On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 21:50 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: > On 12/14/2009 09:38 PM, Craig White wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 21:30 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: > > > >> On 12/14/2009 09:22 PM, Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) wrote: > >> > >>> On 14/12/09 20:11, Simon Schneebeli wrote: > >>> > >>> --snipped-- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> [root@sangam simon]# yum install flash-plugin > >>>> Loaded plugins: presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit > >>>> 0 packages excluded due to repository protections > >>>> Setting up Install Process > >>>> No package flash-plugin available. > >>>> Nothing to do > >>>> > >>>> > >>> --snipped-- > >>> > >>> What does > >>> # yum repolist say? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Nothing at all. > >> > >>> try use su\sudo instead of root if possible. > >>> > >>> > >> I know. I'm used to sudo, but I guess that on Fedora I first have to > >> install something because right now I just get > >> [simon@sangam ~]$ sudo yum repolist > >> [sudo] password for simon: > >> Sorry, try again. > >> [sudo] password for simon: > >> simon is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > >> [simon@sangam ~]$ > >> > >> Just didn't had time yet to find out how to add myself to the sudoers list. > >> > >> > >> > >>> If completely confused just use autoten > >>> http://dnmouse.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> That looks quite much like what I need right now to get familiar with > >> Fedora. Many thanks. > >> > > ---- > > just use 'su -' in a shell to become root for now. > > > > as root, 'yum repolist' should be very revealing as to what is installed > > for repositories. > > > > sudoers is another level of complexity to deal with that won't solve > > this problem. > > > > recognize that sites like fedorasolved.org and mjmwired.com (apparently > > used in dnsmouse.org) will advocate things that work but are not > > necessarily interchangeable with other advice that might be given on the > > list here. I'm not saying that their advice isn't good but getting > > advice from different places will sometimes have different and confusing > > results. > > > > Sometimes the answers on this list will come from various people with > > various levels of understanding that will become confusing to new users > > with no ability to sort out who is giving the most targeted advice. > > > > Craig > > > > > > > You'll probably consider me as a fool, but if I enter 'su yum repolist', > I just get the following: > > [simon@sangam ~]$ su yum repolist > su: user yum does not exist > > But I'm trying hard to learn. I'm currently searching infos on how to > use "su" properly... ---- if you want to run 'one liners' you have to do it like this... su - -c 'yum repolist' # note the following two lines is one command... su - -c 'rpm -ivh \ http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm' su - -c 'rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux' but I will tell you - just 'su -' to root (note the dash) and then you've got root shell until you type 'exit' It's easier to be root in a shell to perform root actions like installing, etc. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
