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Monday, August 25, 2008

Online updating of Fedora Core Linux system using yum

Update Fedora Core Linux 8/9 by following the procedure given below:

* To configure http_proxy/ftp_proxy environment variables:
o export http_proxy=http://USER:PASSWORD@IPADDRESS:PORT
o export ftp_proxy=http://USER:PASSWORD@IPADDRESS:PORT

The user name and password should be of the user name and password of your account in the proxy server.


* To configure yum
o Go to the site http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/
o From the above website, download the rpm related to fedora version. for eg. for fedora 9 http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm
o Then install the above rpm by executing the command rpm -ivh pathto
* To list/update/install software using yum
o yum list available
o yum install -y xmms
o yum install -y vlc
o yum install -y *mp3*
o yum -y update