Fedora n00b -- having problems with yum, commands

[jbrown96]

I've been using Ubuntu for about a year, and I've decided to branch out. I installed the Fedora beta a couple days ago, and I really like it. My wireless network connection (802.1x University network) actually works, so I think I might be switching for good. However, I have a few questions.

Could anyone point me towards a good guide that could help me adapt quicker, so I don't have to ask tons of questions here, particularly about YUM?
I have been trying to run some basic networking commands (iwconfig, ifconfig), and I get error messages, saying that the commands don't exist. Is this a problem with the beta, different way of running commands on Fedora, or something else?
Finally, I can't seem to install any software. System --> Administration --> Add/Remove Software doesn't seem to have any packages available. Furthermore, if I try to change the sources, there are errors about the source being incorrectly configured. Again, beta problems, or am I too dense to figure out what's going on?

I really appreciate all the help

[19bab79]

try /sbin/iwconfig and /sbin/iwconfig. make sure that you are root. do 'man yum' to get your yum commands.

[Seve]

Hello:
You may also want to have a quick read through here as well.
Managing Software with yum

Seve

[jbrown96]

Thanks a lot all. I think I have yum and the commands figured out.
About the sources? I can't install anything with Add/Remove software or yum. I'm posting a couple of screenshots to show what happens. I have the following sources added (I get errors if I try to add more):
Fedora 8.93 - Source
Fedora 8.93 - x86_64
Fedora - Rawhide

yum

[root@doodle ~]# yum install powertop
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: //var/cache/yum/fedora/mirrorlist.txt Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

add/remove software

Unknown error
Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

[krcrouse]

Hi Jbrown,

There is some very good information out there. I usually usually point people to :

http://www.fedorafaq.org/
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f8.html

Both of which refer to Fedora 8. You'll need set up the livna-devel repository to get proprietary modules and updates, codecs, video drivers, etc. The faq's cover it, although I believe the following do the job quickly as well.

;; "Adding the livna repository"
rpm -hiv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

;; "Disable the standard repo by setting enabled=0"
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo

;; "Enable the development repo by settinge enabled=1"
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/livna-devel.repo

There are also repositories at atrpms and freshrpms, but for some reason these are not intercompatible and you can't have more than enabled at one time. There is a project working on it, though (rpm fusion)

Good luck!

[Bacchante]

That works perfectly! Couldn't understand why standard repositories aren't working. It was pretty annoying since yum isn't downloading and updating anything, hope they solve this problem before a full release.