Yum
David C. Hacker, DVM
yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 7 May 2004 19:14:43 -0500
Try downloading the yum rpm from this link and installing it with the
command ' RPM -Uvh '
Then try running yum. It should work then.
http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/freshrpms/RPMS/yum-2.0.5
-1.yd.fr.noarch.rpm
David C. Hacker, DVM
212 N 1st St #2
New Salem, ND 58563
(701) 843-8179
On May 7, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Christopher R. White wrote:
> I downloaded the yum.conf file from freshrpms, renamed my old yum.conf
> file to yum.conf.old and ran yum install yum. Here is the output I
> got
>
> Gathering package information from servers
> Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch -
> freshrpms
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/yum", line 44, in ?
> yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
> File "yummain.py", line 141, in main
> File "clientStuff.py", line 655, in get_package_info_from_servers
> File "clientStuff.py", line 104, in HeaderInfoNevralLoad
> ValueError: unpack List of wrong size
>
> Then blammo, back to shell prompt.
>
> btw, I su'd and ran this as root. Any help? Any ideas? I really
> would like to get this machine updated.
>
> Chris
>
> David C. Hacker, DVM wrote:
>
>> Here is a yum.conf file from freshrpms which should give you access
>> to all needed updates, without having reset errors.
>>
>> http://freshrpms.net/packages/builds/yum/yum-yd.conf
>>
>> Just download it and put it in /etc. You might want to rename your
>> old /etc/yum.conf, just to have it as a backup in case something
>> goes wrong. Once you have the file installed the first thing I
>> would do is ' yum install yum ' Then work on the rest of the
>> updates it will go much faster with the latest version of yum.
>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>> 212 N 1st St #2
>> New Salem, ND 58563
>> (701) 843-8179
>> On May 7, 2004, at 12:51 AM, Christopher R. White wrote:
>>
>>> I too have been unable to use either apt-get or yum to update YDL
>>> 3.0 I followed the directions listed in this email, and continue
>>> to get download errors. Some errors are connection reset by peer,
>>> some are header (near as I can tell anywayz) errors, some, I just
>>> can't tell at all why it fails. I have tried several mirrors, with
>>> the same results each time. If anybody has gotten yum working
>>> properly, perhaps post their yum.conf file. Also, I tried to
>>> download the yum rpm from freshrpms.net, but was unable to get it
>>> to install properly. I'm at the end of my rope and unable to fix
>>> it myself I'm afraid! HELP PLEASE!
>>>
>>> Chris White
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 16:58, JGE wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey there:
>>>>>
>>>> hello
>>>>
>>>>> Finished installing YDL 3.0 on an old PM7500 with a G3 card in it.
>>>>> Having
>>>>> trouble completing updates. I keep getting "connection reset by
>>>>> Peer" Now
>>>>> I started trying about 12:15pm and tried off and on for an hour
>>>>> same
>>>>> thing. I would guess that the server was extremely busy, as it
>>>>> connecting
>>>>> started "getting" headers resolving dependancies and the
>>>>> "connection
>>>>> reset..." Arrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be useful. Can't get "apt-get" update or upgrade to
>>>>> work
>>>>> either for a different reason.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> G. in NJ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Point yum to one of the mirrors from:
>>>> <<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml#sites>>
>>>>
>>>> To do so, you must edit, as root, </etc/yum.conf>. I'll provide an
>>>> example file (my 'old' file, actually) pointed to the Sherbrook
>>>> University mirror (in Quebec, Canada, as its the closest to me I
>>>> could
>>>> find) later on, for your convenience. I suggest you to perform "yum
>>>> install yum" first as it will update yum to 2.0.5-1 who provide a
>>>> yum.conf pointed to ayo.freshrpms by default and that is a good
>>>> thing!
>>>> yum will let you know that the 'new' yum.conf has been created as
>>>> <yum.conf.rpmnew>. You must replace the 'old' file <etc/yum.conf>
>>>> by the
>>>> 'new' one <etc/yum.conf.rpmnew>. Either erase the old then rename
>>>> the
>>>> new as 'yum.conf' or select-all-copy-paste the 'new' file content
>>>> into
>>>> the 'old' one and save changes... I know <yum -c [config file]>
>>>> allow to
>>>> specify the config file to use but I actually never got it to
>>>> work...heh... OK, now you can use yum without 'connection reset by
>>>> Peer
>>>> ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH' keyboard slamming!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ::OLD and modified </etc/yum.conf> file::
>>>>
>>>> [main]
>>>> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
>>>> debuglevel=2
>>>> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
>>>> pkgpolicy=newest
>>>>
>>>> [base]
>>>> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
>>>> #baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/3.0/
>>>> RPMS.main/
>>>> baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yum/3.0/
>>>> RPMS.main/
>>>>
>>>> [updates]
>>>> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 updates
>>>> #baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/3.0/
>>>> RPMS.updates/
>>>> baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yum/3.0/
>>>> RPMS.updates/
>>>> [updates301]
>>>> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 updates
>>>> baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yum/3.0.1/
>>>> update/
>>>>
>>>> [freshrpms]
>>>> name=FreshRPMS
>>>> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/freshrpms/
>>>> ---cut here
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ::NEW and bone-stock </etc/yum.conf> (formerly
>>>> </etc/yum.conf.rpmnew>)::
>>>>
>>>> # $Id: yum-yd.conf,v 1.5 2003/09/18 16:29:06 dude Exp $
>>>>
>>>> [main]
>>>> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
>>>> debuglevel=2
>>>> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
>>>> pkgpolicy=newest
>>>> distroverpkg=yellowdog-release
>>>> gpgcheck=1
>>>> tolerant=1
>>>> exactarch=1
>>>>
>>>> [os]
>>>> name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - os
>>>> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/os
>>>>
>>>> [updates]
>>>> name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - updates
>>>> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/
>>>> updates
>>>>
>>>> [freshrpms]
>>>> name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
>>>> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/
>>>> freshrpms
>>>>
>>>> #[ruffpack]
>>>> #name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - ruffpack
>>>> #baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/
>>>> ruffpack
>>>> --cut here
>>>>
>>>> -Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
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