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SilverSurfer
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: 16/03/2009 Dowdloaded blag 90001 but no surver on line ?? |
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I have just downloaded blag 90001 but I can't seem to update or add programs. I get ERROR 403 . I would have thourgh that the server would have been up by now. Or the blag software updated to fix this problem.
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Junichirô
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SilverSurfer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject: Hmm.. Not much hellp. |
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Thank you Junichirô for the link. Unfortunately I am not a programmer and would not know how to change the code.
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renilgh
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Don't worry, you just need to change the text in a textfile.
You can use any texteditor to do this. I will use a very simple one, nano in the example. If you want something graphical it should be possible to use gedit. Just replace the 'nano -w' in the following description with any texteditor you want to use, e.g. gedit, emacs, vim....
Okay, here we go:
Open a terminal, become root by typing 'su' and entering the root password when prompted.
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nano -w /etc/yum.repos.d/blag.repo
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The text editor nano now displays the file at /etc/yum.repos.d/blag.repo and wraps lines if they are too long for the screen (-w).
It should look something like
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[blag]
name=BLAG
baseurl=http://blagblagblag.org/something/BLAG/linux/90000/en/os/i386/BLAG
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
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Since the repository at blagblagblag.org is down we simply need to change the baseurl.
Navigate to the baseurl line and change it to
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baseurl=ftp://therion.noldrin.com/pub/BLAG/linux/90000/en/os/i386/BLAG
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Now we just need to save the changes. If you're using nano, press ctrl+X (you can see various commands on the bottom of the screen with ^ indicating ctrl) and answer yes when asked if you want to save the changes to the file.
We're done. Running 'yum check-update' 'yum update' or 'yum upgrade' should give you lots of updates now.
If you want to use a graphical frontend for package installation and updating install yumex by typing
Did that help? Any further questions are welcome.
--renilgh
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SilverSurfer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks renilgh. Ill give it a go, and let you know.
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SilverSurfer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hello renilgh. I did as you said, I got the nano editor working ok but the yum.repos.d was empty.
I typed the code it anyway and changed the URL as you suggested. But Synaptic still gives errors and yum check-update gives the following :
[paul@localhost ~]$ yum check-update
Error: Cannot access repository dir //var/cache/yum/blag
[paul@localhost ~]$
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Junichirô
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Try this:
| Code: | yum clean all
yum makecache |
Synaptic doesn't work. Don't use apt. for now.
After that an update via:
And if you want something gui:
| Code: | | yum install gnome-packagekit |
Last edited by Junichirô on Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:33 am; edited 2 times in total |
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jisis
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Hi SilverSurfer,
If as you say, the file was empty when you opened it, then I suspect you have typed the file name incorrectly.
Consequently, the text editor 'nano' has opened with a new file (of the wrong name) rather than opening with the existing file, named blag.repo
yum.repos.d is the name of the directory that blag.repo resides in.
Try running through renilgh's instructions again and let us know how you get on.
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SilverSurfer
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hello all. OK I have tried to change the blag.repos.d file but I have noticed that it will not let me save it. I have used ctrl x and both 'y' and 'Y' .
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Junichirô
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Are you root? In the terminal enter su then your password.
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SilverSurfer
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Junichirô. Yes I am in root . I change the file to
[blag]
name=BLAG
baseurl=ftp://therion.noldrin.com/pub/BLAG/linux/90000/en/os/i386/BLAG
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
and press ctrl x and Y
Then when I exit the terminal and go back in and edit blag.repo it looks like this
[blag]
name=BLAG
baseurl=http://www.blagblagblag.org/90000/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
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Junichirô
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Try with gedit:
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gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/blag.repo |
Modify then save.
And after do what I said above.
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SilverSurfer
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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FANTASTIC - Thank you every one. Although gedit gave errors when I ran it in root, it did let me save the file and I now have an updated blag.
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