[CentOS] Yum package/instlal/update problem

[Akemi Yagi]

On 4/29/07, fredex <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> Hi gang!
>
> I'm trying to update my videolan client (0.8.4a-4.el4.rf) to the latest
> 0.8.6 version. I see that Dag has a 0.8.6 for EL4 (I'm running Centos 4.4)
> but when I do "yum update videolan-client" it says there's nothing to
> update.

> I can't figure out why it's not installing the 0.8.6 version that is
> clearly visible at Dag's repository at this page:
>
>         http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/vlc/
>
> where we see, among other things:
>
>         vlc-0.8.6b-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm
>
> Anybody got a clue?

Just tried from a C5 x86_64 box and it found the latest
0.8.6b-1.el5.rf.  Don't know what is the cause of your problem.  It
might be that a yum index file may not be complete?  You might want to
try yum clean all and see what happens.

Akemi