I mounted the usb stick,that has vlc exe file, on the notebook

I went to terminal and on root typed this: yum install vlc to install the VLC player.Then it showed this when I was not connected to the net:

http://archive.nl.eu.kernel.org/fedo...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-arc...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@localhost user]#

I connected to the net and typed : yum install vlc.This time it showed this:

fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 2.6 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package vlc available.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost user]#

Hi,

Take a look at
http://www.unixmen.com/index.php?opt...npus&Itemid=20

Check the Link s in my Signature for lots of other how-tos for Linpus Lite. the tip, tweaks and Hacks links have a lot of common questions for Linpus such as VLC, Advanced menus, FireFox 3 etc..


Enjoy !!