Blender FC 6

Intro

Had trouble installing on a FC6 machine for i386. Here is what I did.

Get RPMs

[python-2.4.4-1.fc6.i386.rpm][1]
 [gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.i386.rpm][2]

Update Yum Repo (if not already done)

% su root
 # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
 # vi  fedora-extras.repo
       [fedora-extras.repo][3]


[extras]
 name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
 baseurl=<http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/>
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=<http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras>

 [extras-debug]
 name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch - Debugging packages
 baseurl=<http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/debug/>
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=<http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras>
 enabled=0




# rpm &mdash;import <http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras>

Install Blender

% su root
 # yum install blender.i386 

Conclusion

I tell you what… I'm not going to use Fedora on my next upgrade. As decent an improvement yum is in resolving RPM dependencies, it is very deficient (IMHO - I know it isn't easy). What a waste of time having to search for RPMs and dealing with yum repositories, when you know there is something better like aptget or Gentoo's e-thing. Finally, I can go back to work. :(