*  I can't add/remove any applicatons in FC5; /usr/bin/pirut returns
"Unable to retrieve software information"; Yum gives the same response.
A few packages can be added using RPM with the installation DVD but
this is impractical in the long run due to dependencies.
Any ideas?

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Terry Dwyer wrote:

> *  I can't add/remove any applicatons in FC5; /usr/bin/pirut returns
>  "Unable to retrieve software information"; Yum gives the same response.
>    A few packages can be added using RPM with the installation DVD but
> this is impractical in the long run due to dependencies.
> Any ideas?
>
> *

check out this link - explains that so far pirut relies on network access
to update  - for local updates you have edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages

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Terry Dwyer wrote:

> *  I can't add/remove any applicatons in FC5; /usr/bin/pirut returns
>  "Unable to retrieve software information"; Yum gives the same response.
>    A few packages can be added using RPM with the installation DVD but
> this is impractical in the long run due to dependencies.
> Any ideas?
>
> *

check out this link - explains that so far pirut relies on network access
to update  - for local updates you have edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages

Thanks for this URL; the DVD doc's reference PIRUS
but there is no mention of this "feature".

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