can't install vlc via yum

[Paul Howarth]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> 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 ;)

Are you saying that fedora-release-4-2_3.rhfc4.at isn't the ATrpms 
version of the package (fedora-release)? The OP appears to have had to 
create fedora-extras.repo for himself.

I need some new glasses (really).

Paul.