yum puzzle

[Timothy Murphy]

Michael Schwendt wrote:

>> [tim at elizabeth ~]$ sudo yum install kdebase-devel
>> Loading "downloadonly" plugin
>> Loading "presto" plugin
>> Loading "merge-conf" plugin
>> Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
>> Loading "changelog" plugin
>> Loading "refresh-updatesd" plugin
>> Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
>> Loading "tsflags" plugin
>> Loading "protectbase" plugin
>> Loading "skip-broken" plugin
>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>> Loading "basearchonly" plugin
>> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
>> Loading "security" plugin
>> Loading "protect-packages" plugin
>> Loading "priorities" plugin
>> Setting up Presto
...
> Too many plugins for my taste. Even Presto enabled. Can't comment on that.

I tend to agree.
However, I did try "yum --noplugins install kdebase-devel"
and it didn't improve matters.

I think I ran "yum install yum*" at some stage
to see if that would cure my problem.