option other than yum?

sumesh.pt · 12-04-2007, 08:46 AM

do we hav any other option in fedora 7 other than yum for installing softwares? i hav completely messed up my yum files that i dont find anyother option. or do u think its solvable?

Thanks

Ricio · 12-04-2007, 08:57 AM

solvable? must be! I dont know how!

But ive heard about apt-get being used in fedora... google for info about that.

lazlow · 12-04-2007, 12:11 PM

You might also look at smart. It is pretty handy at software installation and does not rely on yum. It is available in the repos. You can search the repos and just double click on the rpm and it should install(after jumping through a few hoops).

reddazz · 12-04-2007, 12:17 PM

You could also let us know whats wrong with yum and we could try and help you fix it.

sumesh.pt · 12-04-2007, 09:52 PM

ya,, with some effort now i hav been able to make yum workin. but it fails when it goes for updates with the following errors.

Code:

19:56:53 : Trying other mirror.
19:56:53 : Failure getting http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/filelists.sqlite.bz2: 
19:56:53 :   --> [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403: Server: squid/2.5.STABLE4
19:56:53 :   --> Mime-Version: 1.0
19:56:53 :   --> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:34:50 GMT
19:56:53 :   --> Content-Type: text/html
19:56:53 :   --> Content-Length: 1239
19:56:53 :   --> Expires: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:34:50 GMT
19:56:53 :   --> X-Squid-Error: ERR_ACCESS_DENIED 0
19:56:53 :   --> X-Cache: MISS from -----proxy.-----.ac.in
19:56:53 :   --> Proxy-Connection: close
19:56:53 :   --> 
19:56:53 : Trying other mirror.

i hav defined my /etc/yum.conf with

Code:

proxy=http://---.---.---.---:---
export http_proxy=http://---.---.---.---:---/

anything else to be defined/declared somewhere ?

MyHeartPumpsFreon · 12-04-2007, 11:20 PM

Just a thought... why not pull the repo config file from the install DVD and copy it over what exists currently?

Regards,

Brandon