Package installer and Software Updater woes

[dave k]

Hi, I have an entirely fresh installation of Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 on my PS3 and I'm having a lot of trouble with it. The most of the worries are dealing with the Package Installer, Package Manager, and Software Updater, three types of programs which I apparently took for granted in the past. I am a new Linux user which makes all of this even more mystifying and frustrating. Every time I open any of these programs, whether it be directly from Enlightenment, GNOME, or as the appropriate program to open a file, (i.e. I double click the file, it opens, then promptly and consistently quits with an error message.) The Add/Remove Programs window does the following. I will click it, a smaller window comes up saying Retrieving Software Info. An error then appears saying "unable to retrieve software information, this could be caused by not having a network connection available." I do have a network connection. I am writing you this email right now from the PS3 on Mozilla. This is the
 same message I recieve from "pup", or the software updater. I downloaded "yum" as apparently that is something I need, but when I click on a file, (a "package designed to opened with Software Installer), the "installing Packages" window will then claim there are no packages. There are plenty of other things about YDL that bother me as well but I'm willing to ignore them until I am able to get at LEAST the basics working. What do I need to do? Which configurations must I change? Please help me.

                                                                                                Thanks,
                                                                                                     David Kasofsky

 
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