Mixing repositories question
Hi folks,
FedoraCore3 I'm prepared to create/mix following repository files on /etc/yum.repo.d/ atrpms.repo [atrpms] name=ATrpms - Stable baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atr...ms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 dag.repo name=Dag APT Repository baseurl=http://dag.freshrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ http://dag.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 dries.repo name=Dries APT/YUM Repository baseurl=http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/ http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/ http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/ http://dries.studentenweb.org/yum/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 fedora.repo [base] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 fedora-updates.repo [updates-released] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/ mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 flash.repo [flash] name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt/fedora/$releasever enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 freshrpms.repo [freshrpms] name=FreshRPMs mirrorlist=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/mirrors-freshrpms enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 jpackage-generic.repo [jpackage-generic] name=JPackage Cross-Platform Packages baseurl=http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/generic/free ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPac...6/generic/free http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aache...6/generic/free failovermethod=priority enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 jpackage-fedora.repo [jpackage-fedora] name=JPackage Fedora Packages baseurl=http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aache...ge/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free failovermethod=priority enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 newrpms.repo [newrpms] name=NewRPMs baseurl=http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 Will there be any problem of incompatibility? TIA B.R. satimis |
Using too many repositories will cause you problems. Most repositories contain similar packages, so this may cause intereference with each other. An example is never to mix newrpms, dag, livna and freshrpms because of the different way they name packages. If you mix them you will be forever upgrading your system due to the different ways that they name packages and each time a new build is put in their repositories, the package manager may insist that you upgrade.
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Hi reddazz,
Tks for your advice. Quote:
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You can look in the repositories yourself and you will find the package listing. I am also talking from experience because at one point I mixed a few repositories and it ended up being quite irritating.
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mixing repos
Reddazz is absolutely correct. Additionally, in order to maintain system stability, it is best to stick with the packages that Red Hat provides.
As a general rule, stick with the default configuration and maybe add the repo for Fedora Extras and you will have a stable and well functioning system. Good Luck. |
As one group, Fedora Core + Fedora Extras + rpm.livna.org are made to be compatible. Which group of 3rd party repositories is made to be compatible, I don't know currently.
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They are all compatible with the main Fedora distribution because they don't build packages that are already in the main distribution. Compatibility with the main distro does not mean that the repositories are compatible with each other though. Like I mentioned earlier a lot of the packages are duplicates of whats in other repositories and this is what causes problems. The main Fedora Core third party packagers are trying to join forces and create one single repository so that these problems are ironed out.
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Well, and with the name of the maintainers you have seen contradictory information yourself, provided that you know who maintains which repository. And additionally, jpackage.org and "flash" don't belong to rpmforge either.
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Ah - I was referring to the repos in redazz's post, not the huge list at the top of the page. I always maintain that it's a bad idea to have a dozen+ repos.
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Hi folks,
Tks for your advice. I got the rpm package download from its website. I did it in the past with # yum install xnview. But I could not recall the repo. In the past I kept a large list of repo but not now. snarkout, tks again for your information. B.R. satimis |
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