On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 22:58:44 +0530, ashwin kesavan iyengar wrote: > > Meanwhile use a mirror (pick a different one later) and add these > > to your yum.conf: > > > > [fedora-extras-stable] > > name=Fedora.us stable > > baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable/ > > > > #[fedora-extras-testing] > > #name=Fedora.us testing > > #baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing/ > > > > #[fedora-extras-unstable] > > #name=Fedora.us unstable > > #baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable/ > > > > For FC1, the entries are different. You can use your web browser to find > > out or ask again. > Thank you. I have added that to yum.conf.(i am using FC2). i type "yum > check-update" to find a list of updates available for system. How do i > check for extras. I didn't find any mention of it in "info yum" pages. Please rephrase your question. I don't understand it. You can list and query all available and/or installed packages with yum. -- Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) - Linux 2.6.9-1.649 loadavg: 1.02 1.08 1.03