configure yum to use fedora.us

nandish · 05-21-2004, 07:21 AM

again sorry if this is a dumb question...

I am trying to configure yum for use with fedora.us

I know that i need to edit the configuration file /etc/yum.conf
but i'm not sure how

this is what I have at the moment:

Code:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http ://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=http ://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/

and i want to add this:

Code:

[fedora-us-2]
  name=Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
  baseurl=http ://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/Linux/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.os
  [fedora-us-2-updates]
  name=Fedora Core 2 updates -- Fedora US mirror
  baseurl=http ://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/Linux/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.updates
  [fedora-us-2-stable]
  name=Fedora Linux (stable) for Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
  baseurl=http ://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/Linuxfedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable

Thanks in advance

Nandish

kosh42 · 05-21-2004, 08:35 AM

Well, I opened a terminal window on my desktop, and did:

Code:

su
password
nano -w /etc/yum.conf

Then I copied the text from the Fedora US website (highlight and right click), selected the terminal window and then right click and paste. Ctrl + X to exit, Y to write and then enter...

Worked for me...

Tim

nandish · 05-21-2004, 09:46 PM

im really not sure what is wrong, could you post your yum.conf file

yeehi · 05-23-2004, 09:24 AM

What is the difference between fedora and fedora us?

I was looking at the fedora us site as i wanted to learn how to update the yum config and they explain but i dont know whether those instructions are good for fedora. I chickened out.
I dont know whether upgrading the yum conf file is important anyway. i would like to see a template that i could copy paste

kosh42 · 05-23-2004, 02:18 PM

My yum file goes:

Code:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/
gpgcheck=1 

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/i386/ 

[updates]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - updates
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/updates

[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms

[core]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - core
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/core

And the Fedora US site is just a load of packages for Fedora that are not the standard Redhat mirrors, such as Totem or XMMS-MP3... Well worth the effort...

Tim

yeehi · 05-23-2004, 08:46 PM

ok
so if i replace my yum file with that then it will probably help the situation, right?