yum command is not working

[coolarif]

hi friends ! I am newbie to fedora 16 . I used ubuntu before this jump. i have installed fedora just now . i need software packages which i used in ubuntu. to install vlc , i hit following command on terminal :

$ yum install vlc

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
You need to be root to perform this command.

a) how do i become root in fedora ? b) I have given a password during installation.But the password is not prompted after hitting that command. I think my user account do not have or missing some administrator level previllages.



Please help me to clear it . Proceed to install other packages :

1. sun or oracle java jdk

2. libre office package

3. vlc

4. gnome tweak tool

5. blue tooth manager

6. netbeans or an editor equivalent to notepad++

7. mysql

8. apache

9. php

10. mysql jdbc driver for linux

11. phpmyadmin


i have to install all of them . These are my needs. Kindly ! guide me to install them all please .......

Thanks a lot in advance !

[bob]

To become root, simply sign in as 'su' or 'su -'. So, your command would be "su -" (then give your password), "yum install ...."

[coolarif]

Thanks a lot ! BOB

" su - " did not work

" su " works fine . Thanks a lot.

[mschwendt]

Originally Posted by coolarif

Thanks a lot ! BOB

" su - " did not work

Sure it does! You must have made a mistake. The following three commands are the same:

su --login
su -l
su -

Consult "man su" if you don't believe this.

[marko]

Or if you want to be very literal:

su --login root

[coolarif]

Oh thats intresting ..... I wish to explore more about fedora... After my last post.... i tried to install vlc as my first attempt ...

Now i learnt to become a root user... Thanks .... It is because of you all friends.....

Now again a big monster stands in my way.....

I gave those commands as you guided...

13MB of data was downloaded but the installation was failed ....

[glennzo]

You should post some relavant information about the failure, like some of the error output that was seen. That would allow members to help by giving them some insight into exactly what went wrong.

[glenn@server ~>$ sudo yum install vlc
Password: 
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, local
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirror.seas.harvard.edu
 * rpmfusion-free: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
 * updates: mirror.seas.harvard.edu
_local                                                                                                | 2.9 kB     00:00 ... 
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vlc.i686 0:1.1.13-3.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: vlc-core(x86-32) = 1.1.13-3.fc16 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libtar.so.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: dejavu-sans-mono-fonts for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: xdg-utils for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libminizip.so.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: dejavu-sans-fonts for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: dejavu-serif-fonts for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libxcb-keysyms.so.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: kde-filesystem for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libvlccore.so.4 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libprojectM.so.2.0.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dejavu-sans-fonts.noarch 0:2.33-1.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: dejavu-fonts-common = 2.33-1.fc16 for package: dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-1.fc16.noarch
---> Package dejavu-sans-mono-fonts.noarch 0:2.33-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package dejavu-serif-fonts.noarch 0:2.33-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package kde-filesystem.i686 0:4-38.fc15 will be installed
---> Package libprojectM.i686 0:2.0.1-12.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libGLEW.so.1.6 for package: libprojectM-2.0.1-12.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libftgl.so.2 for package: libprojectM-2.0.1-12.fc16.i686
---> Package libtar.i686 0:1.2.11-20.fc15 will be installed
---> Package minizip.i686 0:1.2.5-6.fc16 will be installed
---> Package vlc-core.i686 0:1.1.13-3.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libcddb.so.2 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libdvbpsi.so.7 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libsmbclient.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libtag.so.1 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libtiger.so.5 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libzvbi.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libthreadutil.so.6 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0(VCDINFO_0) for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmatroska.so.4 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libebml.so.3 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmtp.so.9 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libixml.so.2 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libupnp.so.6 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libshout.so.3 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
---> Package xcb-util.i686 0:0.3.6-2.fc15 will be installed
---> Package xdg-utils.noarch 0:1.1.0-0.10.20111207.fc16 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package SDL_image.i686 0:1.2.10-2.fc15 will be installed
---> Package dejavu-fonts-common.noarch 0:2.33-1.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: fontpackages-filesystem for package: dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-1.fc16.noarch
---> Package ftgl.i686 0:2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15 will be installed
---> Package libGLEW.i686 0:1.6.0-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libcddb.i686 0:1.3.2-7.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libdvbpsi.i686 0:0.2.2-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libebml.i686 0:1.2.1-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libmatroska.i686 0:1.2.0-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libmtp.i686 0:1.1.3-2.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libshout.i686 0:2.2.2-6.fc15 will be installed
---> Package libsmbclient.i686 1:3.6.5-85.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libtiger.i686 0:0.3.4-2.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libupnp.i686 0:1.6.13-2.fc16 will be installed
---> Package taglib.i686 0:1.7.2-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package vcdimager-libs.i686 0:0.7.24-1.fc15 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: vcdimager = 0.7.24-1.fc15 for package: vcdimager-libs-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686
---> Package zvbi.i686 0:0.2.33-9.fc16 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package fontpackages-filesystem.noarch 0:1.44-2.fc15 will be installed
---> Package vcdimager.i686 0:0.7.24-1.fc15 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================
 Package                          Arch            Version                              Repository                       Size
=============================================================================================================================
Installing:
 vlc                              i686            1.1.13-3.fc16                        rpmfusion-free-updates          1.9 M
Installing for dependencies:
 SDL_image                        i686            1.2.10-2.fc15                        fedora                           44 k
 dejavu-fonts-common              noarch          2.33-1.fc16                          fedora                           63 k
 dejavu-sans-fonts                noarch          2.33-1.fc16                          fedora                          1.4 M
 dejavu-sans-mono-fonts           noarch          2.33-1.fc16                          fedora                          432 k
 dejavu-serif-fonts               noarch          2.33-1.fc16                          fedora                          776 k
 fontpackages-filesystem          noarch          1.44-2.fc15                          fedora                          9.0 k
 ftgl                             i686            2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15                   fedora                          101 k
 kde-filesystem                   i686            4-38.fc15                            fedora                           47 k
 libGLEW                          i686            1.6.0-1.fc16                         fedora                           91 k
 libcddb                          i686            1.3.2-7.fc16                         updates                          68 k
 libdvbpsi                        i686            0.2.2-1.fc16                         rpmfusion-free                   47 k
 libebml                          i686            1.2.1-1.fc16                         fedora                           67 k
 libmatroska                      i686            1.2.0-1.fc16                         fedora                          139 k
 libmtp                           i686            1.1.3-2.fc16                         updates                         106 k
 libprojectM                      i686            2.0.1-12.fc16                        fedora                          465 k
 libshout                         i686            2.2.2-6.fc15                         fedora                           42 k
 libsmbclient                     i686            1:3.6.5-85.fc16                      updates                         1.5 M
 libtar                           i686            1.2.11-20.fc15                       fedora                           30 k
 libtiger                         i686            0.3.4-2.fc16                         fedora                           34 k
 libupnp                          i686            1.6.13-2.fc16                        fedora                           96 k
 minizip                          i686            1.2.5-6.fc16                         updates                          32 k
 taglib                           i686            1.7.2-1.fc16                         updates                         217 k
 vcdimager                        i686            0.7.24-1.fc15                        rpmfusion-free                  294 k
 vcdimager-libs                   i686            0.7.24-1.fc15                        rpmfusion-free                   93 k
 vlc-core                         i686            1.1.13-3.fc16                        rpmfusion-free-updates          6.8 M
 xcb-util                         i686            0.3.6-2.fc15                         fedora                           39 k
 xdg-utils                        noarch          1.1.0-0.10.20111207.fc16             updates                          68 k
 zvbi                             i686            0.2.33-9.fc16                        fedora                          392 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package (+28 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 15 M
Installed size: 48 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

There are a lot of dependencies there and a lot of opportunity for things to go wrong.

[coolarif]

Again i tried to install vlc by using same command . It is installed successfully.....

Thanks bob , marko , mschwendt , glennzo ,.... for spending your valuable time for me .....

[marko]

Sometimes when a yum transaction doesn't complete (suppose the internet connection is broken in the middle of the download), you can also try running the command afterwards:

yum-complete-transaction

This frequently will fix the problem

[mschwendt]

Originally Posted by marko

Sometimes when a yum transaction doesn't complete (suppose the internet connection is broken in the middle of the download), you can also try running the command afterwards:

yum-complete-transaction

The downloading of packages is a step before the transaction. You can interrupt it without problems, and simply re-running the previous Yum command will complete the partially downloaded packages. No transaction related special command is needed.

Only if the actual RPM related transaction gets interrupted, you may need the yum-complete-transaction command, or else it sometimes can be either much more difficult or time-consuming to fix the installation with other commands.