On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 22:25, Gerald Thompson wrote: > windtim@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > >Hi, > > i've Fedora Core 2 and i'm trying to update my configuration with RHN. I've > >registered nyself on the site, tryed to connect toRHN either trough up2date from > >shell either trought the botton on GNOME desktop but in all cases it gives me > >the same errors "Temporary failure in name resolution". I'm behind a proxy and > >i've settted but connction to RHN fails yet. Can you help me? Thans a lot in advance > > > > > > > I really strongly recommend you use yum > - find your nearest mirror > - http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html > > - then update your /etc/yum.conf file with your mirror's base folder and > updates folder for your version of fedora > - now you can just run yum check-update from command line > - yum update <leave blank for all updates, or type package name for > specific update> > - yum install <package name> for a package you haven't installed already > > - I can't remember the command for removing a package but just go to man > yum for that one > > I highly recommend yum, ever since I first had to learn how to use it, I > was totally surprised at how easy it is to learn compare to most package > management tools. Also updating the yum.conf with the mirrors is really > easy. ALWAYS USE A MIRROR or it will be slow and time out on you. The > default servers are too slow. > > Gerald geraldt@xxxxxxxxx At: http://www.fedorafaq.org/ They have a good yum.conf to download, it's worked well for me. Tim...
