Zypper ; add/use options that rpm command has?

theKbStockpiler · 08-13-2014, 05:05 PM

I would like to use wget with it's 'retry' option along with 'resolve' like urpmi has or something similar . Can can another commands options be used with zypper?

Thanks!

John VV · 08-13-2014, 05:34 PM

have you read

Code:

su -
zypper --help
-------- and this ------------
man zypper

and have you searched the suse docs ?
http://activedoc.opensuse.org/search...pper&op=Search

theKbStockpiler · 08-16-2014, 09:26 PM

I could not find any info on using wget with zypper and I also looked through the /etc/zypp/ configuration files. Ugh!

John VV · 08-16-2014, 11:02 PM

why would you use "wget" to grab rpm's from the suse repos

wget can NOT resolve dependencies like zypper

what problem are you having

theKbStockpiler · 08-17-2014, 11:49 AM

Here is the issue. I really don't need a fast internet connection unless I'm using suse so I have dialup. In my locale it's either roadrunner for $50 a month or dsl for $30 and they bottle down the speed after you have had it a few months. I was planning on going with dsl soon but it looks like I have to take a pay cut so I would rather not.

All of suse's servers are so slow that the repo can only update it's self %50 of the time. This is Not the case with Mageia and Fedora. If you could enlighten me on a few topics I would appreciate it.

-I see at suse's repo page that there is a listing of rsync servers. How do I get the correct path for updates with that?

-Yum will let you try to install a rpm file and if the dependencies are not met ,yum will take care of that faction for you. Is there a way zypper can do that? That way I can use wget to get the big files and then let zypper take care of dependency hell.

John VV · 08-17-2014, 07:42 PM

do not update EVERYTHING at the same time then

when you run

Code:

su -
zypper up

you get a long list of software

say "n" no to updateing

then update one thing at a time
( some WILL have dependencies but zypper will figure it out )
and if TOO LONG AND BIG you can say " no "

then only update something in the dependency list

for example :
i have not updated in a bit so

Code:

zypper up

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

The following 7 package updates will NOT be installed:
  cpp33 gcc33 gcc33-c++ gcc33-fortran libg2c33 libstdc++33 libstdc++33-devel 

The following 4 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  kernel-desktop-3.11.10-21.1 kernel-desktop-devel-3.11.10-21.1 kernel-devel-3.11.10-21.1 oyranos-profile-graph 

The following 61 packages are going to be upgraded:
  MozillaThunderbird NetworkManager NetworkManager-devel at chromium chromium-desktop-kde chromium-suid-helper 
  cinepaint elfutils flash-player flash-player-kde4 gdb hunspell hunspell-tools icc-examin kde4-kgreeter-plugins 
  kdebase4-workspace kdebase4-workspace-devel kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle 
  kdebase4-workspace-plasma-calendar kdelibs4 kdelibs4-core kdelibs4-doc kdm krb5 krb5-32bit krb5-devel kwin libasm1 
  libdw1 libebl1 libelf1 libelf1-32bit libjbig2 libjbig2-32bit libkde4 libkde4-devel libkdecore4 libkdecore4-devel 
  libksuseinstall1 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4 libnm-util2 liboyranos0 liboyranos0-cups liboyranos0-lraw 
  liboyranos0-monitor libsgutils2-2 libzypp oyranos oyranos-monitor oyranos-ui-fltk python-kdebase4 sg3_utils 
  typelib-1_0-NMClient-1_0 typelib-1_0-NetworkManager-1_0 xen-libs zypper zypper-aptitude zypper-log 

61 packages to upgrade, 4 new.
Overall download size: 164.0 MiB. After the operation, additional 211.6 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y):

i would type in "n" for no
then do this

Code:

su -
zypper up MozillaThunderbird
---- then ------
zypper up chromium
---- then ----
zypper up NetworkManager NetworkManager-devel

and so on ...

theKbStockpiler · 08-17-2014, 08:19 PM

The problem is getting the xml repo data files to load. I'm looking into loading those manually and also investigating packagekitd. I don't know what packagekitd is a wrapper for but I know fedora and Mageia/Mandriva will take care of dependencies with it. Suse has it too and the commandline command is pkcon.

theKbStockpiler · 08-17-2014, 10:24 PM

I used pkmon to install opera from a rpm but it did not need any dependencies. This is the bash screen.

Quote:

linux-nvvu:/home/kbs # pkcon install-local /home/kbs/Downloads/opera-11.00-1176.i386.rpm
Installing files [=========================]
Waiting in queue [=========================]
Starting [=========================]
Resolving dependencies [=========================]
Installing packages [ ] (0%)
The following packages have to be installed:
opera-2:11.00-1176.i386 A fast and secure web browser and Internet suite
Proceed with changes? [N/y]

So pkmon looks like it will resolve dependencies if you download a packages big files with wget and then install them with pkmon. When I install a package with dependencies I will post back with the pkmon's output.