Help installing apps, yum yum.

I'm having problems installing applications such as flv etc.

In fact I can't get anything to work using the yum command eg.
sudo yum update fedora-release

or following this guide - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=167&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=VLC

When I enter the line 'yum install vlc' nothing happens, the cursor moves to the next line and that's all.

Any help much appreciated by a aa1 newbie. :?

I should add that I managed to install firefox3 with no problems earlier today.

 

Does it say
"You need to be root to perform this command."?
In which case you need to prefix your command with sudo, e.g.
$ sudo yum install vlc

oh.. wait, you're not typing the "#>" bit are you? That's just what someones used to denote the command prompt
(if you type # then the rest of the line is treated as a comment! ... start with the "su -" bit)

 

entered command as root, didn't type the # :lol:

 

So is it working now?
If not, when you type
su -
does it prompt you for a password and then change your prompt?
e.g. like this
[Duncan@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]#

 

here's what's in my terminal window now -

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Nothing much else happening. It did once eventually retrieve a bunch of files, but then when I entered the command yum install flv, nothing happened, no error or anything.

 

Actually, we probably shouldn't be using "su -", it's better to just prefix your commands with sudo.
This is what happends when I type the commands (I already have the stuff installed)
BTW - you need to be connected to the internet... (and it's vlc not flv)

[Duncan@localhost ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package livna-release-8-1 is already installed
[Duncan@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install vlc
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package vlc - 0.8.6i-1.lvn8.i386 is already installed.
Nothing to do
[Duncan@localhost ~]$

 

Yep, tried it both ways, su and sudo - still nothing

 

Hmm... can you
0) reboot
1) Make sure you are connected to the internet (I guess you are to be posting here!)
2) Enter the commands and then copy and paste the results here exactly like I did

 

Yes, I'm definitely connected

here's the result -

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

That's it. The cursor is below the last line and I can type but there's no $ or # prompt.

Thanks for helping

 

OK, well if there's no command prompt, then it means that the rpm command is still running.
You will need for it to finish before you type anything else.

 

Ok, thanks. I've left it 10 minutes without anything happening but I'll try again and leave it longer.

 

It's pretty small, so shouldn't take long to download. Not sure why there's a delay...
You could try getting it manually with
$ wget http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
will download the file livna-release-8.rpm, you can then install it with
$ sudo rpm -i livna-release-8.rpm

 

Just tried this and here's as far as it gets -

[user@localhost ~]$ wget http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
--23:42:01-- http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
=> `livna-release-8.rpm'
Resolving rpm.livna.org... 193.28.235.40
Connecting to rpm.livna.org|193.28.235.40|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 9,222 (9.0K) [application/x-rpm]

100%[====================================>] 9,222 --.--K/s

23:42:01 (199.29 KB/s) - `livna-release-8.rpm' saved [9222/9222]

[user@localhost ~]$ swget http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
bash: swget: command not found
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo rpm -i livna-release-8.rpm


and then again nothing happening.

 

wget, not swget

 

ha ha, yes that was me just accidentally cutting and pasting - can't get used to this little keyboard and trakpad. but if you look at the line below it looks as if it;s the rpm command that's just not working?

 

Yes, it could be that your rpm database has got mangled... You could try this (be sure not to mistype!
$ sudo rm /var/lib/rpm/__*
$ sudo rpm --rebuilddb
and then wait - it will take a few minutes. Then when the command prompt returns, try
$ sudo rpm -i livna-release-8.rpm
Got to go, but hopefully that will fix it. Laters.

 

Wow, think you've cracked it! Thanks :mrgreen: