Yum not finding packages

[Michael Schwendt]

On 09/05/07, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> In trying to install Synce I have come across many dependencies that
> Yum cannot resolve, yet rpm.pbone.net reports as being available in
> Extras:
>
> [root at localhost Desktop]# yum search synce-serial
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Loading "skip-broken" plugin
> Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
> Setting up repositories
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12]

> However, according to rpm.pbone.net:
>
> Fedora Other    download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/x86_64/synce-serial-0.9.1-2.fc7.x86_64.rpm
> Fedora Other    download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/i386/synce-serial-0.9.1-2.fc7.i386.rpm
> Fedora Other    download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/x86_64/synce-serial-0.9.1-2.fc7.i386.rpm
>
>
>
> So why can't yum find them?

Because you run Fedora 6 and don't have Fedora 7 Development
repositories enabled.

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/repoview/