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HDL Factory YUM Repository for Fedora

Here's how you can import and start using the HDL Factory YUM repository for Fedora.

The HDL Factory repository is a collection of fixes that are long overdue in mainstream Fedora repositories. Right now it only contains three packages (all blueman).

You are welcome to try the repo out but know that it's experimental, and things may break horribly. If you're not put off by the disclaimer, the instructions on how to use the repo are given below.

Import the repository public key

As the root user (or under sudo, with a slight variation), do the following:

wget http://www.hdlfactory.com/~filmil/files/filmil-public-key.asc
rpm --import filmil-public-key.asc

Add the repository definition to /etc/yum.repos.d:

wget http://www.hdlfactory.com/yum/hdlfactory.repo
cp hdlfactory.repo /etc/yum.repos.d

Use the repository

Once the repository is set up, you can start using it the usual way. For example, to update the blueman program (that caused me to create the repository in the first place), you can type the following as root:

yum update blueman

Troubleshooting

In case of any problems, please let me know.