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    55RPM is free software, released under the GNU GPL.
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    7 [http://yum.baseurl.org/ YUM] is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm. Yum has a plugin interface for adding simple features. Yum can also be used from other python programs via its module interface.
     7[http://yum.baseurl.org/ YUM] is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using RPM. YUM has a plugin interface for adding simple features. YUM can also be used from other Python programs via its module interface.
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    99== Current Status ==
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    1212== Installation ==
    13 
    1413There are 2 possibilities to install RPM:
    1514 * Arca Noae Package Manager
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    6766=== Mirrors ===
    68 
    6967Please note: if you have netlabs-exp-xxx.rpm or netlabs-rel-xxx.rpm installed, the mirrors will be automatically added on your next update. Install below files only to reach US mirror directly without checking for main site. Also, see the section related to fastestmirror before adding the repo files below.
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    7371==== Stable repository mirror ====
    74 
    7572If you do not intend to use the fastestmirror plugin, you may download this [http://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/mirror/netlabs-rel-2rosenthals.repo file] and put it into %UNIXROOT%\etc\yum\repos.d directory.
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    8178==== Experimental repository mirror ====
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    8379If you do not intend to use the fastestmirror plugin, you may download this [http://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/mirror/netlabs-exp-2rosenthals.repo file] and put it into %UNIXROOT%\etc\yum\repos.d directory.
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    8884
    8985=== Managing repositories ===
    90 
    9186To disable a repository, either use:
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    9792or simply edit the appropriate .repo file in %UNIXROOT%\etc\yum\repos.d and toggle the enabled line to 0, as in:
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    9993  enabled=1
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    10194to
    102 
    10395  enabled=0
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    111103== Plugins ==
    112 
    113 Plugins are python modules which eextend yum's functionality. Plugins are available from a variety of sources. A good place to start looking for plugins is the yum-utils Trac wiki, [http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumUtils here].
     104Plugins are Python modules which extend YUM's functionality. Plugins are available from a variety of sources. A good place to start looking for plugins is the yum-utils Trac wiki, [http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumUtils here].
    114105
    115106=== Installing a plugin ===
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    117107At the very least, a plugin requires a python script (something.py) and a configuration file (something.conf). The script should be placed in %UNIXROOT%\usr\lib\yum-plugins or %UNIXROOT%\usr\share\yum-plugins (create the directory if it does not exist). Alternatively, plugins may be placed in the directory of your choice by adding the following to %UNIXROOT%\etc\yum\yum.conf in the [main] section:
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    136126=== Enabling the use of plugins ===
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    138127In order for yum to process any plugins, it is necessary to add the following line to %UNIXROOT%\etc\yum\yum.conf in the [main] section:
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    143132
    144133=== Miscellaneous plugin issues ===
    145 
    146134Sometimes, a given plugin will not load. When that happens, you should see a message, such as:
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    148136  Plugin "xyz" can't be imported
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    150 This may be because the plugin itself (a python script) has one or more unsatisfied dependencies. To determine what may be the cause requires examining the plugin to see what it might need to import and from what other module. Here's an example:
     138This may be because the plugin itself (a Python script) has one or more unsatisfied dependencies. To determine what may be the cause requires examining the plugin to see what it might need to import and from what other module. Here's an example:
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    152140{{{
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    181169as does yum.
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    183 In the future, as on other platforms, we hope to have some plugins available for installation via yum itself, which will handle these dependencies.
     171In the future, as on other platforms, we hope to have some plugins available for installation via YUM itself, which will handle these dependencies.
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    185173=== The fastestmirror plugin ===
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    187174==== Background ====
    188 
    189175In short, the fastestmirror plugin allows yum to make a determination as to which repo is more responsive from your location, given available bandwidth, traffic, routing constraints, and of course, server load. From the comments in the script itself:
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    194180==== Installing the plugin ====
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    196181See [#Installingaplugin Installing a plugin] for more detail, but in general, follow these steps to get fastestmirror up and running quickly:
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    223208==== Tuning ====
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    225209You may want to adjust the behavior of fastestrepo to better suit your conditions. This is done through  %UNIXROOT%\etc\yum\pluginconf.d\fastestmirror.conf. Hints are provided there as well as in the beginning comments in the plugin itself. As provided, the configuration should be adequate for most users.
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    227211==== Example session ====
    228 
    229212Here's an example of the output when using fastestmirror:
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    231213{{{
    232214yum check-update
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    253235== Manually setting system architecture ==
    254 
    255236Please note [http://trac.netlabs.org/rpm/wiki/RpmHowToEndUsers#Platformselectionforbinaries Platform Selection for Binaries] in the How-To for more information on creating and/or modifying the platform text file.
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    257238== Reporting bugs ==
    258 
    259239Please report bugs only related to the following modules:
    260240 * rpm