<HTML> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <BODY> Thank you Paul Howarth and Kam Leo I used the base usl http: //www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub /fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ on all files in my /etc/yum.repos.d and get the following re sult:- [root@malcolm malcolm]# yum install yumex Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories updates [1/4] Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates What do you think is wrong please! I received a letter from Leon & Tim complaining that my mail could not be read. This my be due to my using a bigfoot web account while my FC5 is being set up. This should be in pla in text. I hope that this is readable. With thanks, Malcolm Candlish </BODY> </HTML>