New FC5 installation Package manager can not find installation files

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Wed Jun 21 00:04:32 UTC 2006


pansy309 at tds.net wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> I just installed FC5 and can not get the package manager to work.  When it starts looking for software information halts, shows error "unable to retrieve software information".  When you click OK it closes the window.   Any help anybody can give me will be very much appreciated.  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David Roberts
> 
> 


The package manager only works via the network initially. Are you trying 
to install off of DVD or CDs or over the network via a mirror?

Jim

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