I installed SuSe from a fat partition and now when i attempt to install a any package like gaim it's asking for a CD, i point it to the same folder on already mounted fat partition where i installed it from but it fails to see the needed files, can someone tell me where exactly i need to point it, or what am i not doing to make it see where to get the needed files.

Thanx for help.

which version?

latest 8.2

"Point it to the same folder" there are several different ways to do that, can you provide the exact steps your trying? the quickest is to browse to the rpm and click on it, it will ask 'install with yast?' . or you could select 'change source of installation' and add the directory. or from the 'install/remove screen' select file->import-> then browse to the directory. that will only work if you have a package list residing in the same dir as the rpm's.

Yeah i am installing with Yast, first when i tried installing there was a whole bunch of packages missing so i went online and downloaded all of them and installed them, so now it seems to install normally but Yast is asking for Disk one which i don't have. In the URL it had hd:///8.1;device=/dev/hde6;filesystem=auto. 8.1 is the folder on the fat partition where i installed SuSe from. Error it comes up with is ERROR(Media:not attached) I thought the problem was that partition is already mounted so i tried \windows\d\8.1 and a couple of other ways like file:\windows\d\8.1 but nothing works, it keeps bringing up an ERROR(Media:not opened)

it's not a problem that the rpm's i'm trying 2 install r on fat partition is it?

And btw, any time i try 2 install a package in SuSe, i mean anything at all like Gaim, opera, or an ftp client, there are ALWAYS problems with missing things that Yast is reporting, is that a problem with my installation? Did i do something wrong? or is that just the way SuSe is, u have 2 download everything urself?

You should try apt for SuSE ;-)

apt-get update
apt-get install gaim

It will install all other files needed to satisfy dependencies if any.
You will need at least:
apt-0.5.4cnc9-1cl
apt-devel-0.5.4cnc9-1cl
from www.rpmseek.com

Have fun :-)

i agree, apt for SuSE is the way to go. http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/
get synaptic if you want a nice GUI to work from.
hopefully they will integrate this into yast at some point.

aherm,
pt 0.5.5cnc5-rb6 conflict
Unresolved Requirements:
apt requires lua
apt requires libapt-pkg-libc6.2-5.so.0
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Do Not Install apt
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies
libapt-pkg-libc6.2-5.so.0 not available
Required by:
apt requires libapt-pkg-libc6.2-5.so.0
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Remove the Conflicting Package
Do Not Install apt
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies
lua not available
Required by:
apt requires lua
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Remove the Conflicting Package
Do Not Install apt
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies

Still not sure what to do about the disk problem, but i think i got apt to work so i won't have to worry about that, thanx a lot!

i take that back apt doesn't work
could not open RPM package list file /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.gwdg.de_pub_linux_suse_apt_SuSE_8.0-i386_base_pkglist.packman-i386

you have to be carefull about the version numbers, you're trying to apt-get version 8.0 packages. go to http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/ and click the 'component list for 8.2, then copy/paste that to your /etc/apt/sources.list, then comment out or remove any for the lower version numbers. save, then re-run apt-get update as root.

Downloading the right ones now, again thanx a lot.

You need to download the remaining packages required by apt and those are here:
http://rpmseek.com/rpm/apt-0.5.5cnc5...N:0:0:0:599859
Oops, I have an older apt version ;-)

And this is my sources.list

Have more fun :-)