On May 3, 2008, following the instructions found at
http://howtoforge.com/upgrading-fedora7-desktop-to-fedora8/,I upgraded my Linux desktop machine (described in §15.9 below) as follows:
> su # yum clean all # rpm -Uvh ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/ \ i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm \ ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/ \ i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm # yum upgrade ... [ran into dependency trouble with pd-py and libxcb-devel] ... # yum remove pd-py libxcb-devel ... [libxcb-devel did not exist] ... # yum remove libxcb ... Removing for dependencies: kdemultimedia i386 6:3.5.9-1.fc7 installed 20 M kdemultimedia-extras i386 6:3.5.9-1.fc7 installed 6.9 M xine-lib i386 1.1.11.1-1.fc7.1 installed 5.3 M ... # yum upgrade ... Install 115 Package(s) Update 1447 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 1.8 G ... Error Downloading Packages: sbcl - 1.0.13-1.fc8.i386: failure: sbcl-1.0.13-1.fc8.i386.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. # yum remove sbcl ... Removing for dependencies: clm-sbcl i386 2008.01.09-1.fc7.ccrma installed 5.1 M cm-clm-sbcl i386 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.7.fc7.ccrma installed 0.0 cm-fomus-sbcl i386 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.7.fc7.ccrma installed 3.4 M cm-sbcl i386 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.7.fc7.ccrma installed 16 M cmn-sbcl i386 2007.11.03-2.fc7.ccrma installed 5.7 M ... # yum upgrade ... Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib/SuperCollider/plugins/JoshPVUGens.so conflicts between attempted installs of supercollider-joshpv-ugens-0.20070712-1.119svn.fc8.ccrma and supercollider-josh-ugens-0.20080331-0.svn216.1.fc8.ccrma ... # yum remove supercollider ... Removing for dependencies: faust-supercollider i386 0.9.9.2-1.fc7.ccrma installed 8.1 k supercollider-ambiem i386 0.4-2.fc7.ccrma installed 133 k supercollider-bbcut2 i386 2.1-1.fc7.ccrma installed 528 k supercollider-devel i386 0.0.20070720-0.2.6186svn.fc7.ccrma installed 6.7 M supercollider-dewdrop i386 07.0424-1.fc7.ccrma installed 799 k supercollider-mathlib i386 0.20070727-3.118svn.fc7.ccrma installed 97 k supercollider-midifile i386 0.0-1.fc7.ccrma installed 22 k supercollider-redclasses i386 0.0-2.fc7.ccrma installed 148 k supercollider-swingosc i386 0.530-1.fc7.ccrma installed 1.3 M supercollider-world i386 2007.03.08-1.fc7.ccrma installed 0.0 ... # yum remove supercollider-josh-ugens ... # yum -y upgrade ... [root@jos2p8 fg]# yum install planetccrma-apps ... Error Downloading Packages: sbcl - 1.0.13-1.fc8.i386: failure: sbcl-1.0.13-1.fc8.i386.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. ... [oh well, I'll burn the common-lisp bridge when I get to it - supercollider seems to be fine] ...Later on (Oct. 2008), I had to manually remove the F7 version of avahi in order for yum update to run successfully:
rpm -e --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7(from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq#Fedora_7_-.3E_Fedora_8)