how to use yum

goldranjith · 04-15-2006, 12:39 PM

hi
I have instyalled yum in my fc4 system.Is it possible to install software from repository that is available in the internet,if so can any one tell me some available repository and what is the command to get from it.

acid_kewpie · 04-15-2006, 12:56 PM

well that's exactly what yum is for, installing software directly from in the internetr and resolving all dependencies upon it. check the yum entry in our wiki for details about it's use.

Ahmed · 04-15-2006, 03:02 PM

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...notes.html#Yum

This should do the trick

-A

goldranjith · 04-16-2006, 08:29 AM

thanks
But when I entered yum update I get this message
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 80, in main
base.getOptionsConfig(args)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 207, in getOptionsConfig
self.plugins.setCmdLine(opts, self.cmds)
AttributeError: DummyYumPlugins instance has no attribute 'setCmdLine'
what could i do

dcdbutler · 04-16-2006, 11:07 AM

do

# yum clean all

then retry