Getting started with packages...

[Andrew Ball]

Hello,

How do I get started with packages on Yellow Dog Linux?  Here's what I get when
I try to add uucp (for "cu", which in my opinion should be in the base system).

- Andy Ball

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[root at job ~]# yum install uucp
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
extras                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  40 kB    00:19
http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/4.1/base/repodata/primary.xml.gz
: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors t
o try.
[root at job ~]#
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