On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:47:52 -0500, duncan brown <duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
now, as far as installing/removing software, i've found the easiest way
(if you're a gui fanatic) is to use synaptic (which is not a part of the
default install, but should be when fedora core 3 comes out, in about
8+ months).
Hi,
Had a quick look at apt and synaptic last night, got both working
last night, but have a couple of questions. Do the sites you've listed
below need signature keys set up to get them working? I had problems
installing a couple of packages that would fail on an unknown signature.
Also, through synaptic, is there a way of knowing which site it is
going to to get package <xxx>?
Cheers,
Daniel.
also, if you're looking for things like media format support
(mp3/quicktime/wmv/wma/divx/dvd), you can add other repositories to
synaptic (apt/synaptic have the ability to pull software from several
different sites without having to reconfigure between them).
http://ayo.freshrpms.net
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/
http://jpackage.org
http://rpms.subpop.net
http://dries.studentweb.org
there's tons of software out there, it's a matter of adding these
repositories to synaptic (instructions can be found on each of these
sites) and go forward.
or, you can just cut and paste this into (after you've installed apt and
synaptic) /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extra.list
-cut--------------------------------------------------------
# Freshrpms.net's Fedora Core 1 repository
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386 core updates freshrpms
# NewRPMs Repository
rpm http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc1 newrpms
# java from jpackage.org
rpm http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage 1.5/fedora-1 free
# subpop.net's repository (http://web.subpop.net/rpm.php)
rpm http://rpms.subpop.net fedora/linux/1/i386 production
# Dries APT Repository for Fedora Core 1
(http://dries.studentenweb.org/apt/index.html)
rpm http://dries.studentenweb.org apt/fedora/fc1/i386 dries
-cut-------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hooper" <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:11:13 -0400 (EDT)
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Some problems getting started
Dov Zamir said:
> Hi All,
>
> I am more or less a newb (I last tried Linux about 10 years ago). I
> installed RH9 and then upgraded to FC1. My hardware is an ECS K7SOM+
> (thatÃâ a SIS730 chipset) with an AMD processor with 256MB RAM.
>
> I originally installed everything, planning to prune what I don need
as
> time goes on. But when I try to uninstall packages, like the
development
> packages, I get an error message saying that I have to install about a
> dozen different packages before I can uninstall? Any ideas whatÃâ
going
> on?
This sounds like you are trying to use the "Add/Remove Packages"
(redhat-config-packages). This program has a limitation in that it only
knows about the packages on the original CDs. As you do the normal
updates, r-c-p's idea of reality and what you have installed gets
further
out of sync.
As others have suggested:
Installing everything isn't a good starting point
Yum is a more reliable after packages have been upgraded from their
original version.
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