Why does yum return this?

[macgregor]

Can someone please explain this to me?

[root@localhost Downloads]# yum install gnome-applet-timer
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 322 kB    00:02
updates-re: ################################################## 975/975
Added 0 new packages, deleted 17 old in 1.87 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: gnome-applet-timer
Nothing to do
[root@localhost Downloads]#

Trying to install gnome-applet-timer, but yum doesn't find it.

[root@localhost Downloads]# yum search gnome-applet-timer
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
http://klid.dk/homeftp/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 403: Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 08:59:56 GMT
Server: Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.28 (Mandrake Linux/3.4.92mdk) PHP/4.3.3
Connection: close
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Trying other mirror.
updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 326 kB    00:10
updates-re: ################################################## 975/975
Added 22 new packages, deleted 22 old in 2.64 seconds
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 795 kB    00:05
extras    : ################################################## 2235/2235
Added 39 new packages, deleted 0 old in 4.51 seconds


gnome-applet-timer.i386                  1.1.1-9.fc4            extras
Matched from:
gnome-applet-timer
[root@localhost Downloads]#

Yum now knows that the desired app is in the extras repo, so...

[root@localhost Downloads]# yum install gnome-applet-timer
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 327 kB    00:02
updates-re: ################################################## 978/978
Added 3 new packages, deleted 0 old in 2.17 seconds
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 782 kB    00:05
extras    : ################################################## 2196/2196
Added 0 new packages, deleted 39 old in 4.22 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: gnome-applet-timer
Nothing to do
[root@localhost Downloads]#

Hmm.. what's wrong with this picture?


I know for certain that gnome-applet-timer is in the extras repo because yum found it and returned info about it. So, if the app is in a repo that I have enabled, and yum is checking, why does yum not install that app, yet I can get info about that app? This is, by the way, the second time I ran that command. I ran that command for the first time just after a "yum update" and "yum clean all".

[markkuk]

"Nothing to do" from yum install means that the package is already installed. Try "rpm -q gnome-applet-timer" or "yum list gnome-applet-timer".

[macgregor]

Originally Posted by markkuk

"Nothing to do" from yum install means that the package is already installed. Try "rpm -q gnome-applet-timer" or "yum list gnome-applet-timer".

[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -qa | grep gnome-applet-timer
[root@localhost Downloads]#

It isn't installed.

[Spoon!]

Just keep trying to install it repeatedly; some mirrors may not be as updated as other mirrors.

[macgregor]

Originally Posted by Spoon!

Just keep trying to install it repeatedly; some mirrors may not be as updated as other mirrors.

It finally installed.. I guess I need a book that teaches me patience.

[Spoon!]

The thing that hinted to me that one mirror had it and the other didn't was that when you found it in the search, it "added 39 packages"; but then when you tried to install it again, for that mirror, it said "removed 39 packages". Apparently your package is new and it's one of the "39 packages" that some mirrors don't have yet.

[macgregor]

Originally Posted by Spoon!

The thing that hinted to me that one mirror had it and the other didn't was that when you found it in the search, it "added 39 packages"; but then when you tried to install it again, for that mirror, it said "removed 39 packages". Apparently your package is new and it's one of the "39 packages" that some mirrors don't have yet.

Thank you very much for your insight, you taught me something new and I appreciate it

[xerxesfedora]

Originally Posted by macgregor

[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -qa | grep gnome-applet-timer
[root@localhost Downloads]#

It isn't installed.

When it's not installed it gives the following msg

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q gnome-applet-timer
package gnome-applet-timer is not installed

Perhaps no msg when installed (I did not install it yet)

[pdb]

Originally Posted by macgregor

I guess I need a book that teaches me patience.

http://www.biblegateway.com