On 07/12/2019 22:42, wwp wrote: > Hello, > > I've been stuck for a while with an old version of firefox, installed > from local .rpm (I know.. I should have downgraded using yum, instead) > and added a exclude=firefox to the relevant .repo file. I did that > after a yum-update has brought firefox 52+, and all add-ons were > deprecated because of their new add-on scheme. > > Today that all the add-ons I need are available, I've tried upgrading > to the latest Firefox version available from the updates repo.. I > removed the exclude line in .repo file, but `yum update` didn't bring any > firefox version at all: "No packages marked for update". I've struggled > a bit, no way to get firefox installed using yum. See.. > > $ rpm -q firefox > firefox-52.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 > > $ yum info firefox > Installed Packages > Name : firefox > Arch : x86_64 > Version : 52.8.0 > Release : 1.el7.centos > Size : 149 M > Repo : installed > From repo : /firefox-52.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 > [snip] > > $ yum search firefox > firefox.x86_64 : Mozilla Firefox Web browser > > $ yum update firefox > No packages marked for update > > $ rpm -q firefox > firefox-52.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 > > $ rpm -e firefox > > $ rpm -q firefox > package firefox is not installed > > $ yum install firefox > No package firefox available. > > Even: > $ yum localinstall firefox-68.2.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm > Examining firefox-68.2.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm: firefox-68.2.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 > Nothing to do > > I still can install it using `rpm -i`, but I'm afraid yum-updates will not bring anything later. > > What an I doing wrong? > > Try 'yum clean all' and then try again - any good? If not, what about: yum --disableexcludes=all install firefox I'm guessing it's still excluded somewhere even though you think you've removed the exclude.