On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:10:22 -0800 (PST), charles f. zeitler wrote: > when i use kyum i get a: *** Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: livna. > > livna.repo shows: > > > [livna] > name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base > failovermethod=priority > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna > > [livna-debuginfo] > name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Debug > failovermethod=priority > enabled=0 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna > gpgcheck=1 > > [livna-source] > name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Source > failovermethod=priority > enabled=0 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna > gpgcheck=1 > > hmmm... no base url there! > > so i renamed livna.repo & re-installed the "repository" rpm, > and the new livna.repo is the same. Is it really the same prior to running kyum? rpm -i http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/livna-release-8-1.noarch.rpm here installs a good livna.repo Try rpm -V livna-repo as kyum likely modifies the repo files.