[wplug] Code 6 Package Manager

[Weber, Lawrence A]

I have use rpm, usually successfully in the past.  Finding the desired
package on the distro CD's would be the problem.

Haven't tried yum so I don't know if it is any better.  yumex is
apparently not installed.  


-laweber

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Billings
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:01 PM
To: General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] Code 6 Package Manager

Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
> When I open PM, I get an error message saying that it cannot access 
> the network.  Clearing the error window closes PM.  The PC has 
> internet access and I set the network proxy and authentication config.

> It cannot access company network drives but does have internet access 
> if it is using the username/password from the authentication info.

Package Manager (pirut) is just a graphical front end interface to
'yum'.  Most likely, it is trying to update the list of packages when it
starts up, and since your yum configuration has network repositories in
it, it will only work if it can access the network.

It will need to have proxy information stored in /etc/yum.conf,
otherwise it won't be able to use the network.

Either you need to set yum to use the proxy, or install the package
manually using command line tools such as 'rpm' or 'yum'.  What would
you prefer?

I also suggest using the 'yumex' graphical package manager, it'll give
you much more flexibility.

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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>
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