----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Gehrke" <mjg2101@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:37 AM Subject: Add/Remove Program Problem > I am trying to use an old computer (500 MHz, 30 gig) as a music server. So i > put on fedora. I've done the same (K6-3 400 Mhz), but more as a learning tool, and less as a music server. > server i didn't check the development box > so my computer doesn't have any compilers. When i put in the fedora disc 2 > cd and try to update, everytime i get a > "error updating. exiting." I thought it was a cd error so i through out the Did you do this from command line, or GUI? The reason you're probably having errors is dependencies (although I could be wrong). If you try to install the compilers from a command line (or xterm) using rpm, you'll get more informative error messages. I did a minimal istall and later went back to install compilers, and found that gcc has a lot of dependencies that need to be solved, so upgrading manually with rpm can take some work. Doing "rpm -i gcc-3.3.2*" from /Fedora/RPMS on cd 2 should get you started, and at least give you a list of what else needs installed. Reading the rpm man pages will enable you to do some amazing stuff. Then again, it's always possible you have a bad CD. I've not tried installing from the hard drive, as all three of my CDs had good MD5 checksums. Hope it works out. (It always does eventually)
