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Just upgraded from Fedora 17 to 19, by way of backing up my /home and wiping the drive.
Fedora 19 installed ok, though I had some networking issues to resolve.
Where I knew the name of the package, I was able to use yum to install and update packages. But when I browse the Add/Remove Software item, everything is empty. I checked the preferences and made sure the software sources are selected, but still I can't browse packages like I used to do in F17.
I'd attach a screenshot, but I'm not allowed to post attachments
Also it is not a good idea to reuse the /home partition in an upgrade of fedora ( or new install )
the versions of software used in the new version might NOT be compatible with the old versions
or
the new version of fedora might NOT even be using the same programs as the old version
manually editing the NEW config files from the old backups -- yes
but not reusing
this is one of the first warnings in the fedora documentation on "upgrading"
i would creat a new user and see if that fixes things
Also it is not a good idea to reuse the /home partition in an upgrade of fedora ( or new install )
the versions of software used in the new version might NOT be compatible with the old versions
or
the new version of fedora might NOT even be using the same programs as the old version
manually editing the NEW config files from the old backups -- yes
but not reusing
this is one of the first warnings in the fedora documentation on "upgrading"
i would creat a new user and see if that fixes things
I didn't reuse /home. I backed up the folders in /home/<user> (Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, etc..) and reformatted the drive as part of the F19 install. After the install was completed, I restore the backup. The only . files I copied back over were for Mozilla, Chrome, Thunderbird and Pidgin.
I'll test the new user setup, and see what happens
i just finished installing fedora 19 on some laptops. the first time i opened up the software program for add/remove it was blank for a very long time. i think it starts what used to be the -C option to cache the entire yum repositories of programs and what not before it can display anything.
not sure if thats your situation or not, but worth a shot. also i was able to get some by clicking on a few of the labels on the left hand side as several loaded much faster then the main window.
i just finished installing fedora 19 on some laptops. the first time i opened up the software program for add/remove it was blank for a very long time. i think it starts what used to be the -C option to cache the entire yum repositories of programs and what not before it can display anything.
not sure if thats your situation or not, but worth a shot. also i was able to get some by clicking on a few of the labels on the left hand side as several loaded much faster then the main window.
I read your post this AM, so before I left for work I loaded the application, and let it update, and left it open. This evening, 14 hours later, I come back to my laptop. I still get the same message for every category on the left pane: No Results Found.
I can search and pull up packages, but I have no way to browse the lists.
the very best program for updating is the terminal in fedora
yum is by FAR THE BEST TOOL
non of the gui's can even come close to it
Buzz. Wrong. Try again.
That said, when I know the name of the package, or even know that it exists, more often than not I'll use yum. But sometimes I like to browse and see what's out there, and yum doesn't do that. And that's the feature I'm trying to recover. As I said, this worked fine in Fedora 17 on the same machine. I wipe the drive and install FC 19, and it's gone.
What they need is "add/remove kernel" since apparently I'm getting weekly builds of it. Had F19 for all of a couple weeks and there's like 6 grub entries already. Just make a fookin' mess why don't ya, Red Hat.
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