[wplug] Core 6 Package Manager Problem Resolved

[Bryan J. Smith]

"Weber, Lawrence A" <laweber at switch.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the help with my FC 6 package manager problem.
> I was not able to get it to work locally (files from CD) but I was
> able to get it to work over the net. 
> I had use the GUI (Systems, Preferences, Network Proxy) to set our
> network proxy and authentication values, so I assumed yum and the
> package manager would have those values. I was wrong.

Nope.  GNOME (GUI) and system-level are distinctly separate.

> After setting the http_proxy value, I was able to get yum to work
> from the command line.  The app I needed and all dependencies
> installed nicely.
> The Package Manager GUI still does not work, I probably need to set
> the proxy and password someplace else.

The YUM-enabled Package GUI is relatively immature, more so in Fedora
Core 5 and 6 than Fedora 7, hence my _highest_ recommendation to move
to Fedora 7.  ;)

> Now to get the USB ports working with my CompactFlash
> reader/writer.

I don't see why that isn't working.  What did you try to do?

> This event has reminded me how long I have been using Linux
> and how little I still know about some very fundamental things.

Actually, what you are running into are Red Hat'isms, as with any
vendor/distro-specific redistribution tools.

It doesn't help that Red Hat only recently added YUM capabilities to
its GUI tools circa Fedora Core 5, and has been "hacking" them in
each version since.  There isn't really a "standard" YUM GUI,
although the Fedora 7 tools are decent enough now.

This is particular sad since YUM-RPM (CLI) has been in since Fedora
Core 1.  Previously Red Hat had a GUI for RPM, but not YUM, through
Fedora Core 4 or so.


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