On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:55:00 -0600, Matt Selvidge <matts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have just recently started using Fedora core 3 and have been having > problems doing the updates. My friend suggested using apt and synaptic > which he showed me and I like alot. My problem is the copy that i > downloaded seems to have a problem (or more likely I did it wrong) i got the > program installed but when I run apt-get update it doesn't get the update > files. It doesnt seem to know where the correct repoitories are. I did a > little research on a forum and they suggested some files to edit and it will > find some things now but I still cannot do core updates. Am I forgetting a > step or could there be another place to get the file from that would be a > better version. The file name is "apt-0.5.15cnc6-11.i386.rpm". I got it > from "http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/3/i386/rpms.extras/";. My > friend has it installed and it works just fine but we dont know where he got > his file from. Any help would be appriciated because I am very new to linux > but I like it and want to start using fedora all the time. > > Thanks > Matt that's fedora extras you're using. add Apt::State::FirstRun "false"; to /etc/apt/apt.conf and add rpm http://download.fedora.us fedora/fedora/3/i386 os extras to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fedora.list (create the file). then run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade -- Bernd
