hello
i am using suse 9.2 and want to install packages using yaST.
i don't know how to give the address of http or ftp source to yast in the "change source of installation" .
when i try to add a http source it asked me for 'server name' and 'directory on server' but i don't know how to give these information to it.
for example i want to install new version of Gaim using the address below:
linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=%2FNetwork%2Fgaim/
how should i give the "server name" and the "directory on server" to Yast to do it for me

I have tried like this:
server name:
linux01.gwdg.de
directory on server: ~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php/linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php/

Yast added this server as a source of installation but when i searched for Gaim in the " install and remove software" they were not found

please help me if you have an idea.

I am not sure if Yast can handle non-SuSE sources.

I have tried this path, but I cannot find the directory...
Okay, now I found it, it's a website! They refer to apt4rpm as installation method. The ftp path would be : ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.2-i386/RPMS.suser-guru

What I want to say is that somtimes you find yast-compatible sources, but most of the time it is better to download the rpm and install it manually (with yast):

yast -i <package> or simply click the rpm in konqueror, it will offer to install with yast.

I don't know if this has changes in 9.2.

That's an apt source, use apt4rpm.

http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/arti...ll_apt4rpm.php