[MITgcm-devel] lobbying for package inclusion in Fedora

[Chris Hill]

Hi Ed,

Sounds yummy... however,

Do I need to change yum.conf?

I tried "$ yum install netcdf" and got 

> "long list of package names...."
> Cannot find a package matching netcdf
> No actions taken

my yum.conf has stuff like

 distroverpkg=redhat-release
 .....

 does it need to be told to look around a bit more?

Chris 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mitgcm-devel-bounces at mitgcm.org 
> [mailto:mitgcm-devel-bounces at mitgcm.org] On Behalf Of Ed Hill
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:33 AM
> To: MITgcm-devel
> Subject: [MITgcm-devel] lobbying for package inclusion in Fedora
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> In an effort to make MITgcm installs easier for the general 
> public, I'm trying to get NetCDF (and nco) included in a 
> Fedora package repository. 
> The main benefit is that, if you're running a recent Red Hat 
> or Fedora distro, you can do something as simple as:
> 
>   [first become root then]
>   $ yum install netcdf
> 
> and, like magic, its there and working nicely.  Eventually, 
> the package may become part of the standard distro (so it 
> gets installed with everything else right from the beginning).
> 
> But in order to get accepted, people have to show some 
> interest.  So, if you have a few moments, please go to these 
> two links:
> 
>   https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1874
>   https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1893
> 
> and add some comments in the "Additional Comments" block such as:
> 
>  - "the NetCDF [and NCO] packages are very important for my work"
>  - "I use NetCDF almost daily and would love to see it in Fedora"
>  - "the RPMs work nicely on my system"
>  - "NetCDF and NCO packages have been included in Debian-Stable 
>     for some time now"
>  - "NetCDF makes the sun shine and the flowers bloom"
> 
> OK, skip the last one but you get the general idea...  :-)
> 
> And thanks in advance for the help!
> 
> Ed
> 
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