[ydl-gen] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: My gcc3.4.4 installation screwed upon ydl4.1

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Vincent:
Anaconda is the name of the standard install program used; it is  
located within the install YDL CDs.  The moment you are booting up  
from the install CDs to reinstall YDL -- you are in Anaconda.

That's not as important as getting your system working again.  It may  
be wise to do a backup of your Home directory and documents you may  
have created.  Or programs you may have written.  Get the reinstall  
done and then restore the files you backed up.

Cry later.  Get the work over with.  Believe me, I've been through  
this more times than I'd like to admit.  You've my compassion.
Once it's all done you'll cry less because you'll have your system  
back, you can work again and you'll not make that mistake again.

Or God forbid, at least one more time, until you've absolutely never  
do that error again.  It sounds silly, but keep a technical notebook  
of your efforts somewhere and put a post-it note or highlight on a  
page discussing this problem and what it takes to resolve it.  Even  
if you forget it, at least a record reminding you of the consequences  
will be there.

Good Luck... Derick.


On Feb 7, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Vincent Li wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Derick Centeno wrote:
>
>> Hi Joshua:
>>
>> I'm sympathetic that he may have some things rather unique to his
>> setup; but rpm will not pull in all the other associated dependent
>> programs necessary to make compilation successful within the 4.1
>> environment, or any environment for that matter.
>> He needs yum.  And since he crippled yum there is no other easy
>> resolution other than a full reinstall or reinstalling just those
>> packages he actually uses.
>
> Yeah, my yum totally crippled by me.
>
>>
>> He may not need say the games within KDE, so he can leave that out.
>> You obviously get the picture...
>>
>> Anaconda can help him reinstall just the stuff he wants and next time
>> he'll be more careful when removing things from his system.
>>
>
> Where is the Anaconda located?
>
>> While we are discussing this it's a good idea to remember to use rpm
>> to remove specific packages, not yum.  Yum is great for installing
>> stuff and finding all the things (dependencies and subdependencies) a
>> certain package needs.  However, what makes yum great as an installer
>> makes it a devil to pay when it's used to remove programs.  Yum not
>> only removes the package you wish removed, but will remove the
>> dependencies that package uses and related dependencies other related
>> programs need as well -- and it keeps going!  And when you discover
>> you need a program, a daemon or whatever you find it crippled, gone
>> or worse.
>>
>> That's apparently what happened.  This has happened to me at least
>> twice, but once I understood how yum behaves I just don't run yum to
>> remove anything.
>
> I should have known this before I type yum remove :(
>
>
>> Of course, we are not in Vincent's predicament.  However, a working
>> version of YDL 4.1 is always better than whatever crippled version he
>> has now missing whatever unknowns -- working and living that way is
>> worse than living with sink holes.  At least, starting from scratch
>> with a pristine install of YDL 4.1 he'll have a solid working no-
>> nonsense system.
>>
>> It's a pain to go that route to be sure, but I don't think he really
>> has all that much of a choice given what's he described.
>>
>
> :(
>
> Vincent
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