Howto: Install software (the easy way) YDL 6

[billb]

I went ahead and updated the guide with the new location for fedora-extras.repo. Temporarily removed link to the "ezrepos" rpm package until I have a chance to update it.

[Aeuniko]

I want to install the newest versions of Thunar, Audacious, VLC and Pidgin because all of them within the repositories are outdated. I tried to build Thunar from source but I failed after hours of wasting my time with finding dependencies of packages and trying to compile and install them.
So, if some of you already compiled and installed one of those apps please share your knowledge with the rest of the community to get the newest versions of those apps running on our beloved YDL @ PS3. Thanks in advance!

[jerrystitt]

Ok I got all the way to installing yum install yum-protectbase than i get this

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
http://www.ydl.net/enhanced/yum/6.1/bas ... repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Authorization Required
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base

what do i do

[jerrystitt]

So i redid everything and it all checks out but now when i try to install something it still wont let me and my update says
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
http://www.ydl.net/enhanced/yum/6.1/bas ... repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Authorization Required
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base
what could be the problem
please help im really new to yellowdog

[ppietro]

So i redid everything and it all checks out but now when i try to install something it still wont let me and my update says
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
http://www.ydl.net/enhanced/yum/6.1/bas ... repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Authorization Required
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base
what could be the problem
please help im really new to yellowdog

Do you have a YDL.net account? If not, you probably selected that you did during the installation. This confuses YDL.

If I remember correctly, you shouldn't have to re-install. You will need to edit your yellowdog-base.repo, yellowdog-extras.repo, and yellowdog-updates.repo to match the listings in the first post of this thread. Those listings are for non-YDL.net accounts.

There is a step-by-step guide to fixing that issue here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4785

Scroll down to the [Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Authorization Required section.

Cheers,
Paul

[jerrystitt]

Thank you so much.. illl try this out im at my brothers.. soo it will take me a couple of weeks to get back with you but if all goes well which im sure it will being youve helped so many people out ill def let yall know

[Efaustus9]

It was broken for a short time last week, too. Was considering updating guide with that but then it started working again ... will probably update guide and ezrepos rpm today. Thanks.

did you ever update the ezrepos billb?

[billb]

did you ever update the ezrepos billb?

Still haven't updated it. Will try to get that done soon.

[4789787]

hey i get this error when i try to do the first command of protect base or whatever

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 80, in main
base.getOptionsConfig(args)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 177, in getOptionsConfig
self.doConfigSetup(fn=opts.conffile, root=root)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 104, in doConfigSetup
self.getReposFromConfig()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 135, in getReposFromConfig
parser.read(files)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/parser.py", line 225, in read
IncludingConfigParser.read(self,filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/parser.py", line 126, in read
ConfigParser.read(self,filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/ConfigParser.py", line 267, in read
self._read(fp, filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/ConfigParser.py", line 462, in _read
raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line)
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: ///etc/yum.repos.d/livna-stable.repo, line: 1

[billb]

Make sure there are no blank lines or spaces at the beginning of your livna-stable.repo file.

[jerrystitt]

So I ended up reinstalling from my previous post.. since than ive got youtube working snesgtk working i have my sixaxis working through bluetooth.. and well i tried to set up wahcade but it didnt come out right so ill be trying that when i get some more time on my hands between fallout 3 and linux takes up all my time lol

[gibroni]

Hi, I unknowingly installed YDL 6.1 on my PS3 80GB and had a lot of problems. I switched to 6.2 using a new install DVD and the results are much better (more performance and less errors especially using KDE). The big problem I'm having is that every time I do a yum update or try a yum install it takes forever and usually the wireless signal drops out. Unless I constantly monitor with pings and 'wicd' I never get a clean download (it took an hour to get the gstreamer bad/ugly plugins). My router (D-LINK DGL-4300) doesn't show any unusual errors. The signal drop also occurs when I do some heavy web browsing. A a footnote, my wireless laptop works fine when I use it in the same room/area (3-5 bars signal strength). Also, I used a wireless tuturial I found in this forum. I was wondering, is it possible, to download a rpm (on another computer) and use yum to install it? Would it list the dependencies? What would be the best site to get the software from? As an example, I would like to VLC and some of the libraries/plugins that go with it. I tried disabling the other repositories (like fedora-extras) with no noticeable results. Anyway, until I get the wireless issue solved are there any suggestions? By the way, as a newbie, I was impressed that Yellowdog was able to read my 1TB WD NTFS drive with my giving it a mount command. (PS3 80GB F/W 3.0 720P YDL 6.2)

[bonedome]

Hello

I was wondering, is it possible, to download a rpm (on another computer) and use yum to install it? Would it list the dependencies?

I think it would be possible to install using "software installer" but I'm not sure if you still need an internet connection, if there are missing dependencies I can't remember if they're listed or if it just says "missing dependencies".
The best place to look for rpm's would be the actual repos themselves, look in /etc/yum.repos.d copy and paste the address in the browser, you know the rest

[gibroni]

Good suggestion. I hope I don't have go that route but at least it is something. Thank you for your time.

[suruikm]

thx a lot.....i need it .. have chinese type????? like all