FC5 - Add/Remove Software

[Dan]

michael.mouer at sherwin.com wrote:
>
> When attempting to use "Applications" --> "Add/Remove Software" the 
> message "Unable to retrieve software information" is displayed and the 
> program exits.
>
> I loaded FC5 on 2 computers and the same message occurs on both.
>
> Any clues to why this is happening?
>
> Michael
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Is either connected to the internet? This program is pirut, which is a 
frontend for yum, which by default just accesses internet yum 
repositories, and not local media. You can add a file called 
/etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo (there's a howto somewhere, that's been 
referenced on this list before) as a temporary workaround, they're 
planning to implement this feature in the future. The name "Add/Remove 
Software" is misleading.
-Dan