Extra Repositories

===Adding Extra Repositories to Fedora 7===
[[#Livna|Livna]]

[[#FreshRPMS|FreshRPMS]]
There are several third party repositories available to Fedora 7 users. Some of them work well together while others don't. Use caution when choosing your
repositories so that you don't end up with dependency errors. The one's that I use are [http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ Livna] and [http://www.freshrpms.net FreshRPMS.]

=====Livna=====
To add the [http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ Livna] repository simply follow this link [http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ Livna] and click on the Fedora 7 Repository RPM hyperlink. You can choose to '''open with archive manager''' or '''save to desktop'''. If you '''save to desktop''' you will need to right click on the file to install it.

An alternative method for installing the [http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ Livna] repository. Open a terminal as root and type
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
The [http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ Livna] repository is now installed and active, making a greater selection of software available to you. The repository will also be included during system updates.

=====FreshRPMS=====
To add the [http://www.freshrpms.net FreshRPMS] repository follow this link to the [http://www.freshrpms.net FreshRPMS] web page. About 1/2 way down the page there's a line starting with '''The easiest way to install freshrpms.net packages is to click here from within firefox, '''. Click the link and choose to '''open with software installer''' or '''save to desktop'''. If you '''save to desktop''' you will need to right click on the file to install it. After the installation you need to edit the freshrpms.repo file to make it disabled by default. This is to avoid possible dependency errors or conflicts between repositories. Open a terminal as root and type
gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/freshrpms.repo
Find the line near the top of the file that says
enabled = 1
Change it to read
enabled = 0
This will disable the repository. Save the file and close the editor. You can temporarily enable it using yum by typing
yum --enablerepo=freshrpms install thepackageicantlivewithout

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