how do i manually update ydl

[snodgrss1984]

i know i have to use the terminal i am not sure if it is in how to but i couldnt find it. how do i manually update ydl because i heard you can have ydl 6.1

[ppietro]

i know i have to use the terminal i am not sure if it is in how to but i couldnt find it. how do i manually update ydl because i heard you can have ydl 6.1

None of us have had a chance to try the 6.1 to 6.2 YUM update yet - since the 6.2 release hasn't hit the free mirrors yet.

I did document my 6.0 to 6.1 upgrade here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4382#p23822

Cheers,
Paul

[snodgrss1984]

thanks paul i will try that you seem to be the one that helps with everything have a awsome day

[snodgrss1984]

i tried sudo yum update but it says im not in the sudoers file

[snodgrss1984]

yea i just tried everything my updater is messed up cant find any server

[ppietro]

i tried sudo yum update but it says im not in the sudoers file

sudo is not set up by default on Red Hat-based systems like YDL. However - folks that are used to Debian-based systems - like Ubuntu - enable it on their YDL systems.

Normally, when you see a sudo command, you would just switch to root user with the su command, then issue the next part of the command: yum update

Cheers,
Paul

[ppietro]

yea i just tried everything my updater is messed up cant find any server

What are you trying to update to? 6.2 isn't quite out yet - the server directories are blank, last time I checked.

If you're trying to update from 6.0 to 6.1, you will have to do this:

1. Disable all third party repos. Turn off ps3bodega, dribble, livna, fedora, etc. All must be set enabled=0
2. Disable your current YDL repos. If you're running 6.0, you must set enabled=0 to yellowdog-base, yellowdog-extras, yellowdog-update.
3. Create new YDL 6.1 repos. Here's a link showing my new 6.1 repos and my disabled 6.0 repos:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4382&start=15#p23070
4. Open a terminal window and switch to root using su command.
5. As root, run yum update
6. Resolve any package errors - I had issues with gFORTRAN *lol*
7. Run yum update again, if necessary.

Be sure to back up your /home and /root directories before you try this. If something goes wrong, you'll want copies of those.

Cheers,
Paul

[snodgrss1984]

thanks paul is there any tutorial on how to do each of those steps and could you send me links somehow

[ppietro]

thanks paul is there any tutorial on how to do each of those steps and could you send me links somehow

Nope - no tutorial nor links.

Cheers,
Paul

[snodgrss1984]

i cant update software because of this i dont know how to fix that it says could be caused by no connection and has a error touch or something

[ppietro]

i cant update software because of this i dont know how to fix that it says could be caused by no connection and has a error touch or something

I can't answer because there's stuff that i don't know what you've done that says it can't be solved by looking at this no information or something?

Cheers,
Paul

P.S. Details, man, details. Exact error messages and detailed steps you used to try to update. Text captures directly from your terminal window would be preferred.