Re: [Xlog-discussion] Appology

[Karl F. Larsen]

      Hi Ben, you DO know a whole lot more about yum than I do.

Ben Coleman wrote:

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> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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> > As I indicate on the front page, you can set up you FC4 machine to
> > retrieve
> > packages from this repository by running
> >
> > rpm -i http://nj8j.benshome.net/nj8j-release-1.0.0-1.fc4.noarch.rpm
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> > as root.  This installs nj8j.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and my gpg key in
> > /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/.
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> > >   Why would I need to do what you have above? I didn't do any of that
> > > when I got fftw, hamlib and other RPM's.
> > >      
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> Yes, because those are in the standard Fedora yum repositories (Base, Updates,
> and Extras) that the yum package points to by default.  Mine is a
> 'third-party' repository.  For yum to know about it, the appropriate
> configuration has to be installed.  I think I've made this pretty easy (and
> actually, this method is fairly standard among sites providing third-party
> repositories.  I should know, because I actively stole the idea from them 
> <grin>).
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   I was not aware of the Fedora or Red Hat sponsored sites. These are 
what I used and they worked so good. I think we want to put xlog and 
gmfsk in the Extras repo along with hamlib. Ben that would mean that a 
Ham who wants to go digital running Fedora Core x software can just yum 
the two basic applications and they will bring with them the required 
support and in minutes you can get on the air.

   To that end I will go to the Red Hat web page and see if I can learn 
what it takes to offer an RPM to yum.

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Karl Larsen, aka K5DI
Linux user since 1994  
70 years old and still having fun
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