Can't Install Repos In Yast 10.1
I had no trouble installing repos in 10.0 but in 10.1 I can't get it right. I WAS able to install repos in Apt and Smart though. When I try from the command line I get [for example]:
# installation_sources -a http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/KDE3/ -bash: installation_sources: command not found For the same URL in YaST gui I select http and enter: Server Name: http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/KDE3/ Directory on server: download/KDE:/KDE3/ And I get 'Unable to create installation source' What am I doing wrong??? What I think I want to do is use one of these 2 mirrors: ftp://mirror.colorado.edu/pub/suse ftp://mirror.storagetek.com/pub/systems/suse/ but can't figure out what YaST wants me to enter for each repo or why 'installation_sources -a' doesn't work.:confused: :newbie: |
repositories in Yast
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I think it should be: Server Name: software.opensuse.org Directory on server: download/KDE:/KDE3 That's the way I entered my repositories. |
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Take a look at post 6 in this thread.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1978893,00.asp
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2847107085.html Maybe the info in these releases has something to do with the problems I'm having??? |
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suse.com pub/suse/i386/supplementary And I get this error: Unable to create installation source From URL 'ftp://suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary' I'm sure this is how the Novell link http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11504.html is telling me how to do it and how I did it in Suse 10.0??? Then I tried you suggestions: protocol: http server name: software.opensuse.org directory on server: download/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_10.1 protocol: http server name: ftp.suse.com directory on server: pub/suse/i386/supplementary/GNOME/update_for_10.1/yast-source The KDE one worked and the Gnome one didn't. |
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http software.opensuse.org download/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_10.1 http suse.cs.utah.edu suse/update/10.1/ Hmmm. Http??? I also have voip phone router??? |
You need to tell it which Distro to go to
download/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_10.1/ Is the correct way, you will see the .repo file within there.. |
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http software.opensuse.org download/KDE:/Backports/ http ftp.ale.org pub/mirrors/suse/i386/supplementary/GNOME/ And each time [much more than 2 those are examples to see if I'm entering data correctly] I get the 'Cannot create the installation source' error??? I shut down and restarted Yast and went to 'Installation Sources' and immediately got this error on the previously successfully installed repo: ERROR There were errors when restoring the source configuration. Not all sources are available for configuration. http://software.opensuse.org/downloa...x_10.1/:Cannot create the installation source. And it removed that repo without my prompt??? I merely clicked OK on the error message???:confused: Right now I'm thankful for Smart and APT. |
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These are my repositories in Yast: http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...ss-inst-source http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linux/suse.com/suse/update/10.1 http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1 http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1 I used "Add HTTP:" and then: server name: download.opensuse.org directory on server: distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-inst-source It took some time to update the "database", but it's working. It was much faster in Suse 10.0. GB :) |
I get the impression across various threads that some people aren't paying attention to what is being said about this.
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FWIW, I have no solution. I've e-mailed, tried things, read forums, etc. for days on end. This problem started with the restructure of this and a few other products' distrubution and build schemes. Most suggested solutions seem to be based on the mistaken belief I or others don't know how to add a repository at all or that I need a list of repos. No. I've been using SuSE since 9.2 and understand how this at least once worked. Something changed, and I've not been able to find a detailed description of what it was. (I did read the README in the old KDE repo directory. It tells me nothing valuable and actually just points to the repo that doesn't work.) The admin of one site I visit, a developer himself, was also taken unaware by this and wrote a brief rant directed toward SuSE about it. I've still not seen a response. Anyway ... that's the end of my rant. |
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By the way why no Synaptic in 10.1? Is Yum/Yumex available in 10.1?:confused: :confused: :newbie: |
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I'm using SMART myself at the moment, which is fine now that I've figured it out, but it's quite annoying to know that I must use a software management system other than the one my distro of choice has integrated into it. Put another way, it becomes increasingly difficult to recommend SuSE as a good distro when one has to suggest that those elements of the distro that are unique to it not be used because of numerous flaws. What, in that case, should lead a person to choose SuSE over something else? As I've said elsewhere, all these issues are pushing me more and more to other distros, and to be honest, I'm coming close just to rolling up my sleeves and constructing my Slackware installation to work as I want it. This is not a bad thing, of course, but I don't think it's what the SuSE team intended. |
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