How can I use the advanced search more effectively, so that I will be less a pain?

[Mostafa Z. Afgani]

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Herschel wrote:

> "Error while attempting to retrieve the package [insert the name
> selected] ...
> The message was:
> 
> An HTTP error occurred:
> URL: http: [gives what appear to be reasonable web site locations]
> Status Code: 404
> Error Message: Not Found"
> 

Are you using YUM? If not, try as root:

# yum update

Even if this fails to complete all the way, after a couple of runs it
should have managed to pull all the new packages into the local cache.
Once that's done, it will complete the update as usual.

This is of course assuming that it's not always stopping due to a single
package that it can't seem to locate ..

Once the update is complete, you should issue (as root)

# yum clean packages

To free up the space taken up by the downloaded packes in cache.

> I tried to update emacs alone, bash, Firefox as well as part of the
> kernel and in every case I ran into this form of failure.  I have heard
> too often about the ability to update Fedora  to not think something I
> am doing is at fault.  What dumb thing am I doing that is causing me
> this grief?
> 

HTH

> TIA
> 

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