Getting started with packages...

[Eric Dunbar]

On 04/09/06, Andrew Ball <xless at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [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 to try.
> [root at job ~]#

You'll want to update your /etc/yum.conf file to point to
non-Terrasoft repositories.

Check out this post for details:
http://www.mail-archive.com/yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/msg01154.html

You can try the repositories listed below from my yum.conf file (I
picked usherbrooke because it is only one province away from me):

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
exclude=kernel-g5*

#[base]
#name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Base
#baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/4.0/base/
#
#[updates]
#name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Updates
#baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/4.0/update/
#
#[extras]
#name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Extras
#baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/4.0/extras/

[base]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Base
baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yum/4.0/base/

[updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Updates
baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yum/4.0/update/

[extras]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Extras
baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yum/4.0/extras/

[freshrpms]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 FreshRPMs
baseurl=http://ayo.uk3.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/4.0/ppc/freshrpms/

[freshrpms_os]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 FreshRPMs OS
baseurl=http://ayo.uk3.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/4.0/ppc/os/

[freshrpms_updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 FreshRPMs Updates
baseurl=http://ayo.uk3.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/4.0/ppc/updates/