Can't add or remove packages in FC4
ryan
ryanag at zoominternet.net
Thu Jul 21 03:57:24 UTC 2005
Dave Gutteridge wrote:
>
> I'm running FC 4 with the latest kernel.
> My desire was to have the ability to input Japanese, but before I can
> even get to that, I have a more fundamental problem. When I went to
> Desktp | System Settings | Add/Remove Packages to install multilingual
> support, and selected the languages that I wanted to isntall, it said I
> had to install iiimf drivers first. I went on to the web to see if I
> could download these drivers, but despite finding information about them
> on Red Hat's site for Fedora, it wasn't as simple as finding an RPM and
> downloading it.
>
> In any case, I later decided that I wanted to remove some programs that
> might be causing problems with my DVD (which is another issue). But when
> I selected to remove certain applications (like Totem), again the
> Add/Remove Packages interface told me I had to have certain packages
> installed before it could do anything.
> Huh? Why do I need packages to *remove* things.
>
> After a little more experimentation, it seems that I can neither add nor
> remove *anything*. It always gives me a list of packages that I need to
> have available before it will update.
>
> The result is that I can not make any changes to my system. What can be
> done about this?
>
> Thank you for any help on this matter.
>
> Dave
>
Try (as root) "yum search package-you-want" then "yum install package"
to remove, use "yum remove package"
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