yum config file for installing Fedora 9

foampile · 02-23-2009, 11:22 AM

hello. i am having trouble with setting my yum config file to install fedora 9. not sure what URL needs to be specified as the mirrorlist.

e.g. consider

http://fedora.mirror.facebook.com/li...9/Fedora/i386/

i am not sure which before or past that final token (i386) needs to be explicitly specified and which endings are implied by yum install.

also, what should i replace the following sample lines with (they do not work as is) ?

[base]
name=Fedora Core 4 - $basearch - Base
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-
$releasever
enabled=1

thanks.

chitambira · 02-23-2009, 11:39 AM

[base]
name=FedoraCore4-$basearch-Base
baseurl=http://fedora.mirror.facebook.com/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=0

foampile · 02-23-2009, 11:50 AM

thanks chitambira, that seems to work but now i am getting hung on the updates part. i cannot find anything on the FB site for updates, should i just provide the same URL or what ?

thanks.

foampile · 02-23-2009, 02:43 PM

and also, what is the difference between mirrorlist and baseurl ?

John VV · 02-23-2009, 11:08 PM

why the heck are you trying to use fedora 4 repo( long dead) for on fedora 9
name=FedoraCore4-$basearch-Base
------------------
or are you trying to "upgrade fedora 4 to fedora 9 -- if so IT WILL NOT WORK
Do a fresh install of fedora 10

fedora.repo

Code:

[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[fedora-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[fedora-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/source/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-source-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

fedora-updates.repo

Code:

[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-source-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

-- edit You will also NEED THE NEW KEY repo for 9 --

fedora-updates-newkey.repo

Code:

[updates-newkey]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates Newkey
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch.newkey/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever.newkey&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-8-and-9-$basearch

[updates-newkey-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug Newkey
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch.newkey/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever.newkey&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-8-and-9-$basearch

[updates-newkey-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Updates Source Newkey
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/SRPMS.newkey/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-source-f$releasever.newkey&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-8-and-9-$basearch