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More info would be nice.<br />
Check you are connected to the internet<br />
Do you use a proxy server?
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More info would be nice.
Check you are connected to the internet
Do you use a proxy server?

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yum localinstall /path/to/package/package-n<wbr />ame<br />
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Hopefully that avoids tyum trying to obtain information externally.
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yum localinstall /path/to/package/package-name

Hopefully that avoids tyum trying to obtain information externally.

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Yes I am on the Internet. &nbsp;I just want to install the development tools (a bunch of them) of the Fedora CDs so I don't run into an issue with errors when I run make during software installs. <br />
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Yes I am on the Internet.  I just want to install the development tools (a bunch of them) of the Fedora CDs so I don't run into an issue with errors when I run make during software installs.



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Oh and yes I use a Proxy and the errors I was referring to was dependency errors. I have never heard of Yum before but I started doing research on it. Is their anyway to install all the develpoment tools with yum? 
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Oh and yes I use a Proxy and the errors I was referring to was dependency errors. I have never heard of Yum before but I started doing research on it. Is their anyway to install all the develpoment tools with yum?

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Sorry about that I just closed the call. 
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This happens when I log on to Add / Remove Packages. This is Fedora Core 5 and I am logged in a Root. <br />
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Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks 
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This happens when I log on to Add / Remove Packages. This is Fedora Core 5 and I am logged in a Root. 

Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks 

Unable to Retrieve Software Information

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