cfk wrote: > Gentlemen: > I have two computers, one with FC2 and one with FC3. There is a package > called "fftw" which is one the FC3 system and I would like to get it > installed on the FC2 system. Fedora Tracker (www.fedoratracker.org) tells me that this appears in Fedora Extras. > Typing "yum info fftw" on the FC3 system returns Name: fftw, Version 2.1.5, > Repo: fedora stable. > > Typing "yum info fftw" on the FC2 system returns "Cannot find a package > matching fftw". > > Is there any way to move forward on the FC2 system short of changing it into > an FC3 system? Well, you could try configuring the FC2 yum to look at download.fedora.us, since that package appears there. Putting something like this: [extras] name=Fedora Extras baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable/ into /etc/yum.conf should work. However, if you've configured any other repos (apart from Fedora and its updates), there is a possibility of clashes between them and fedora.us. See http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc2/#installsoftware for more details. > A corollary question is: "Given a working FC2 system, would I expect to be > able to transparently do an FC3 installation on that system and still expect > things like its ftp & http servers to still work?" "Probably". It depends on how much you've customised them, but a straightforward install should just work. Incidentally, when writing to this list, it's a good idea *not* to reply to an existing e-mail. Many of us use threaded mail clients, and it looks as though your e-mail is a comment on the e-mail to which you replied. That means less people will read your question. Hope this helps, James. -- James Wilkinson | "The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, Exeter Devon UK | like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo." E-mail address: james | -- Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters @westexe.demon.co.uk |
