Suse 10.1 Yast Does not creat URL for local directory as installation source
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I went around and around with this for a long time. If you just "specify URL" it will look for some type of yast or yum repo data to define the source. If you just tell it to look for packages, it will simply make a list of the .rpm files in the directory.
Hi, there is no choice for Package Directory when i click the ADD button.
Sorry. Obviously that choice was introduced since version 10.2. On 10.1 (altough all the YAST update/installation was buggy) a command-line method was introduced to manage repositories and services via ZEN. See man rug for details. A command like
Code:
rug sa --type=mount /dir/where/rpm/are/stored/ local_install #or eventually
rug sa --type=mount dir:///dir/where/rpm/are/stored/ local_install
should work. sa stats for service-add, --type=mount stats for "Mount a directory of RPMs", local_install is an arbitrary name for the source you're going to create. Hope this will help. The source added with rug, should be read from YAST, too (at least in theory).
Sorry. Obviously that choice was introduced since version 10.2. On 10.1 (altough all the YAST update/installation was buggy) a command-line method was introduced to manage repositories and services via ZEN. See man rug for details. A command like
Code:
rug sa --type=mount /dir/where/rpm/are/stored/ local_install #or eventually
rug sa --type=mount dir:///dir/where/rpm/are/stored/ local_install
should work. sa stats for service-add, --type=mount stats for "Mount a directory of RPMs", local_install is an arbitrary name for the source you're going to create. Hope this will help. The source added with rug, should be read from YAST, too (at least in theory).
I did likewise, it shows Waking up Zmd........... then no more response
Hmmm... I have had a bad experience with SuSE 10.1, all the update/installation stuff was broken! I survived after installing Smart package manager... until the release of SuSE 10.2 which solved the problems!
He got it right again! I thought the OP was using 10.2. Yast package management in 10.1 was a horrible joke. Install smart and smart-gui and use that until you upgrade. Even then, I still prefer smart in 10.2. It is just plain better at resolving dependencies.
Frankly, 10.2 is so superior to 10.1 in so many ways that I don't see why you haven't upgraded...
He got it right again! I thought the OP was using 10.2. Yast package management in 10.1 was a horrible joke. Install smart and smart-gui and use that until you upgrade. Even then, I still prefer smart in 10.2. It is just plain better at resolving dependencies.
Frankly, 10.2 is so superior to 10.1 in so many ways that I don't see why you haven't upgraded...
J
10.2 can not login to created USER ID. I am trying 10.3 alpha 1.
the users of 10.3 alpha 1 said that it is almost impeccable.
Well, that's good. Maybe at this stage they have only focused on fixing bugs in <=10.2 and will begin adding new features (and the inevitably accompanying bugs) at a later development stage.
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