms                       enabled
jpackage-fedora      JPackage (free) for Fedora Core 8         enabled
jpackage-generic     JPackage (free), generic                  enabled
jpackage-nonfree     JPackage (non-free), generic              enabled
livna                Livna for Fedora Core 8 - i386 - Base     enabled
livna-development    Livna for Fedora Core 8 - i386 - Develop  enabled
updates              Fedora 8 - i386 - Updates                 enabled
[root@localhost arunkumar]#

Thank you again :-)

John VV · 09-06-2009, 03:20 PM

THERE ARE NO DOWNLOADS FOR FEDORA 8
and "Loading "priorities" plugin "
that plugin is TRYING to find things

if you MUST stay with Fedora 8 UNINSTALL yum it is 99% useless on fedora 8

and BUILD ALL CODE from the source code.

"

Carunkumar · 09-07-2009, 02:48 AM

Ok. I remove yum. I cleaned yum yesterday and it started functioning normal. But today, it's again looking for things. I am removing yum.

Code:

[root@localhost arunkumar]# yum remove yum
Loading "priorities" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
c95966ada56fcd47b384b6ba5 100% |=========================| 320 kB    00:09     
c95966ada56fcd47b384b6ba5 100% |=========================| 8.0 kB    00:01

Thank you all.

JulianTosh · 09-07-2009, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

if you MUST stay with Fedora 8 UNINSTALL yum it is 99% useless on fedora 8 and BUILD ALL CODE from the source code.

If the repositories (or a DVD) is available, why is it useless? It can still be used to install and uninstall packages (even if they are old and unsupported).

I'm only saying this because building from source isn't the easiest thing in the world, especially for a "new guy".

Upgrading or reinstalling the current distro is the best thing to do, but I dont see uninstalling YUM as a good thing.

Carunkumar · 09-07-2009, 05:48 AM

I will upgrade my distro soon. If I have to be using fedora, is it mandatory that I upgrade it once in six months? I need a distro with which I can be comfortable for 1 year. Any suggestions?

And I uninstalled yum using rpm --nodeps -e <yum> .. I couldn't remove it without using nodeps. There were programs that used yum :-(

vince4amy · 09-07-2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

If I have to be using fedora, is it mandatory that I upgrade it once in six months?

Every 13 months because thats when the previous versions support schedule ends now.

JulianTosh · 09-07-2009, 11:57 AM

Switch to CentOS. It is part of the same family of linux but is much more stable and you won't have to learn the ins and outs of a new distro. It's release cycle is the same as RedHat Enterprise Linux.

Carunkumar · 09-07-2009, 12:26 PM

Thank you.. :-)