can't install vlc via yum

[Paul Howarth]

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

You've got the ATrpms version of the package. Perhaps that doesn't 
include the fedora-extras.repo file?

$ rpm -ql fedora-release

> 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:

I suspect you may have repository conflicts. The only "unofficial" repo 
I use is my own, so someone else will have to help you out there.

Paul.