On 3/24/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 3/24/07, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat March 24 2007 3:14:44 pm Gene Heskett wrote: > > >1)Open smart > > >2)Select "Edit/Channels" > > >3) Click on "New" button > > >4)Leave default radio button "Provide Channel > > > Information" selected 5) Click "OK" > > >6)Select "RPM Metadata" radiobutton > > >7)Click "OK" > > >8)Enter "remi" in the "name" field > > >9)Enter "remi" in the alias field > > >10)Enter "http://remi.collet.free.fr/rpms/fc6.i386/"; in > > > the "Base URL" field 11) Click OK > > > > > >Done! > > > > > > - this is the quick and simple method - there are lots of > > > options you can set, you can change the alias, and so forth, > > > but this will create the channel for you. After you've > > > downloaded the FF2 from his repo, I would suggest going into > > > "Edit/Channels" and unchecking the remi repo box - leave it > > > off except when you want to update your FF2 or for other > > > purposeful reasons. > > > > > >-- > > >Claude Jones > > >Brunswick, MD, USA > > > > Message marked Important so I can find it again, thanks > > Claude. > > Remi has included smart configuration in his latest release rpm > as noted elsewhere in this thread > > If any feel adventuresome I've been using smart for about a year > now, and have configured many repos for use with FC6. I am no > guru, or programmer, but my configuration works day in, and day > out. It's got all the most often discussed repos for FC6 > configured and working. It contains no options enabled, such as > prioritization or the like - just a long list of repos with > default settings. I've today discovered the file where all this > stuff lies, and have successfully transferred it to my laptop > which is running a brand new install of Blag 60000, a derivative > of FC6. I just transferred the config file from my workstation > to the laptop, and subsequently opened smart. I went > into /Edit/Channels, and all my channels from my workstation > appeared, and I was able to do a refresh. If you would like to > test this, you can get this file here: > > www.tehogeeservices.com/files/config.smartpm.fc6 > > To use it: > > download it to your computer by clicking on the link. > > rename it to "config" stripping out the extensions ".smartpm.fc6" > > make sure smart is not open > > as root, use your preferred method to RENAME the > file "/var/lib/smart/config" adding an extension that's > meaningful to you such as "config.original" - DO NOT OVERWRITE > OR DELETE this file - if things go wrong, this will allow you to > restore your smart configuration to its original state > > as root move the file you downloaded to the same location and > make sure it is owned by root > > open smart and select Edit/Channels and see what you have - Make > sure you de-select any repos you don't regularly use, and select > the ones you currently do use > > in the main window, click the "update channels" button which > should do it > > > > If anyone tries this, I'd appreciate feedback > You do not need to export a binary file. The following should work. # smart channel --show > mychannels.txt ### The above outputs all channels to mychannels.txt (text format). # smart channel --add < mychannels.txt ### The above imports import channels from mychannels.txt. Use `smart channel --show` to learn more.
Oops, should be `smart channel --help` or 'smart --help' since the folks still haven't gotten around to writing a user's guide.
By the way, back in the FC3 days Dag used to include preconfigured channels in his packaging I'm not certain Dries does that any more. > > -- > Claude Jones > Brunswick, Md, USA
