can't install vlc via yum

[Paul Howarth]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:51:36AM +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>>Axel Thimm wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 06:36:39AM -0500, James Pifer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>You have to have the fedora core and extras repositories enabled
>>>>>to supply dependencies for livna - it does not replace the
>>>>>stock libraries.
>>>>
>>>>Installing videolan-client did work, but I'd like to figure out the
>>>>problem. I don't have fedora-extras repo. I have the ones listed below.
>>>>I've searched on google and everything says it's in FC4 by default.
>>>>Don't know what happened to mine. Can you tell me where I can get the
>>>>repos that are in FC4 by default?
>>>
>>>
>>>No repo other than release & updates are in FC4 by default. With FC5
>>>you'll also get fedora extras by default.
>>
>>Extras is also enabled in FC4 by default.
> 
> 
> No, only after FC5 inclusive. On vanilla FC4 you get
> 
> # grep enabled /etc/yum.repos.d/*extras*
> /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras-devel.repo:enabled=0
> /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras.repo:enabled=1

fedora-extras.repo:enabled=1

I rest my case.

Paul.