install errors after upgrade from 5.0 to 6.1

[bearusa]

hi all,

i recently upgraded from 5.0 to 6.1 and have an error whilst trying to use YUM , when trying to use yum it says,
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Config Error: Error accessing file for config file://///etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-updates.repo
i have no idea how to fix this im a newb at linux yellowdog for ps3, i read a tutorial to re configure yum but when i try an open a folder as in computer>system>etc>yum.conf it will not let me in the folder and says permmision denied
any one help on this please,
thanks and regards
bear,
apologies if posted in wrong place,

[billb]

You have to be the "root" user to install software using yum or edit files outside your home directory (/home/yourusername) ... so use this command first:

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su -

(and don't forget to add the hyphen)
<enter your root password>

Then to edit a file, use:

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gedit /path/to/filename

(replacing "/path/to/filename" with the actual filename)

Also, there's a problem with the permissions on the yellowdog repo files for YDL 6.1 (for public mirror users only) -- on YDL 5.x and 6.0 you could run a yum search as a regular user, but not on 6.1. See here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4529