Add/Remove software - Unable to retreive software information

WebWind · #1 24th March 2006, 08:10 AM

After fresh install of FC5 on my HP nc 6120 i click on Add / Remove Software in Aplications menu. Message wos simple "Unable ti retrieve software information".
Can anyone tell me how can I manage my software.
Yum is not working too. After setiing up respositories YUM "Cannot find a valid base url for repo: core".

arwen · #2 24th March 2006, 08:39 AM

I know that pirut works if you use it as root and if the PC is connected to the net.
I don't know how to install programs from the DVD of FC5?
On the FC3 there was an application in order to add or to remove the software supplied with the DVD of installation.

SlowJet · #3 24th March 2006, 08:40 AM

If you installed FC5 fesh, the repos are ready for yum.
Plus a few other - look in /etc/yum.repos.d

Add / remove software is for installing more from the CD or dvd that was not installed orginally.
Did you have the CD in the drive?

Yum is working but there is only a few updates for FC5 so you are not missing much.
There will be a bunch after they are tested.

Here is my yum stuff that was created by fedora-release-5-5 rpm

cat yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

cd yum.repos.d
[root@Jovette-14 yum.repos.d]# dir
fedora-core.repo * fedora-legacy.repo
fedora-development.repo fedora-updates.repo *
fedora-extras-development.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora-extras.repo *

the ones with the * are enabled by default

Here is an example of fedora-updates.repo (note there is really 3 repos per but debug and source is dNOT enabled.)

cat fedora-updates.repo
[updates]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-source]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - Updates Source
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/SRPMS/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

mit · #4 24th March 2006, 10:15 AM

Add / Install software is the same as 'pirut' and it cant install software from the DVD/CD's.
Only from yum repositories.
The problem is most likely that most of the fedora mirrors is very busy, because of all the people downloading FC5 iso's

.
Just run the same yum command again and again, until it finds a mirror responding.

SlowJet · #5 24th March 2006, 11:00 AM

Humm , seems to be several missing items on the menu's.
Configuration editor - needed to set samba workgroup name.
Menu editor - needed to add configuation editor and what ever else is missing.

3 items about software and the labels are meningless.
It's as if no one ever looked at what they created.

SJ

RahulSundaram · #6 24th March 2006, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlowJet

Humm , seems to be several missing items on the menu's.
Configuration editor - needed to set samba workgroup name.
Menu editor - needed to add configuation editor and what ever else is missing.

3 items about software and the labels are meningless.
It's as if no one ever looked at what they created.

SJ

By Configuration editor I suppose you mean gconf-editor?. That isnt installed by default. You need to run

# yum install gconf-editor

Menu editor in GNOME? Just right click on the menu bar in the panel

Which 3 items are meaningless?

WebWind · #7 24th March 2006, 12:37 PM

After click on Add / Remove software you can see lins of installed sw from instalation CDs by categories. You can choose what to remove and what to add. After that system ask for cd 1 or cd 3 (depends on what is chosen to install).
My system can not display anything in that window. Istead of that there is an error message "Unable to retreive software information".

Any othe ideas?

Paul_Vandenberg · #8 24th March 2006, 12:47 PM

You can use Pirut to install from your DVD if you configure it as a Yum repo. Give it the baseurl of file:///media/disk. The only problem is that your DVD must be inserted in order to use Pirut. Therefore, I disable it by default and enable it only when I want to install something significant from my DVD. I don't know how well this works with the 5 CDs, but with the one DVD, it works great.

Paul

WebWind · #9 24th March 2006, 02:22 PM

Maybe there is a proxy and domain configuration problem.
I tried som configuration with no success.

How can I do that?

pinda · #10 14th April 2006, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mit

Add / Install software is the same as 'pirut' and it cant install software from the DVD/CD's.
Only from yum repositories.
The problem is most likely that most of the fedora mirrors is very busy, because of all the people downloading FC5 iso's

.
Just run the same yum command again and again, until it finds a mirror responding.

I am very new to linux and the closest thing to it for me is DOS 3.1. Can anyone tell me if i have to be connected to the internet to use the Add/ Remove software. I am currently using Fedora 5 and Gnome. I am getting a similar problem in that I get and error message "Unable to retrieve updates." Can anyone explain what are yum repositories??????????

u-noneinc-s · #11 15th April 2006, 12:13 AM

pinda: Yes you have to be connected to the internet or you have to create a local repo from your CD/DVD, or as Paul_Vandenberg said above,

Quote:

You can use Pirut to install from your DVD if you configure it as a Yum repo. Give it the baseurl of file:///media/disk. The only problem is that your DVD must be inserted in order to use Pirut. Therefore, I disable it by default and enable it only when I want to install something significant from my DVD. I don't know how well this works with the 5 CDs, but with the one DVD, it works great.

.
I have not tried that.

Paul_Vandenberg: can you give us an example of how to do this. Is this in your yum.repos.d as dvd.repo with enable-0 or is it in the yum.conf. Do you use it like yum --enablerepo=dvd.repo or do you edit it to enable it, use it then edit it to disable it again? will it work with the auto-mount FC5 uses or do I need an fstab entry for the
device to get mounted?

micheline · #12 20th May 2006, 02:17 AM

Hi,
I had some problem with Add/Remove Software and I found the solution on the french fedora forum, you have to install the key control it's the remi release package, you could find it on that site :

http://remi.collet.free.fr/index.php...llation-et-yum

I install it and everthing is working find now.