Solving problems with Installing Software

[Jester]

Try yum install intltool
If you run again and an error about GTK2.0+ development headers, you may need to install some extra stuff. Billb had posted a fix elsewhere:
Try yum install SDL-devel expat-devel zlib-devel libGL-devel gtk2-devel GConf2-devel
And re-run.

this next paragraph isn't really needed just a recount of me trying to configure pidgin-2.5.8 after this new light has been shed, it is quite fun though if you ask me.

So I just saw this post a little earlier today and decided to give it a shot for kicks and giggles. Why not right? It was intense to say the least, also a good learning experience. so yum install intltool and then I don't have gstreamer development tools. yum install gstreamer-devel. Next up is ... bare with me for a sec ... Meanwhile devel support, yum install meanwhile-devel "nothing to do". crap... well lets see what happens if I ./configure --disable-meanwhile. Not quite avahi devel tools missing (it said for Bonjour). So "yum install avahi-devel" awesome "nothing to do" ... "./configure --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi ... Now I am lacking NetworkManager devel tools. yum install NetworkManager-devel "nothing to do" ... well now I might be in trouble, lets go ahead and do it "./configure --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-nm" ... nope now I need Tcl devel tools. "yum install tcl-devel" shibby "nothing to do"

"man it's over you win pidgin. just wait I will have a round 30 whether you like it or not!!!" lol good times that was.

but this brings me to a question about yum. Does it matter where you run it from? i.e I was getting sick of cd ../.. cd pidgin-im/pidgin-2.5.8 so I started just running yum install from [root@localhost pidgin-2.5.8]. Would that affect the results of the yum command? Maybe perhaps where it is installing the software or not being able to run properly?

[ppietro]

but this brings me to a question about yum. Does it matter where you run it from?

Nope - as long as you're root user - it doesn't matter where you run it.

Cheers,
Paul

[billb]

Pidgin and associated packages have been updated to the latest release ( 2.5.8 ) on the ps3bodega repo -- tested OK on YDL 6.1 and 6.2.

[deepeez]

[MODERATOR EDIT: Adding [ code] tags to improve readability -Paul]

hello,
just wanted to say thanks for this great forum. i am total noob to linux so it's been a great help. i did have a problem so i was just wondering if anyone knew what was going on. i got all my repos working, according to "yum repolist" anyway, and protect base, but as soon as i try to do anything with yum, it locks up or ends up taking forever - like, an hour to give me a "yum list". as i narrowed it down to the fedora-extras repo, bc as soon as i disable that one, yum works fine with no hangups.

here is my fedora repo:

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[fedora-extras]
name=Fedora Extras
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-6&arch=ppc
baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/extras/6/ppc/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
protect=0
exclude=finch pidgin libpurple libpurple-perl libpurple-tcl pidgin-perl \
   libpurple-devel finch-devel pidgin-devel libsmi libsmi-devel oddjob  \
   pyxdg lzo lzo-devel cvsps convmv nautilus-open-terminal gtk+ gtk+-devel \
   perl-Pod-Escapes netlabel_tools freeglut-devel freeglut perl-Pod-Simple \
   perl-PAR-Dist perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder keyutils-libs keyutils \
   keyutils-libs-devel gnash scribus splint scribus-devel perl-YAML \
   perl-Pod-Coverage conman gnash-plugin libibverbs oddjob-libs libhugetlbfs \
   libibverbs-utils libibverbs-devel oddjob-devel asciidoc perl-Error exim \
   glib tla mesa-libGLw mesa-libGLw-devel exim-doc hatari sblim-testsuite \
   perl-Module-Build help2man perl-Test-Pod libmthca-devel libmthca git \
   git-cvs git-gui git-svn git-arch git-email gitk perl-Git meanwhile-doc \
   meanwhile-devel meanwhile Canna exim-mon perl-Test-Pod-Coverage glib-devel \
   lsscsi sabayon-apply sabayon sblim-cmpi-devel sblim-wbemcli \
   sblim-cmpi-base-test sblim-cmpi-base-devel sblim-cmpi-base aide ddd \
   Canna-devel liberation-fonts Canna-libs mod_nss imlib2-devel imlib2 \
   gstreamer-python openvpn qt4 qt4-postgresql qt4-odbc qt4-mysql qt4-devel \
   qt4-sqlite qt4-doc blas-devel blas lapack lapack-devel \
   perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS python-imaging-devel python-imaging \
   python-setuptools gdk-pixbuf-devel gdk-pixbuf python-iniparse \
   cyrus-imapd-utils cyrus-imapd-perl cyrus-imapd-devel cyrus-imapd \
   yum-cron apmud

on a related or unrelated note, i do get an email after i quit out of yum saying:
/etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron:
mcelog: warning: Cannot parse /proc/cpuinfo

man, this linux stuff can be confusing. thanks a lot in advance!

[CronoCloud]

but as soon as i try to do anything with yum, it locks up or ends up taking forever - like, an hour to give me a "yum list". as i narrowed it down to the fedora-extras repo, bc as soon as i disable that one, yum works fine with no hangups.

Yep, Fedora Extras slows it down, especially with protectbase installed.

on a related or unrelated note, i do get an email after i quit out of yum saying:
/etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron:
mcelog: warning: Cannot parse /proc/cpuinfo

I've seen that one, I don't think it's a critical issue that's anything to worry about.

man, this linux stuff can be confusing.

Yep.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[rt82]

I'm having problems with the yum installer. I followed all the instructions in the other thread regarding easy software installation. All worked great but afterward yum stopped working properly. Yum does no longer download the installation files and package manager and software updater both hang with "retrieving information." I tried manually installing files and like I said it doesn't download them, here is an example:

[root@localhost rt82]# sudo yum install unrar
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Excluding Packages from Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from Fedora Extras
Finished

If I'm not mistaken after it says "Finished" it still has to download files etc. Using yum previously that was the result and it brought me back to the root where I can type, however now it just stops at "finished" and I cannot enter more commands. I'm thinking these two problems are related since they both hang. Anyone has any ideas?

[deepeez]

@chronocloud:
thanks for the reply. i figured it had something to do the protectbase. turns out if i just wait long enough, it'll finish eventually.

@rt82:
that's the same problem i had. like chronocloud said, it's because it's checking all the protections. apparently there's a lot of duplicates in the yellowdog-extras repo. basically if you let it sit there after it says "finished" it'll eventually finish.

the problem i've been running into is that when i try to install things like mplayer, there will be many unresolved dependencies bc the yellowdog-extras repo seems to have more up to date files than fedora. i'm still too new at this to know if this was a bad idea, but i ended up disabling the yellowdog-extras repo so mplayer would install correctly. seems to work ok for now.

if anyone has any better ideas, i'd love to know. thanks.

[Mattblack]

Hello

I would first like to offer my thanks to the forum. I have installed YDL 6.1 on my PS3 with little to no problems thanks to guides, forum and help. I have a basic understanding of computers but I am a newbee.

I sorted the wicd patch, I got you tube working. + v ram swap... I'm still messing with 1080p graphics on 37" tv... it appears very small but think I will be able to sort this when I read more, auto (0)uses 720p but full screen cuts off - as expected from other posts, can this be fixed in 1080p mode? Anyway, I am stck with and most interested in fixing is....

I have a load of old south park I can not play on my ps3 os. It will play the new AVI files. In YDL I can now see the files but VLC player will only give me audio... I found this site for additional codecs I need but still only get audio... I notice the repos are totally different but I suspect this is not the problem? A little info about would help my understanding.

http://news.softpedia.com/newsPDF/How-t ... 101664.pdf

Do I need to uninstall (then re-install) the VLC player? Is the command yum uninstall vlc?

Thanks again
Matt

[bonedome]

Hello
no need to uninstall, I think the quickest easiest way to get all the codecs you need is to install mplayer and ffmpeg from the repos
read viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6890#p34827

[Mattblack]

Hi There

thanks for the reply.

I have installed the mplayer and mplayerplug-in. When I try to run the files (that are saved on an extrenal HD) using the custom command after right clicking I can only hear the audio and I have no way to stop it without rebooting.

Your help is appreciated... (I have also sorted the font size out on 1080p

Matt

[bonedome]

Hello
we're straying slightly off topic here, but, I don't use an external hd so I'm not sure that isn't the problem, as for mplayer, there should be a hidden file in your home directory called .mplayer and in it should be a file called config, which will say something like "put your personal preferences in here" cut and paste this into it

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##
## MPlayer config file
##
## This file can be copied to /usr/local/etc/mplayer.conf and/or ~/.mplayer/config .
## If both exist, the ~/.mplayer/config's settings override the
## /usr/local/etc/mplayer.conf ones. And, of course command line overrides all.
## The options are the same as in the command line, but they can be specified
## more flexibly here. See below.
##

vo=sdl # To specify default video driver (see -vo help for
# list)
ao=alsa # To specify default audio driver (see -ao help for
# list)

#fs=yes # Enlarges movie window to your desktop's size.
# Used by drivers: all

vm=yes # Tries to change to a different videomode
# Used by drivers: dga2, x11, sdl

#bpp=24 # Force changing display depth.
# Valid settings are: 0, 15, 16, 24, 32
# may need 'vm=yes' too.
# Used by drivers: fbdev, dga2, svga, vesa

zoom=yes # Enable software scaling (powerful CPU needed)
# Used by drivers: svga, x11, vesa

double=yes # use double-buffering (recommended for xv with
# SUB/OSD usage)

# monitoraspect=4:3 # standard monitor size, with square pixels
monitoraspect=16:9 # use this for widescreen monitor! non-square pixels

##
## Use GUI mode by default
##

gui = no

[plugin]
autosync=0
mc=0
correct-pts=yes







I have it set to start in fullscreen, if you want it to start windowed put a # in front of zoom.
Also with no gui you'll need some keyboard commands type

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mplayer -h

for the most common used commands e.g q=quit
btw did you install ffmpeg ? mplayer calls on ffmpeg a lot
Hope this helps

[droidXIVpny]

Okay im having trouble installing Transmission. To be frank... any software since I can't access my Package Manager. Whenever I try to open it, it says " Another application is running which is accessing software information" . It happened after the following:
*Installed fresh YDL 6.2
*Followed EASY install software
*auto update from Updater
So... how do you fix this? Any help will be appreciated.
here's my code

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Password:
[root@localhost ~]# more /etc/yum.repos.d/*
::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/dribble.repo
::::::::::::::
[dribble]
name=Dribble for Fedora 7 - ppc
baseurl=http://dribble.org.uk/repo/7/ppc
enabled=1
protect=0
gpgcheck=0
::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras.repo
::::::::::::::
[fedora-extras]
name=Fedora Extras
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-6&arch=ppc
baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/extras/6/ppc/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
protect=0
exclude=finch pidgin libpurple libpurple-perl libpurple-tcl pidgin-perl \
   libpurple-devel finch-devel pidgin-devel libsmi libsmi-devel oddjob  \
   pyxdg lzo lzo-devel cvsps convmv nautilus-open-terminal gtk+ gtk+-devel \
   perl-Pod-Escapes netlabel_tools freeglut-devel freeglut perl-Pod-Simple \
   perl-PAR-Dist perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder keyutils-libs keyutils \
   keyutils-libs-devel gnash scribus splint scribus-devel perl-YAML \
   perl-Pod-Coverage conman gnash-plugin libibverbs oddjob-libs libhugetlbfs \
   libibverbs-utils libibverbs-devel oddjob-devel asciidoc perl-Error exim \
   glib tla mesa-libGLw mesa-libGLw-devel exim-doc hatari sblim-testsuite \
   perl-Module-Build help2man perl-Test-Pod libmthca-devel libmthca git \
   git-cvs git-gui git-svn git-arch git-email gitk perl-Git meanwhile-doc \
   meanwhile-devel meanwhile Canna exim-mon perl-Test-Pod-Coverage glib-devel \
   lsscsi sabayon-apply sabayon sblim-cmpi-devel sblim-wbemcli \
   sblim-cmpi-base-test sblim-cmpi-base-devel sblim-cmpi-base aide ddd \
   Canna-devel liberation-fonts Canna-libs mod_nss imlib2-devel imlib2 \
   gstreamer-python openvpn qt4 qt4-postgresql qt4-odbc qt4-mysql qt4-devel \
   qt4-sqlite qt4-doc blas-devel blas lapack lapack-devel \
   perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS python-imaging-devel python-imaging \
   python-setuptools gdk-pixbuf-devel gdk-pixbuf python-iniparse \
   cyrus-imapd-utils cyrus-imapd-perl cyrus-imapd-devel cyrus-imapd \
   yum-cron apmud
::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/livna-stable.repo
::::::::::::::
[livna-stable]
name=Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base
baseurl=
   http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/
   http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/ppc/
   http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/6/ppc/
   http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/
   ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-6
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
protect=0
::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-base.repo
::::::::::::::
#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[base]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Base
mirrorlist=http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/yd62-base-mlist
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
protect=1
::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-extras.repo
::::::::::::::
#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[extras]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Extras
mirrorlist=http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/yd62-extras-mlist
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
protect=1
::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-updates.repo
::::::::::::::
#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Updates
mirrorlist=http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/yd62-updates-mlist
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
protect=1


[ppietro]

Okay im having trouble installing Transmission. To be frank... any software since I can't access my Package Manager. Whenever I try to open it, it says " Another application is running which is accessing software information" .

Are you running Gnome, by any chance? Gnome checks for software updates when you first start it. Until that check is done, you can't run Package Manager.

If you are running Gnome, look for an icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen that looks like a cardboard box. You should be able to right click it, and Quit it. Then, try Add/Remove Software again.

Cheers,
Paul

[droidXIVpny]

Are you running Gnome, by any chance? Gnome checks for software updates when you first start it. Until that check is done, you can't run Package Manager.

If you are running Gnome, look for an icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen that looks like a cardboard box. You should be able to right click it, and Quit it. Then, try Add/Remove Software again.

Yes, i'm running Gnome. I'm not sure if I did the update right away after using Gnome for the first time tho.

And for the icon on the upper right hand corner... I don't see any thing that looks like a cardboard box. Only the Bluetooth manager, WLAN, and the Authorization thing (which popped up after trying to run Package Manager). Besides that nothing. Can't do Software update either.

[billb]

Have you tried disabling automatic updates? You can do that from a terminal window with:

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su -

<enter root password>

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chkconfig yum-updatesd off

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exit

Also, when using those third-party repos with YDL 6.2, protectbase takes about 15 minutes to exclude packages -- including when automatic updater is looking for updates. One way around this seems to be disabling the yellowdog-extras repo (edit the file and change enabled=1 to enabled=0).

Another alternative would be to simply not use protectbase at all -- I've tried to manually exclude any packages from fedora-extras that cause problems for YDL, but I'm not positive I got them all.