installing gnome via swaret

brokenflea · 04-06-2004, 04:01 PM

i just finished installing swaret and this is the first time i'm using it. having problems.
everytime i try to use this command :

swaret --install gnome

it comes back with :

"No Available packages found matching Keyword: gnome!"

any suggestions on what i'm doing wrong ?

win32sux · 04-06-2004, 04:24 PM

i think when one installs swaret the conf file needs to be renamed...

check to see if you have a file called /etc/swaret.conf.new

if you do, rename it to /etc/swaret.conf and then run:

swaret --update

you might wanna post the contents of your /etc/swaret.conf file here if the above doesn't resolve your issue...

win32sux · 04-06-2004, 08:04 PM

is this issue resolved already???

Quote:

Originally posted by brokenflea
swaret --install gnome

try with:

swaret --install gnome-desktop

r_jensen11 · 04-06-2004, 08:54 PM

"swaret --install gnome" works for me. I would run the following commands:

swaret --check
swaret --update
swaret --upgrade
swaret --install gnome

That way you know if swaret's up to date, it updates the package list, it updates your installed packages if there's updates, and then it will install gnome.

Edit>
After re-reading your post, it looks like you either
A) Didn't open up /etc/swaret.conf.new and save it as /etc/swaret.conf

or

B) Didn't run "swaret --update" beforehand