Le mercredi 26 août 2009 16:51:29, Derick Centeno a écrit : > Saludos Luis! > > Un abraso desde un Borinqueño celebrando la belleza de La Vida con > usted y amistades! > > Ok. In answer to your question it is best to access a public server > close to your country so that the download is bearable. Two ways to > get this done. Modify yum so that it points to those servers, and > let it do the work for you (finding all the dependencies, etc.) or > you can download the package directly from the public server yourself. > > First option: modifying yum. Yum has gone through some changes over > time but if you follow the instructions posted here you should be ok. > Here's the link: > > http://us.fixstars.com/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/yum.shtml/ > > The information there is compressed so it is easy to miss. The > reference regarding yum.repos.d for instance means that within > /etc (the etc directory) you should find /yum.repos.d (the yum.repos.d > directory). Within /yum.repos.d should be the other files > including yellowdog-base.repo. Each distinct file must point to the > correct public server; this means that the directories listed in > each file must exactly reflect the actual directories on the > public server which you want yum to access. Following this method, > if you are going to add a server in each file, you must of course, > write into each file that server's directory structure for ydl 6.1 > correctly -- a total of three times. > > The old way modify yum to do the same thing is to modify yum.conf > which is also within /etc. You still have to write the directory out > correctly three times, but this time you are only modifying yum.conf > -- one file. The only thing you save may be your temper and > maybe avoid writer's cramp. Which method you choose is up to you, > but the current way of doing it -- the harder way -- actually helps > keep yum secure, although explaining how is beyond this note. > > I'm going to imagine that you understand this and present to you a > link to where you can find public servers for ydl. They are here: > > http://us.fixstars.com/support/downloads/ > > Scroll down that page and you'll see the available public mirrors. > I recommend you view/visit the public mirror you think you will use > and learn how it's set up for yellowdog first before you decide to > modify yum. Work on yum after you have a clear idea of how the > directories are ordered within that server for ydl 6.1. Keep in mind > that although different versions of ydl are ordered the same within > one server -- different servers may have different directory > structures/order in which ydl 6.1 resides. > > I'm going to imagine that all the above has been done and you are > ready for yum to find and install Blender for you. How do you do > that? Here is the really simple part, after you endured all > the above: > > #yum install "*blender*" > > That's it! Really. Te le judo! I promise you. Ironic, isn't it? > > The * are wildcards which tells yum to find any other package of > software associated with blender. Yum will find them and sort out > all their dependencies and blender's dependencies at the same time. > The result will be studio quality software on your ydl box. Just so > you get the feeling you are actually doing something -- after all yum > did the real work anyway -- I would recommend a decent text which > uses and discusses blender in some length. Towards that end I > recommend two books by Norman Lin, they are: > Linux 3D Graphics Programming and Advanced Linux 3D Graphics > Programming. > > Without yum, you'll be downloading Blender components and > dependencies and dependencies of those dependencies one at a time and > you will risk missing something. Just thought I'd let you know both > that the "easy" and "hard" way in reference to Blender is a matter of > interpretation, but if I were you I'd get to work with a Corona or > Dos XX on the side and get yum ready to search and download from > various servers. > > As for me, I don't have a preference; I enjoy them both. One day one, > then I swap and do the other some days later. I refer to Dos XX and > Corona, of course. > > Buena Suerte y recuerdas a engosarse algún tiempo... > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:32:00 -0500 > > Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <dlu...@okay.com.mx> wrote: > > Hi @ll, > > > > I wonder if anyone has the blender rpm for yd6.1 > > > > TIA > > > > LD Many thanx
the fact is that blender rpm is not available in repos. Look: [r...@ps3 yum.repos.d]# yum list|grep -i blender [r...@ps3 yum.repos.d]# Is there any other repos other than base, update and extra? Thanx LD _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'