ydl3, g3 powerbook, yum, kpackage, catch-22. 2nd stab

Sun Jul 6 18:05:00 2003

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I managed to get the ydl3 install to go (I've already re-installed it 3 
times, trying to find what I wanted), but now have a quandry about installing other 
rpm packages:

1) KPackage  (which was a good thing in ydl2.3)  seems to have gone away, so 
I can't use that nifty graphical package installer.
2) rpm doesn't seem to all be there:  --list, doesn't work, so I can't see if 
kpackage is really in the build of kdeadmin.*.rpm that came with ydl3.
3) I can't use yum nor apt-get: I only have an Aol account at the house 
(whihc is linux-resistant), and I have yet to succeed at getting through the NT 
network firewalls (will yum work with firewall authentication? Haven't seen it 
yet), which I haven't accomplished on the ydl box yet.
4) I can (have to) install stuff off of CD - I can download the world into my 
NT box at the office, burn it to cd, and install it from there. Only I can't: 
yum -C is still trying to find the web/ftp sites. Which I can't get to. 
5) And rpm keeps saying I need to install other packages, which I already 
have installed. And it seems to be a bit confused:  rpm --install kdeadmin.*.rpm  
will say it is already installed, but rpm --query kdeadmin.*.rpm says it is 
not installed.

It's a handy catch-22 in 5 easy steps.

Obviously, I'm new - any ideas?

-bjc

btw, This is all on a G3 Lombard powerbook

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1) KPackage&nbsp; (which was a good thing in ydl2.3)&nbsp; seems to have gon=
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2) rpm doesn't seem to all be there:&nbsp; --list, doesn't work, so I can't=20=
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3) I can't use yum nor apt-get: I only have an Aol account at the house (whi=
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network firewalls (will yum work with firewall authentication? Haven't seen=20=
it yet), which I haven't accomplished on the ydl box yet.<BR>
4) I can (have to) install stuff off of CD - I can download the world into m=
y NT box at the office, burn it to cd, and install it from there. Only I can=
't: yum -C is still trying to find the web/ftp sites. Which I can't get to.=20=
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5) And rpm keeps saying I need to install other packages, which I already ha=
ve installed. And it seems to be a bit confused:&nbsp; rpm --install kdeadmi=
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pm says it is not installed.<BR>
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It's a handy catch-22 in 5 easy steps.<BR>
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Obviously, I'm new - any ideas?<BR>
<BR>
-bjc<BR>
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btw, This is all on a G3 Lombard powerbook<BR>
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