Software installation under Fedora Core 5
Hi everybody,
I have a problem with software installation under Fedora Core 5 OS. I can't install packages from my DVD medium. Always I got back message:"Unable to retrive software information!". I tried to change code in fedora-core.repo, fedora-updates.repo and fedora-extras.repo, but still won't work. Can anybody told me whats the problem? I heard that I have to reconfigure yum, but I dont know how to do that. Help please!! Bye.......... |
Go here and follow the directions for configuring and setting up yum.
http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora...ion_notes.html |
I don't know if you understand me.
I have looked the page you gave me the link, but there is a direction for configuring yum to take over the packages over the net, but I need to install them from the DVD medium... Any idea more?? :) |
yum localinstall
See man yum. Lazlow |
Sorry guys, I'm a kind new in this Linux stuff.
I have tried Mandriva 2006 and SuSE 10, and there was no problem with anything. But, most of all, I like FC5. When i type 'yum localinstall' I got answer: "[root@localhost ~]# yum localupdate Loading "installonlyn" plugin Error: Need to pass a list of pkgs to localupdate" When I type 'yum update' I got answer: "[root@localhost ~]# yum update Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories core [1/3] file://media/disk/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/disk/repodata/repomd.xml' Trying other mirror. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: core failure: repodata/repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try." Is there any chanse to make it work "add/remove programs" from GUI (I use GNOME, if it's a matter of thing). |
yum localinstall /path/package.rpm
If you go man yum you will get the manual for yum. This works for most commands (man command). Lazlow |
I have looked yum manual and it didn't help me much.
I have installed yumex, and when I run it, I had an error: "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core" In the output window had a text: "Mirrordetection : default Yum Version : 2.6.0 (/usr/share/yum-cli) Loading "installonlyn" plugin Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: extras Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core" Is this one step further, or the same thing like before?? p.s. thanks for the advice "man command" |
Use installation DVD as repo for YUM
Create a .repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d, As root, type following in terminal >gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/installdvd.repo copy following lines & save the file [installdvd] name=Fedora Core 5 Installation DVD baseurl=file:///media/disk enabled=1 gpgkey=file:///media/disk/RPM-GPG-KEY gpgcheck=1 ## baseurl : give the path where the repodata folder exists ## gpgkey : give path of folder where RPM-GPG-KEY exists save this file and run yum as root For making add/remove program work, open the .repo files, and uncomment the baseurl line in the following files fedora-core.repo fedora-extras.repo fedora-updates.repo If you are behind a proxy server, add following line to /etc/yum.conf proxy=http://myproxy:myport |
Jeah, finally, yum is working now.
Thanks for your help guys. Bye..... |
Yo, I got another problem with software installation.
Package installation from Fedora Core Installation disc have no problem, but I have another dvd medium (I think its downloaded from fedoras ftp) with extras packages for Fedora. When I tried to istall software from that disc I get back error message the same as before. I suppose that I have to make another repo file. So, help me to make it , please. Thank you.... |
If the "extra" disc has a RPMS folder where all the rpm files are stored then the baseurl in your extradisc.repo should point to that folder, otherwise you may have to copy the rpm files in a folder and create a repo with createrepo. I am not sure about exact procedure but enough threads exist on the topic
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