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

[Nat Gross]

David Curry wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>>  
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> [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
>
ok. I tried yum *install* k3b, instead of yum update k3b, and it 
installed a-ok. Was able to burn the fc3 images.
My current problem, is trying to install fc-3, on which I have started a 
new thread.
Thank you
-nat