On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 10:28 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > ?? You didn't really pay attention to the replies, did you? read and replied with results. there was a problem of something missing for online install. there, i pulled .rpm's from several sites, including fedora. > > +++++ > > Yum Version: 3.2.7 > > COMMAND: yum -v -y install thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc8.i386.rpm 2 > > What is the " 2" doing at the end of the command-line? that was one of my questions. borrow my glasses? ;o) > Btw, you would need "yum localinstall ..." for Yum to resolve > dependencies of locally downloaded packages. does this include calling as './thundbird-2.0*.rpm' ? would think yum would pick up on this and act as 'localinstall'. > Why did you download it from koji instead of simply running "yum install > thunderbird"? not much to do at time, figured that as long as i would be pulling files, 1 out of 3 had to be a good load and work. > The signed package is included in the official repositories > and your favourite nearby mirror. i pulled f8 i386 torrent from fedora and is what i am in now; [geo@argosyiayia ~]$ uname -a Linux argosyiayia.ciee.lab 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 \ 13:55:12 EDT 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux > You could still install it with the corresponding Yum option to > ignore the GPG signature check, but that is not recommended. while i was replying to this, i kick up another term, #5 and entered 'yum install thunderbird'. so, i d&d what i grin about,,, +++++ [root@argosyiayia geo]# yum install thunderbird Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc8 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution <snip> Total download size: 24 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): thunderbird-2.0.0. 100% |=========================| 24 MB 05:20 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID \ 4f2a6fd2 Importing GPG key 0x4F2A6FD2 "Fedora Project <fedora@xxxxxxxxxx>" \ from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug <snip> Installed: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc8 Complete! [root@argosyiayia geo]# +++++ thanks for your reply. ssooo, it just started 'yum install enigma'. will kick a bird out with this, hopefully i will have a new coop for it's wing back. later. take care, have a good one. g . -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list