What's a protect base? I added the Test repository to my yum.conf and then I was able to just yum it in. I bet you already had the Test repository in your yum config, dnk. Thanks for your reply! Aleksey Here is what I added to /etc/yum.conf: [c5-testing] name=CentOS-5 Testing baseurl=http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64 enabled=1 On 7/31/08, dnk <d.k.emaillists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do you have any sort of protect base installed? > > Priorities, etc? > > I could just yum it in when i did it. > > d > > > > > > On 31-Jul-08, at 3:40 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > > > > > Hi. I just installed CentOS for the first time, to make a BackupPC > server. > > > > However, when I try to install BackupPC using yum, I get the error: > > > > No package backuppc available. > > > > I searched the Testing, Extras and CentOS Plus repositories, and found > > a BackupPC package only in Testing, at > > > > > http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64/RPMS/backuppc-3.1.0-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm > > which I downloaded directly. > > > > Just posting this in case somebody else has a similar issue. > > > > > > Best, > > Aleksey > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos