can't install vlc via yum

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:07:22AM -0500, James Pifer wrote:
> > livna requires extras and won't work without it. Extras is enabled by 
> > default in FC4 so you should have it. The fedora-extras.repo file is 
> > included in the fedora-release package, so you could try reinstalling that:
> > 
> > # rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs \
> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/fedora-release-4-2.noarch.rpm
> > 
> > Paul.
> > 
> 
> I get:
> package fedora-release-4-2_3.rhfc4.at (which is newer than fedora-
> release-4-2) is already installed
> 
> I think I did have extras before my last big yum update. At least I know
> I never removed it and this was a base FC4 install.
> 
> I tried creating a fedora-extras.repo based on:
> [extras]
> name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
> baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-
> GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
> 
> When I try to install vlc I still get similar results:
> yum install vlc
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> atrpms                    100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> release                   100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> freshrpms                 100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.0 MB
> 00:04
> extras    : ################################################## 2991/2991
> Added 23 new packages, deleted 13 old in 4.78 seconds
> [...]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 12:14:35PM +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
> You've got the ATrpms version of the package. Perhaps that doesn't 
> include the fedora-extras.repo file?

Now it's turn for you to wear those glasses ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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