newbie: 386/686pkgs. yum list pkg name. kde 3.3 on fc2? k3b.

[David Curry]

Nat Gross wrote:

> (This had been blocked by my email scanner.)
> Umm. So I thought. Now, it seems like because I was an a-hole and 
> didn't realize that the txt file I attached was toooo long. This post 
> is sans that txt file. Sorry.
>
> James Mckenzie wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>  
>>
>>> <From: Nat Gross <natgross.rentalsystems at verizon.net>
>>> Sent: Feb 14, 2005 11:11 AM
>>> To: fedora-list <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>> Subject: newbie: 386/686pkgs. yum list pkg name. kde 3.3 on fc2? k3b.
>>>
>>> A few newbie questions please.
>>> Hardware 2ghz cpu, 1 gig ram, 80 gig drive.
>>>   
>>
>> We are to assume that this is an Intel CPU, right?
>>  
>>
> Correct. Thanks for pointing out the need to point out Intel or Athlon.
>
>> 1. In general, do I need xxx386xxx.rpm's or xxx686xxx.rpm's?
>>
>> Pentium II, III, 4 and Pentium M use i686 rpms where available.
>>
>>  
>>
> hmmm. Just noticed, my /etc/yum.conf, which I copied off a forum, has
> many '386' strings in the urls.
> Might be the wrong thing for me. I am attaching it with this post.
> Please advise.
>
>>> 2. The list provided by 'Yum list' does not provide the full pkg 
>>> name. How do I derive it from the list?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Are you talking about the following:
>>
>> kernel vice kernel-2.6.10-1_760-FC3?
>>  
>>
> Am also attaching a txt file with the output of 'yum list'. The middle
> column is only partial pkg name, I think.
>
>>  
>>
>>> 3. On kde.org, they say that [3.3] its for FC3 only, however I am 
>>> almost certain that I had it before on FC2. I had K3b on it.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Hmmm.  I remember KDE under FC2 being 3.2 and for FC3 being 3.3, but 
>> it is possible that you upgraded to KDE 3.3 through the Fedora 
>> upgrade process (or they upgraded 3.2 to be like 3.3.)
>>
>>  
>>
> You might be correct, but I have 3.2 now, and it does not have k3b, and
> I recall after a RH update, k3b magically appeared.
>
>>> 4. How do I use yum to get the absolute latest kde and k3b for fc2?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> yum upgrade kde k3b
>>
>>  
>>
> How about that? It's that simple? I *don't* have to specify the complete
> rpm name?
>
>>> 5. Is there a gui front for yum, like k3b is to cdrecord?
>>>   
>>
>> Yes, gyum is a graphical interface for yum and includes an rhn-applet 
>> replacement that goes on the menu bar for GNOME.  I don't know (since 
>> I don't use KDE) if this functionality exists for KDE.
>>
>>  
>>
> And I assume, that I can get gyum via yum?
>
>>> Thank you all.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> You are welcome.
>>
>>  
>>
> Thanks again, hope my follow up here is not a burden.
> -nat
>
>> One additional comment:  Nice post.  It was very easy to understand 
>> and reply to.
>>
>>  
>
>
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>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>[main]
>cachedir=/var/cache/yum
>debuglevel=2
>logfile=/var/log/yum.log
>pkgpolicy=newest
>distroverpkg=redhat-release
>tolerant=1
>exactarch=1
>retries=20
>
>[livna-stable]
>name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
>baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable
>gpgcheck=1
>
>[FedoraUS]
>name=Fedora US $releasever - $basearch - Latest Packages
>baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/i386/SRPMS.os/
>
>[newrpms.sunsite.dk]
>name=Fedora Core 2 NewRPMS.sunsite.dk
>baseurl=http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/i386/fc2
>
>
>[dag]
>name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core 2
>baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
>
>[dries]
>name=Extra Fedora rpms dries - $releasever - $basearch
>baseurl=http://dries.studentenweb.org/yum/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries
>
>
>[base]
>name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
>baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
>
>[updates-released]
>name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
>baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
>
>#[updates-testing]
>#name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
>#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
>
>#[development]
>#name=Fedora Core $releasever - Development Tree
>#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/$basearch/
>
>[freshrpms]
>name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
>baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
>
>
>
>
>  
>
Nat, the most recent KDE packages available for FC2 are in the 3.2 
series.  The latest Kdebase package is version 3.2.2-8, the latest 
Kdelibs is version 3.2.2-12 and the most recent K3b is K3b-0.11.14-0