[olpc-software] Re: Yum won't install SDK

[Marco Pesenti Gritti]

Jim Poder wrote:
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> I did a fresh install of FC5 on a laptop, and am unable to install the 
> sdk via yum either.  I get missing dependencies:
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> Perl-Time-HiRes is needed by package perl-Net-DBus
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> Libdbus-1.so.1 is needed by package perl-Net-DBus
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> qemu = 0.8.0-5 is needed by package kernel-module-qvm86
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> I am not a linux noob, but am fairly unfamiliar with redhat/fedora and 
> yum.  I have done quite a bit of searching and reading but cannot 
> crack this nut.  Can someone please enlighten those of us who would 
> like to have a look and try out the software but are unable to install?
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 From which repository are you trying to install qemu?
The last time I did it, it was something like:

1 Enable fedora extras repository in yum
2 yum install qemu
3 Download the olpc image
4 qemu -hda image_file_name


Hope it's useful.

Marco