On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:24:31 +0200 poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30.06.2013 20:25, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:04:11 +0200 poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> On 30.06.2013 17:28, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >>> So, I decided to try installing GoogleEarth (GE) for the first time > >>> ever. I found the following: > >>> > >>> http://fedora18tutorial.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-install-google-earth-on-fedora-17.html > >> > >> Note the line relating to the installation. :) > >> > >>> and tried it the following: > >>> > >>> % wget -c > >>> http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm > >>> > >>> %sudo yum localinstall google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm > >> > >> yum install ./foobar.rpm > >> > >> man 8 yum - localinstall > >> … This command is maintained for legacy reasons only. > > > > Thanks, I was not aware of this. Never really read yum's manpages much. > > > >>> But I got the following: > >>> > >>> Transaction Check Error: > >>> file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1871-0.x86_64 > >>> conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.1-2.fc18.x86_64 > >> > >> rpm -ivh --noscripts --excludepath /usr/bin > >> google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm > >> xdg-desktop-menu install /opt/google/earth/free/google-earth.desktop > >> > >> man 8 rpm > >> man 1 xdg-desktop-menu > > > > I guess that this can not be done using yum then? > > rpm -qi yum-plugin-tsflags > cat /usr/lib/yum-plugins/tsflags.py > man 5 yum.conf - tsflags > "excludepath"? > > If you haven't found that it works that way, it's for your own good. > yum love us all. :) > > > Btw, does GoogleEarth have a repo, or is there a third-party repo > > somewhere? > > rpm -qp --scripts google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm | grep yum.repos > But the question is, does it work at all. ;) > Note the dates: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-linux-repositories-help-basics > > Using your and Kevin's suggestions I was able to set up the Google repositories. However, I am unable to use yum to install for the same reasons as before. I did try out: after installing yum-plugin-tsflags man 5 yum.conf -tsflags "excludepath" but nothing useful came of that (from what I can tell, this is just the manpage of yum.conf?). Thanks, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
