On 7/15/05, Deboo ^ <knowledgeful@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What is the easiest way to update Fedora. I have heard and read a lot > about yum but it has never worked for me, tried it many times on > different machines. I do nto know why, it just hangs on the first > message and nothing happens. What do I need to put in /etc/yum.conf to > make it work? Is there any sample yum.conf that would work out of the > box? And later could change it to suit me more? > > Can someone provide a link to a good yum.conf I could use as a startign point? > > Thanks, > Deboo start by going to www.fedorafaq.org - there is an yum.conf for FC3 - however you may not want to use that one if you are using FC4 - even if you are using FC4 though, you can still print it out or keep a copy of it. - next in FC4 I believe you are supposed to use repo.d files instead of tagging the repo's in your yum.conf - since you are fairly new I would recommend going with fedora extras and livna as your repo's - the other option is the rpmforge packages - 4 RPMforge repositories (FreshRPMS, PlanetCCRMA, Dries and DAG) - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - do not mix fedora-extras/livna with RPMforge - choose one or the other not both. - if you want to get help with RPMforge repo's go here http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/ and http://freshrpms.net/ and http://atrpms.net/dist/fc4/ - now for fedora-extras/livna which is what I use livna.org - http://rpm.livna.org/configuration.html - To start using the rpm.livna.org repository in yum simply install the livna-release rpm package: - rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.2.4.noarch.rpm - don't forget to follow steps on the configuration page to install the gpg key fedora-extras - rpm.livna.org is not a standalone repository. You must use rpm.livna.org with Fedora Extras. In Core 4 Fedora Extras is included in the default configuration and works out of the box. Fedora Core 3 users need to add Fedora Extras manually. - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/UsingExtras Once you have fedora-extras/livna installed you will be able to install any package that is in the repo's, I am going to start with searching packages first though. - log in as root - su - - to find a package - yum search 'package-name' or yum search 'any-keyword' - once you find the package - double check if it is installed yum list 'package-name' - you can also do different type of searches before you actually install things - yum list available 'package-name' - leave blank for all available packages or type a package name - yum list installed 'package-name' - shows you if a package is installed or not - yum list updates - shows you all packages available for update - yum check-update - does the same thing as list but shows the packages differently - yum info 'package-name' - tells you what a package does - now the reason I give all the search commands first is because you can't hurt anything by doing searches or looking up info. It is a good way to get familiar with package management and how to get info on a package quickly - now there are different ways to install packages - depending on what you are trying to accomplish UPDATES TO SYSTEM AND PROGRAMS: - installing updates only - yum update - to update but exclude a package like kernel or selinux policies - yum --exclude=kernel* update - yum --exclude=selinux* update UPDATING WITH NO CONFIRMATION PROMPTS: - I don't recommend this for really new users, but you can do updates without confirmation, as I said for a new user it is better to have confirmations. - yum -y update - will download and install all updates without asking your permission, you can also do this with the exclusions too - yum -y --exlude=kernel* update - it will install all the updates except the kernel updates INSTALLING A PACKAGE - if you find a package you want to install, make sure you know the correct package name by using yum search and yum list first - yum install 'package-name' - this will automatically find all the dependencies for you - yum remove 'package-name' - this will remove a package and all its dependencies from your system REMOVING A PACKAGE THAT IS NOT IN THE REPOS - this is a neat trick as well, say you installed the RPM for real player or java, www.real.com, java.sun.com - you want to remove it before you upgrade - you can use yum to do this if you want - yum list extras - this shows you all packages you installed with rpm - yum remove 'package-name' - for more detailed info you can do: man yum info yum man yum.conf info yum.conf I hope the information is helpful. -- ---------------------------------------------- Gerald Thompson geraldlt@xxxxxxxxx www.geraldthompson.getdh.net www.gltechsolutions.com ----------------------------------------------
