Yum update

[Richmond Pabilona]

Bevan C. Bennett wrote:

> Richmond Pabilona wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>    I ran "yum install xmms-mp3" to install mp3 capability to xmms 
>> player, the yum started downloading/updating all of the software 
>> packages headers, it went for almost an hour but suddenly my internet 
>> connection disconnected so i was not able to complete it.  This was 
>> the first time i ran yum, does yum really behave this way? i mean 
>> does it update all the headers before it installs a package? Will the 
>> xmms-mp3 be installed after it finish updating the packages?
>
>
> It updates all the headers before doing anything else so it can 
> properly solce dependency issues for you. After the first big header 
> download, it'll only pull in new headers.
>
> If you run it again it should happily pick up where you left off.
>
> Note that the default fedora mirrors and repositories do not contain 
> the xmms-mp3 package due to licensing issues. You'd need to add a 
> repository that does contain it to your /etc/yum.conf, like 
> rpm.livna.org (see that site for directions on how to configure 
> yum.conf).
>
>
Thank you for the info!