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Old 11-29-2004, 05:07 AM   #1
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Package updating/installing tool in FC1


I'm using Fedora core 1 and I noticed that a lot of packages were outdated and figured I needed an update. But Up2date just keeps hanging after the packages start downloading (that is after RPM headers have been received and I choose from the list of packages to update).

Is there any other tool that will automatically detect outdated packages (RPMs) in Fedora and allow me to update without having to manually add the list of packages to update? I'm willing to use the command line.
 
Old 11-29-2004, 05:09 AM   #2
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YUM is the preferred tool in Fedora. Also apt-get via apt4rpm.
 
Old 11-29-2004, 05:12 AM   #3
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I tried it,

I get this error when I run
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yum check-update
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Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
Error - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found
Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on this system.

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Old 11-29-2004, 05:43 AM   #4
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In yum.conf, which repositories are set up?
 
Old 11-29-2004, 05:46 AM   #5
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Here's the YUM configuration file.
Code:
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/releases/fedora-core-$releasever

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/released/fedora-core-$releasever

#[updates-testing]
#name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
#baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/testing/fedora-core-$releasever
 
Old 11-29-2004, 06:21 AM   #6
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I tried out Fedora/YUM once and found that the default repositories worked, at best, sporadically.

Try these in place of the existing (put a # mark in front of the existing ones so you can 'roll back' if you need to):
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/repos/ (these are the guys who (I believe) wrote YUM)
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Fed...ositories.html
http://www.xades.com/proj/fedora_repos.html (slow to load the page)
 
Old 11-29-2004, 06:27 AM   #7
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Thanks,

Should I run yum check-update as super user?
 
Old 11-29-2004, 09:39 AM   #8
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Yes. I was always under the impression that it could only be run as su......but what do I know?
 
  


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