I have just installed SuSE Office Desktop (8.1) on a Dell Dimension 4600 and need to compile a driver for the 3Com Network Card. I have downloaded the source and need to compile it. Unfortunately, SuSe Office Desktop does not include a C compiler. There is no 'gcc' program or man command and no 'make' program.

SuSE will only tell me that it is available on their ftp site at ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/8.1/ but this has only confused me. Further information would be chargeable.

It is obvious, from previous questions on this site, that the gcc compiler is normally present on the distribution media.

I would be really grateful if somebody could point me in the right direction so that I can install a C compiler to get my network driver compiled.

I have never used SuSE Office Desktop, but i'm sure it came along with quite a few cd's. I have used SuSE 8.0, and they didn't install gcc and make per default. That's just the way they do it.
So you have to start the software-installation tool (Yast2) and then search and install: gcc and make. If you want to compile a driver, you need a kernel source too, so search for kernel and install the SuSE sources.

Thanks for the reply. YaST2 does show C/C++ Compiler and Tools as an option but it would not install. Tried reinstalling Linux and made the selection at this point. Now shows C/C++ as being installed but still no sign of 'gcc' or 'make'.

The packages listed are:
gdb The GNU debugger
libtool Tool to build shared libraries
strace Trace system calls of a program

Under Development - Languages, I have:
C and C++ showing a package of cpp The GCC preprocessor

Under Development - Libraries, I have:
C and C++ showing installed packages of:
gal, glib2, libcap, lbexif, libgimpprint and mhash

uninstalled packages are: libavc1394, libexif-gtk, tv-common

On one of the CDs there are two files which don't appear to show under YaST2. These are:
gcc-3.2-44.src.rpm
glibc-2.2.5-161.src.rpm

Not sure whether these are significant.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

I'm not quite sure, whether I understand you correctly - is gcc now installed? Does it show up in the list as beeing installed?
If so, try to find out what files were installed - With SuSE 8.0, I used kpackage (I think). Interesting files are the ones beeing installed in a place, where binaries reside, like /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /bin etc.
If not - try install the src.rpms you found, the ones of interest are gcc-3.2-44.src.rpm, and make-xxxx.src.rpm, if it exists. If all this doesn't work, you can still download the source-tarball, but first try doing it by rpm.

Still can't find gcc or make on the machine. In YaST2 it shows C/C++ Compiler and Tools as being installed but it seems to regard this as being only gdb, libtool and strace as described earlier.

I copied the gcc-3.2-44.src.rpm file to the desktop, clicked the icon and it displayed details with the option of installing the package with YaST. I tried this and it went into YaST2, flashed up a message (too quickly to read) and closed YaST2.

288 lines were recorded in y2log during the attempted install. The message log did not mean much to me: I can add it to this reply if it means anything to you (or anybody else).

I cannot find any mention of a make*.src.rpm.

By the way, many thanks for the prompt response.

use console and you will see all the messages. If the message flashed and disappeared then gcc is not installed. Install it using console and post the messages.

Sorry, not sure how to run it from console. Is this using rpm? The log generated from YaST2 running GUI looks like this. Does this help?

[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(getLangEnvironment):45 LANG=en_GB
[liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):110 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base'
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:16 Loading YCP module Arch
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:17 Loading YCP module Installation
[Interpreter] modules/Installation.ycp:21 Loading YCP module Mode
[YCP] modules/Mode.ycp:207 skipping unknown option gcc
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(packageManager):299 Launch PackageManager...
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(packageManager):301 Created PackageManager @0x8079910
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:21 Loading YCP module Packages
[Interpreter] modules/Packages.ycp:14 Loading YCP module Product
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instTarget):223 Launch InstTarget...
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instTarget):225 Created InstTarget
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instTarget):230 Init InstTarget at '/'...
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 readdir /var/adm/YaST/ProdDB
[packagemanager] InstTargetProdDB.cc(open):220 ProductDB(/var/adm/YaST/ProdDB): [1] InstSrcDescr[5(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))
[packagemanager] InstTargetProdDB.cc(open):224 ProductDB(/var/adm/YaST/ProdDB) 1 products installed
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 readdir /var/adm/YaST/SelDB
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[9(2)]{Basis-Sound--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[13(2)]{default--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[17(2)]{X11--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[21(2)]{Basis-Devel--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[25(2)]{SuSE-Documentation--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[29(2)]{Kde-Desktop--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[33(2)]{Office--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(rescan):143 Parse found PMSelection[37(2)]{Gnome--.noarch}
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(open):106 SelectionDB(/var/adm/YaST/SelDB) 8 selections installed
[packagemanager] RpmDb.cc(initDatabase):143 calling initDatabase
[packagemanager] RpmDb.cc(initDatabase):152 Setting dbPath to /var/lib/rpm
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/awk by gawk-3.1.1-153
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/bash by bash-2.05b-53
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/cat by textutils-2.1-52
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/chmod by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/cp by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/date by sh-utils-2.0-340
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/fillup by fillup-1.10-59
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/grep by grep-2.5.1-100
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/ln by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/ls by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/mkdir by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/mktemp by mktemp-1.5-481
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/mv by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/netstat by net-tools-1.60-300
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/rm by fileutils-4.1.11-43
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/sed by sed-3.02.80-67
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /bin/sh by bash-2.05b-53
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /etc/mailcap by aaa_base-2002.11.11-1
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /etc/mime.types by aaa_base-2002.11.11-1
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /etc/modules.conf by aaa_base-2002.11.11-1
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /lib/cpp by cpp-3.2-44
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /sbin/ldconfig by glibc-2.2.5-165
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/awk by gawk-3.1.1-153
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/cdrecord by cdrecord-1.11.a28-36
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/chroot by sh-utils-2.0-340
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/cmp by diffutils-2.8.1-64
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/dirname by sh-utils-2.0-340
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/env by sh-utils-2.0-340
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/find by findutils-4.1.7-462
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/grep by grep-2.5.1-100
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/guile by guile-1.4.1-54
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/host by bind9-utils-9.1.3-276
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/mkisofs by mkisofs-1.11.a28-36
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/perl by perl-5.8.0-57
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/python by python-2.2.1-72
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/sed by sed-3.02.80-67
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/wish by tk-8.4-76
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/bin/xargs by findutils-4.1.7-462
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/sbin/groupadd by shadow-4.0.2-264
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/sbin/tcpd by tcpd-7.6-455
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(getPackages):898 /usr/sbin/useradd by shadow-4.0.2-264
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):149 Going to set 470 installed objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):185 installed objects set!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 470
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 1439}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 1439}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 470
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 470
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 1439}
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(selectionManager):318 Launch SelectionManager...
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(selectionManager):320 Created SelectionManager @0x80cfc68
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):149 Going to set 8 installed objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):185 installed objects set!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 8
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 1447}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 1447}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 8
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 8
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 1447}
[Interpreter] modules/Packages.ycp:16 Loading YCP module SpaceCalculation
[Interpreter] modules/SpaceCalculation.ycp:22 Loading YCP module Report
[qt-ui] YUIQt.cc(currentFont):869 Loading default font: -gnu-unifont-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-p-80-iso10646-1
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:22 Loading YCP module PackageCallbacks
[YCP] modules/PackageCallbacks.ycp:286 PackageCallbacks constructor
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instSrcManager):280 Launch InstSrcManager...
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):88 Read and auto enable SrcPool from /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 readdir /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):102 Check 'tmp'
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):102 Check 'IS_CACHE_0x00000000'
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(scanSrcCache):150 Read InstSrc from cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(vconstruct):1019 Create InstSrc from cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(InstSrc):76 New InstSrc InstSrc[1456(0)](Rep(nil)|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_openCache):294 InstSrc open cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_openCache):359 Found InstSrc InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/())
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(poolAdd):373 Added InstSrc InstSrc[1456(3)](InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/())|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):102 Check 'IS_CACHE_0x00000001'
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(scanSrcCache):150 Read InstSrc from cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(vconstruct):1019 Create InstSrc from cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(InstSrc):76 New InstSrc InstSrc[1459(0)](Rep(nil)|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_openCache):294 InstSrc open cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_openCache):359 Found InstSrc InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(poolAdd):373 Added InstSrc InstSrc[1459(3)](InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))|Rep(nil))
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 rename /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DESCRIPTION/description.new -> /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DESCRIPTION/description
[packagemanager] InstSrcDescr.cc(writeCache):301 InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/()) wrote cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DESCRIPTION
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 rename /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DESCRIPTION/description.new -> /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DESCRIPTION/description
[packagemanager] InstSrcDescr.cc(writeCache):301 InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/)) wrote cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DESCRIPTION
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(writeNewRanks):182 ===[known sources]===================
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(writeNewRanks):182 1 [0] InstSrc[1456(1)](InstSrcDescr[1457(3)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/())|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(writeNewRanks):182 1 [1] InstSrc[1459(1)](InstSrcDescr[1460(3)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(writeNewRanks):182 =====================================
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(enableSource):132 Enable InstSrc InstSrc[1456(2)](InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/())|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstTarget.cc(baseArch):132 _base_arch 'i686'
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):323 InstSrcDataUL::tryGetData(./suse/setup/descr)
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(initDataCache):510 Cache data already exist: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr{d 0755 0/0}
[mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(MediaHandler):112 dir:////var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA"
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):351 (F)Use cache DIR(dir:////var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA")
[packagemanager] InstSrcData.cc(InstSrcData):53 New InstSrcData InstSrcData[1463(0)]((withdrawn sel:0 pkg:0 you:0)
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromMediaDir):363 *** Expecting 27 selections ***
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Advanced-Devel.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Basis-Devel.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Basis-Sound.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Games.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Gnome.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Kde-Desktop.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Kde.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/LAMP.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/LDAP-Server.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/LSB.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Minimal+X11.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Minimal.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Multimedia.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Network.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Office.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/SuSE-Documentation.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/Tcl-Development.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/UnitedLinux.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/X11.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/YaST2_modules.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/analyze.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/auth.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/default.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/dhcp_dns.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/file_print.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/mail_news.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromPath):228 Cant open /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DATA/descr/sles_admin.sel
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromMediaDir):390 *** parsed 0 selections ***
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):385 tryGetDataUL sucessful
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):386 0 packages
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):387 0 selections
[mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(release):180 ok
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 rename /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DESCRIPTION/description.new -> /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DESCRIPTION/description
[packagemanager] InstSrcDescr.cc(writeCache):301 InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/()) wrote cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/DESCRIPTION
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):121 Auto enabled: InstSrc[1456(2)](InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/())|InstSrcDataUL[1463(1)]((propagating sel:0 pkg:0 you:0))
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(enableSource):132 Enable InstSrc InstSrc[1459(2)](InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))|Rep(nil))
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):323 InstSrcDataUL::tryGetData(/suse/setup/descr)
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(initDataCache):510 Cache data already exist: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA/descr{d 0555 0/0}
[mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(MediaHandler):112 dir:////var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA"
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):351 (F)Use cache DIR(dir:////var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA")
[packagemanager] InstSrcData.cc(InstSrcData):53 New InstSrcData InstSrcData[1470(0)]((withdrawn sel:0 pkg:0 you:0)
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(traceFileRel):1541 /usr/bin/bltwish is not provided
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(traceFileRel):1529 /usr/bin/tclsh by tcl-8.4-76
[FileRel] RpmDb.cc(traceFileRel):1529 /bin/csh by tcsh-6.12.00-77
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromMediaDir):363 *** Expecting 13 selections ***
[packagemanager] ULSelectionParser.cc(fromMediaDir):390 *** parsed 13 selections ***
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):385 tryGetDataUL sucessful
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):386 599 packages
[packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetData):387 13 selections
[mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(release):180 ok
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAddCandidates):203 Going to add 599 objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAddCandidates):232 objects added!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 2823}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 2823}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 2823}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAddCandidates):203 Going to add 13 objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAddCandidates):232 objects added!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 rename /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DESCRIPTION/description.new -> /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DESCRIPTION/description
[packagemanager] InstSrcDescr.cc(writeCache):301 InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/)) wrote cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DESCRIPTION
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):121 Auto enabled: InstSrc[1459(601)](InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))|InstSrcDataUL[1470(1)]((propagating sel:13 pkg:599 you:0))
[packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(initSrcPool):134 Read 2 InstSrc'es from cache.
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instSrcManager):282 Created InstSrcManager @0x81dfdd0
[wfm] PkgModuleFunctionsSource.cc(addSrcIds):82 addSrcIds 2, known_sources 0
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:23 Loading YCP module SlideShow
[Interpreter] modules/SlideShow.ycp:14 Loading YCP module Language
[Interpreter] modules/Language.ycp:17 Loading YCP module Misc
[Interpreter] modules/Language.ycp:20 Loading YCP module X11Version
[YCP] modules/X11Version.ycp(GetVersion):59 Symlink: </usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86>
[YCP] modules/X11Version.ycp(GetVersion):72 xfree_version: <4>
[Interpreter] modules/Language.ycp:21 Loading YCP module XF86Path
[YCP] modules/Misc.ycp(Misc::SysconfigRead):238 .sysconfig.language.RC_LANG: <en_GB>
[YCP] modules/Language.ycp:64 reading RC_LANG en_GB
[YCP] modules/Language.ycp:86 setting language to en_GB
[YCP] modules/Language.ycp(Set):151 lang:en_GB
[YCP] modules/Language.ycp(SetDefault):117 Setting default language: en_GB
[Interpreter] modules/SlideShow.ycp:16 Loading YCP module SlideShowCallbacks
[YCP] modules/SlideShowCallbacks.ycp:202 SlideShowCallbacks constructor
[YCP] modules/SlideShow.ycp:66 SlideShow constructor
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:26 Loading YCP module Wizard
[Interpreter] modules/Wizard.ycp:21 Loading YCP module Directory
genesis7(8747 [ui] YUIInterpreter_builtins.cc(evaluateGetLanguage):330 Stripping encoding
genesis7(8747 [qt-ui] YUIQt.cc(headingFont):887 Loading heading font: -gnu-unifont-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-80-iso10646-1
[YCP] clients/sw_single.ycp(CheckWhichPackages):89 CheckWhichPackages (["gcc"])
[YCP] clients/sw_single.ycp(CheckWhichPackages):149 packagelist: ["gcc"]
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instTarget):230 Init InstTarget at '/'...
[packagemanager] InstTargetProdDB.cc(open):161 ProductDB(/var/adm/YaST/ProdDB) ERROR(InstTarget:E_ProdDB_already_open)
[packagemanager] InstTargetSelDB.cc(open):80 SelectionDB(/var/adm/YaST/SelDB) ERROR(InstTarget:E_SelDB_already_open)
[packagemanager] RpmDb.cc(initDatabase):143 calling initDatabase
[packagemanager] RpmDb.cc(initDatabase):152 Setting dbPath to /var/lib/rpm
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):149 Going to set 470 installed objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):185 installed objects set!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):149 Going to set 8 installed objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):185 installed objects set!

Rest of log follows

[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 2828}
[YCP] clients/sw_single.ycp:180 SW_SINGLE: result CheckWhichPackages `found_descr
[packagemanager] PMManager_solver.cc(buildSets):149 470 installed, 598 available, 0 to install
[packagemanager] upgrade.cc(solvesystemnoauto):361 -------------------- install run --------------------
[packagemanager] install.cc(install):98 0 Packages to check
[packagemanager] upgrade.cc(solvesystemnoauto):363 -------------------- install end --------------------
genesis7(8747 [ui] YUIInterpreter_builtins.cc(evaluateGetLanguage):330 Stripping encoding
[Interpreter] clients/sw_single.ycp:228 Loading YCP module PackageInstallation
[Interpreter] modules/PackageInstallation.ycp:17 Loading YCP module AutoInstall
[Interpreter] modules/AutoInstall.ycp:18 Loading YCP module XML
[Interpreter] modules/PackageInstallation.ycp:21 Loading YCP module Version
[YCP] modules/PackageInstallation.ycp(PackageInstallation::CommitPackages):61 CommitPackages (0,0): Pkg::TargetGetDU() $[]
[YCP] modules/SlideShow.ycp(SlideShow::InitPkgData):192 SlideShow::InitPkgData() done; install_sizes_per_cd: [[0], [0, 0, 0]]
[YCP] modules/SlideShow.ycp(SlideShow::SetCurrentCdNo):362 SetCurrentCdNo(1,1)
[Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(commitPackages):400 ranked install !
[packagemanager] PMPackageManager.cc(getPackagesToInsDel):177 getPackagesToInsDel...
[packagemanager] PMPackageManager.cc(getPackagesToInsDel):226 num packages: delete 0, install 0
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(disableSource):225 Disable InstSrc InstSrc[1456(5)](InstSrcDescr[1457(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-user- from dir:///var/tmp/yast-temp-source/())|InstSrcDataUL[1463(1)]((propagating sel:0 pkg:0 you:0))
[packagemanager] InstSrcData.cc(InstSrcData):66 Delete InstSrcData InstSrcData[1463(0)]((withdrawn sel:0 pkg:0 you:0)
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 clean_dir /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000000/MEDIA
[wfm] PkgModuleFunctionsSource.cc(SourceFinishAll):332 disable: 0: OK
[packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(disableSource):225 Disable InstSrc InstSrc[1459(604)](InstSrcDescr[1460(1)](UnitedLinux:SuSE Linux-8.1- from cd:///;devices=/dev/hdc(/))|InstSrcDataUL[1470(1)]((propagating sel:13 pkg:599 you:0))
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolRemoveCandidates):251 Going to remove 599 objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolRemoveCandidates):281 objects removed!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 598
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 2827}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 2699}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 470
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 470
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 2699}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolRemoveCandidates):251 Going to remove 13 objects...
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolRemoveCandidates):281 objects removed!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):295 START Pool size 13
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):296 RepStats{rep_Total = 2699}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):452 SaveState cleared!
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):333 RepStats{rep_Total = 2694}
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):334 END Pool size 8
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):350 Pool size 8
[packagemanager] PMManager.cc(checkPool):353 RepStats{rep_Total = 2694}
[packagemanager] InstSrcData.cc(InstSrcData):66 Delete InstSrcData InstSrcData[1470(0)]((withdrawn sel:0 pkg:0 you:0)
[liby2util] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):179 clean_dir /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA
[wfm] PkgModuleFunctionsSource.cc(SourceFinishAll):332 disable: 1: OK
[liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):360 Finished YaST2 component 'y2base'

I have exactly the same problem. Are there any solutions?