Description of problem: At first, an error message "cannot retrieve software information" popped up after clicking "Add/Remove Software" under "Applications" menu. My computer was not connected to internet. Then, I followed the steps below which claimed to solve this issue. ========================================================================== Create a directory for your repository and mount the DVD ISO there: # mkdir -p /path/to/your/repo # mount -r -o loop /path/to/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso /path/to/your/repo Ensure that the DVD ISO image is mounted at every reboot edit /etc/fstab and add new line: /path/to/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso /path/to/your/repo iso9660 ro,loop 0 0 Configure yum to use your new repository edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo comment out any line starting with baseurl or mirrorlist in the [core] repository section at the top add a new line: baseurl=file:///path/to/your/repo If you want to use the Add/Remove Software application (pirut) with no network connection, you'll need to disable all of the yum repositories apart from your local one. By default, the only enabled repositories are core (which is now served by your local repository), updates, and extras. You can disable these repositories by changing the line enabled=1 to enabled=0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo and /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora- extras.repo respectively. ============================================================================= After performing the above steps, another error popped up. And it suggested me to save the error message and report this error. The error message is attached. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5 How reproducible: everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
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