How to add & enable a repository in F12

[Elliott Chapin]

On 02/28/2010 01:31 PM, JayLinux wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Elliott Chapin<echapin at teksavvy.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> On 02/28/2010 12:30 PM, JayLinux wrote:
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>>> I would like to install Mondo Rescue (backup utility), available at
>>> ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/fedora/12/. This also includes a
>>> corresponding Fedora 12 repo file
>>> (ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/fedora/12/mondorescue.repo).
>>>
>>> How can I add the mondorescue repository to my existing list of repo's
>>> and enable it so that new packages can be auto-updated when a system
>>> update is run ?
>>> Also, are any additional changes (in any other file(s) ) reqd when I
>>> add the repo file ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Linux User 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ (Linux Counter)
>>>
>>>        
>> Try just putting it in /etc/yum/repos.d; open the package manager, look
>> for it under System ->  Sources, ...
>>
>> --
>> Elliott Chapin
>> http://clients.teksavvy.com/~echapin
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> Thanks, have done so.  Is there a cmd to refresh the package lists for
> the added repo(s).
>
> "yum repolist" shows the list of enabled repo's and their contents in
> brief, but I don't think it refreshes the cache/repository metadata.
>
> Jay
>
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> Linux User 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ (Linux Counter)
>    
Just use the update app.

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Elliott Chapin
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