Hi,
I am new to Linux . I install Linux RHEL 5 in pc. I have some audio and vidio files i want to run that files in my Linux pc. I heard vlc player is good player. i visit http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/vlc/ to download vlc player. i found vlc-0.8.6d-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm is suitable file for my os. I download file into Desktop. In terminal i type
yum install /root/Desktop/vlc-0.8.6d-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
then i got this syntax errors
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
http://rpm.pidgin.im/centos/5Server/...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: pidgin

plz help to find the solution for this error.

look.....

first u need to add the list of repository to your repolist.
and why do you download the file separately and then install it. better allow yum to download the file from the repositories and install it for you. yum will also download the dependencies for you. that´s the advantage of yum.

just post the output of

Have a nice time

Lemon

hello, i am also facing same problem. How to add the list of repository to repolist.

[root@localhost ~]# yum repolist
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.

usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo, localupdate, resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache, upgrade, provides, shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update, groupupdate, info, search, check-update, list, remove, clean, grouperase >

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --tolerant be tolerant of errors
-C run entirely from cache, don't update cache
-c [config file] config file location
-R [minutes] maximum command wait time
-d [debug level] debugging output level
-e [error level] error output level
-y answer yes for all questions
--version show Yum version and exit
--installroot=[path] set install root
--enablerepo=[repo] enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
--disablerepo=[repo] disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
-x [package], --exclude=[package]
exclude package(s) by name or glob
--obsoletes enable obsoletes processing during updates
--noplugins disable Yum plugins
Thanx for good advise

Welcome to LQ.

1) The pidgin repo, you have
http://rpm.pidgin.im/centos/5Server/i386/
holds pidgin + a couple of dependencies only.

2) With no Redhat payed support, "not registered with RHN"
you will have to enable the CentOS repos : post # 2 and 3 here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=centos

3) Instructions, vlc, post # 5 and # 6 here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=centos
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The command 'yum repolist' is best done as ordinary user,
hence the $ sign shown in post # 2 , @lemon09 .
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1) The pidgin repo, you have
http://rpm.pidgin.im/centos/5Server/i386/
holds pidgin + a couple of dependencies only.


I was not able to fallow this . can u plz explain me breefly.

@ tanishq4u : Please click the link
http://rpm.pidgin.im/centos/5Server/i386/

and see the very few packages,
not very useful for anything but pidgin.
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