> It simply means that the version compiled for Fedora 8 is also suitable
> for Fedora 9, no recompile necessary. In fact on my Fedora 9 64-bit
> system, it is the same one, except 64-bit, and I installed it using yum.
>
>> Now this is where I got the PAN rpm from. Maybe its wrong but its surely
>> listed on this reputed site like rpmfind.net!
>>
>
> It's not wrong.
>
>>
>>> Use the softwaretool of fedora core 9 to install Pan do not download &
>>> install rpm's by hand, the softwaretool will do that for you ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>> Yes, instead of messing up, I would love the comfort of getting it
>> easily. But my other post mentions that Add/Remove Software utility just
>> shows busy completing some unfinished tasks.
>> The Cancel button does NOT work. The only option is to reboot the pc. I
>> thought this was more in Windows.
>
> You're too impatient. How long did you wait before rebooting? 30
> seconds? 4 or 5 minutes?
>
> The first time you use Fedora's package management system, it takes
> several minutes to set up everything. First, your hard drive is scanned
> and a database of everything installed, their versions and dependencies
> is built. Then, all the databases of all the enabled repositories are
> read, compared with what's on your system, and the differences noted, so
> the package manager knows what needs to be updated, deleted, etc.
>
> On my 2.0 GHZ, single core (Athlon 64) 64-bit system with 4 GB RAM, all
> this took about 5 minutes, IIRC, with a 12 to 24 megabit/sec cable
> Broadband connection.
>
> In stopping the process by rebooting and, thus, preventing the databases
> from being built, every time you try to install something using yum or
> Add/Remove, the system attempts to build the necessary databases, which
> is time consuming, and you think something is wrong and stop it before
> it's finished.
>
> That's why I prefer the command line package manager yum: It shows you
> exactly everything it's doing, so you know whether it's failed or locked
> up or whatever. FWIW, I've never had a failure or lockup with yum.
>
> In a shell, as root, type: yum info pan. It won't doing anything to
> your system, except scan your on-disk database, if there is one, or
> create one, if there's not. So, give it time. Several minutes. Here's
> what it reports on my system:
>
> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> livna | 2.1 kB 00:00
> fedora | 2.4 kB 00:00
> adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
> updates | 2.3 kB 00:00
> Installed Packages
> Name : pan
> Arch : x86_64
> Epoch : 1
> Version : 0.132
> Release : 2.fc8
> Size : 2.9 M
> Repo : installed
> Summary : A GNOME/GTK+ news reader for X
> URL : http://pan.rebelbase.com/
> License : GPL
> Description: Pan is a newsreader which attempts to be pleasant to new and
> : advanced users alike. It has all the standard newsreaders
> [snipped rest of description]
>
> (You probably won't have the livna or Adobe repositories. They aren't
> installed by default.)
>
> If this works, as root, type: yum install pan. Yum will ask before
> installing anything. So don't worry about screwing up anything. What
> happened?
>
> Also, read and study this:
>
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f9.html
>
>
> Stef
> Fedora User since Core 3


Hi Stefan,

Many thanks indeed as the site proved very very useful for reading at least.
Am gonna try the suggestions listed therein.

BTW, my patience was not just 5 or 10mins, it was well past an hour and
nothing much was happening, hence the reboot.

Thanks again,

Regards,

Arty