how to remove suse casteriated xine and install full version

uriah · 08-16-2006, 11:44 PM

I am trying to remove the suse castrated programs and install the full versions. The two I would like to start with are xine and kaffine. As a newbe I need detailed instructions. I am using suse 10.0

System
amd 64 3000+ asus k8 deluxe 1 gig ddr400 wd200 gig & maxtor 200 gig gforce 6200--128meg sb 2zs platium pro

Thanks
Stan

salparadise · 08-17-2006, 03:52 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=474643

That should help.

If you get stuck, post back here.

uriah · 08-18-2006, 08:32 PM

Downloaded smart files to temp and as su did install. Now smart & smart update are under system/configuration but when I try to invoke the program I get message to sign in as root which I do then smart never runs. Using file viewer all programs seem to be installed. What should I try next?

Thanks Stan

reddazz · 08-18-2006, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uriah

Downloaded smart files to temp and as su did install. Now smart & smart update are under system/configuration but when I try to invoke the program I get message to sign in as root which I do then smart never runs. Using file viewer all programs seem to be installed. What should I try next?

Thanks Stan

Start Konsole as a normal user and enter kdesu "smart --gui". Post back any error messages printed on the Konsole screen.

uriah · 08-20-2006, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Start Konsole as a normal user and enter kdesu "smart --gui". Post back any error messages printed on the Konsole screen.

Like I mentioned I am total newbe and do not understand exact what to enter.

Assume I have started Konsoule as normal user.
Exactly what do I enter. kdesu "smart --gui" does not make any sense to me. I entered exactly as above and what I got was
bash: [b]kdesu: command not found

Stan

reddazz · 08-20-2006, 02:42 AM

Do you have KDE installed? If so kdesu should be available. You need to enter the bold commands as printed e.g.

Code:

$kdesu "smart --gui"

uriah · 08-21-2006, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Do you have KDE installed? If so kdesu should be available. You need to enter the bold commands as printed e.g.

Code:

$kdesu "smart --gui"

Sorry just put me in the special ed class for slow learners.

I run kde as my default desktop. At command prompt I entered

Code:

$kdesu "smart --gui"

[/QUOTE]

The response was bash: [code]: command not found

Thanks
Stan

reddazz · 08-21-2006, 02:44 AM

Are you running KDE or GNOME. Also did you make sure that you did not enter the dollar sign since its there to just show you a shell prompt?

uriah · 08-24-2006, 07:28 PM

Did major update to kde which allowed me to install smart. Unfortunately I installed smart for 10.1 rather than 10. It did not work of course so I am trying to delete it then install smart for 10 but get the following message.
ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed)
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error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

2006-08-24 20:02:52 smart-addons remove failed
rpm output:
warning: waiting for exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

Guess it has to be done via command line which I am very slowly learning. When I figure this out I will install smart for 10 and continue from there.

tiddy · 08-25-2006, 12:52 PM

looks like you're not doing that as root

heatheriac · 11-07-2006, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiddy

looks like you're not doing that as root

I've been having the same problem myself, I've posted the outputs on this page http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...=1#post2492763