I have been trying to install Mozilla from rpm. In my download directory I click on the rpm and Konq asks do I want to let YAST install it. I click yes, it asks for the dvd and installs Mozilla from the dvd. I had tried to install several other updated rpm's that I downloaded and yast did the same thing to me. I like a computer that will anticipate my needs but I sure dont need one that does what it wants and not what I want. How do I get this thing to do what it is told? RA
Have you tried with
rpm -U "rpm-package"
in a console window as root ?
That's the way I always install packages ..
-U : update installed packages and if not installed , install.
regards
Chris
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From: "Richard"
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 7:14 am, Chris FitzGerald wrote:
Have you tried with rpm -U "rpm-package" in a console window as root ?
Yes and the rpm does its job but as I understand it, YAST is supposed to help by taking care of any dependencies if you let yast do the install.
That's the way I always install packages ..
-U : update installed packages and if not installed , install.
regards Chris
I have also used Kpackage to install rpm's and it works well. Maybe I'm expecting to much out of yast, but if it wont install the rpm I click on, it shouldn't fire up and try to install a different file. Richard
ic ...
hmmm ...
true what you say ...
To be honest I have to admit I don't know anymore ...
haven't tried the YAST to install rpm packages as I do everything remotely
through ssh ...
Hope you can get your answer from some other users on the mailinglist ..
perhaps it is a known issue with yast ? really wouldn't know ...
regards
Chris
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From: "Richard"
Have you tried with rpm -U "rpm-package" in a console window as root ?
Yes and the rpm does its job but as I understand it, YAST is supposed to help by taking care of any dependencies if you let yast do the install.
That's the way I always install packages ..
-U : update installed packages and if not installed , install.
regards Chris
I have also used Kpackage to install rpm's and it works well. Maybe I'm expecting to much out of yast, but if it wont install the rpm I click on, it shouldn't fire up and try to install a different file. Richard -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 01:25 am, Richard wrote:
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 7:14 am, Chris FitzGerald wrote:
Have you tried with rpm -U "rpm-package" in a console window as root ?
Yes and the rpm does its job but as I understand it, YAST is supposed to help by taking care of any dependencies if you let yast do the install.
That's the way I always install packages ..
-U : update installed packages and if not installed , install.
regards Chris
I have also used Kpackage to install rpm's and it works well. Maybe I'm expecting to much out of yast, but if it wont install the rpm I click on, it shouldn't fire up and try to install a different file.
Richard
Hi Richard, I suppect there are a few bugs in Yast2 as well as YOU in SuSE 8.1. I had problems with YOU the other day where all my KDE rpms where upto date. Then I installed another KDE package off the CDROM's and when I went to update that package via YOU it went into a spasm and tried to down load all the actual full KDE rpms, not the patched rpms. I ended up downloading the updated rpm for that package and installed it via kpackage. YOU is now back to working properly. So when you have problems I suggest you use the old trusted alternatives. Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
GS> So when you have problems I suggest you use the old trusted GS> alternatives. Intriguing. Which are? Thank you. -- __________________________ DJ mailto: linux_programmer@hotmail.com
What version are mozilla RPMs?
rpm -qp name_of_file.rpm
What version of mozilla do you have installed (i.e., YaST2 installs)?
rpm -q mozilla
... My first guess would be that it's a version thing... On Tuesday 12 November 2002 07:29, Richard wrote:
I have been trying to install Mozilla from rpm. In my download directory I click on the rpm and Konq asks do I want to let YAST install it. I click yes, it asks for the dvd and installs Mozilla from the dvd.
I had tried to install several other updated rpm's that I downloaded and yast did the same thing to me. I like a computer that will anticipate my needs but I sure dont need one that does what it wants and not what I want.
How do I get this thing to do what it is told? RA
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Karol Pietrzak
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 11:35 am, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
What version are mozilla RPMs?
rpm -qp name_of_file.rpm
What version of mozilla do you have installed (i.e., YaST2 installs)?
rpm -q mozilla
... My first guess would be that it's a version thing...
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 07:29, Richard wrote:
I have been trying to install Mozilla from rpm. In my download directory I click on the rpm and Konq asks do I want to let YAST install it. I click yes, it asks for the dvd and installs Mozilla from the dvd.
I had tried to install several other updated rpm's that I downloaded and yast did the same thing to me. I like a computer that will anticipate my needs but I sure dont need one that does what it wants and not what I want.
How do I get this thing to do what it is told? RA ==================---------------
No, actually this is a new function of either Konq or YaST2 that doesn't seem to work. Usually in earlier versions of SuSE, 7.2-8.0, when you are in the Konq file manager and selected a RPM file, Kpackage opened up ready to install the file for you. Kpackage is still available in 8.1, but now when you select a RPM file from Konq now, it asks if you want YaST2 to install it for you. Rather than act on the file you have chosen, as Richard mentioned, it resorts back to the install cds for that program to install. If the file was not part of your 8.1 cd files, then it won't install anything at all. Seems to be a new bug/feature in 8.1, but it doesn't seem to be working as most of us expect it too. I would be curious also Richard to know why it's not working or if what we have experienced in the way it does work, is the correct method it is suppose to be? Patrick -- --- KMail v1.4.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 1:37 pm, Patrick wrote:
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 11:35 am, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
What version are mozilla RPMs?
Moz 1.2.b-0
rpm -qp name_of_file.rpm
What version of mozilla do you have installed (i.e., YaST2 installs)?
rpm -q mozilla
Moz 1.0.1 that comes on SuSE 8.1 dvd.
... My first guess would be that it's a version thing...
I had tried to install several other updated rpm's that I downloaded and yast did the same thing to me. I like a computer that will anticipate my needs but I sure dont need one that does what it wants and not what I want.
How do I get this thing to do what it is told? RA ==================---------------
No, actually this is a new function of either Konq or YaST2 that doesn't seem to work. Usually in earlier versions of SuSE, 7.2-8.0, when you are in the Konq file manager and selected a RPM file, Kpackage opened up ready to install the file for you. Kpackage is still available in 8.1, but now when you select a RPM file from Konq now, it asks if you want YaST2 to install it for you. Rather than act on the file you have chosen, as Richard mentioned, it resorts back to the install cds for that program to install. If the file was not part of your 8.1 cd files, then it won't install anything at all.
Seems to be a new bug/feature in 8.1, but it doesn't seem to be working as most of us expect it too. I would be curious also Richard to know why it's not working or if what we have experienced in the way it does work, is the correct method it is suppose to be?
Patrick
I believe it works if you do not have a current version of whatever rpm installed. I recall using it to install something -dont remember what- that was not previously installed and it took care of dependencies by installing the required ones from the dvd. It may have been Mondo/Mindi, but cant be sure. I'll be more observant in the future and let you know how it works. Ricard
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Well, from personal experience I can say that I have found installing my own RPMs through YaST2 to be flawless. I distinctly remembering install something via Konqueror (which, in turn, installs via YaST2). It worked fine. I did that _just_ to find out whether it worked. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond me, RPMs are now set to open up in krpmview (or some such util) instead of opening via YaST2. [Anyone know what to set the file association to, to fix this?] What I just did (10 minutes ago) is instill my own RPM using the ncurses yast2: yast -i my_file.rpm YaST2 popped up and installed my RPM, even though an old version of the same package is available on the CDs/DVD. IMO, it seems something's amiss in your configuration. On Tuesday 12 November 2002 22:38, Richard wrote:
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 1:37 pm, Patrick wrote:
What version are mozilla RPMs?
Moz 1.2.b-0
What version of mozilla do you have installed (i.e., YaST2 installs)?
Moz 1.0.1 that comes on SuSE 8.1 dvd.
I believe it works if you do not have a current version of whatever rpm installed. I recall using it to install something -dont remember what- that was not previously installed and it took care of dependencies by installing the required ones from the dvd. It may have been Mondo/Mindi, but cant be sure.
I'll be more observant in the future and let you know how it works.
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On Tuesday 12 November 2002 9:52 pm, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
What I just did (10 minutes ago) is instill my own RPM using the ncurses yast2:
yast -i my_file.rpm
YaST2 popped up and installed my RPM, even though an old version of the same package is available on the CDs/DVD.
IMO, it seems something's amiss in your configuration.
I just used your command line and the pretty little blue screen came up saying it was installing. Then a little while later it finished. I now have a Mozilla binary dated today, but it wont do anything. Shows me the hour-glass then nothing. So I went back to my download directory and clicked on the Mozilla 1.2.b etc, and yast came up showing a bunch of dependency confilcits, for example, kdebindings3-mozilla 3.04-2. Unfortunately my choices on all the dep problems is to ignore and risk or delete mozilla. I think I am going to do the delete choice and go back to the Mozilla on the distro. I need to get back to the cdrecord thing. Talk to you later, richard Back to the drawing board!
That most likely has to do with a sym link (e.g. linking /usr/bin/mozilla to /opt/mozilla/mozilla) and/or your path setup. I did the same thing and had the same problem. I set the path of the icon executables to /opt/mozilla/mozilla and it works. I should track down why a generic command "mozilla" gets the same result as you do. I suspect it's as I said earler in the post. I someone knows better please correct me. Curtis. On Wednesday 13 November 2002 01:16, Richard wrote:
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 9:52 pm, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
What I just did (10 minutes ago) is instill my own RPM using the ncurses yast2:
yast -i my_file.rpm
YaST2 popped up and installed my RPM, even though an old version of the same package is available on the CDs/DVD.
IMO, it seems something's amiss in your configuration.
I just used your command line and the pretty little blue screen came up saying it was installing. Then a little while later it finished. I now have a Mozilla binary dated today, but it wont do anything. Shows me the hour-glass then nothing.
So I went back to my download directory and clicked on the Mozilla 1.2.b etc, and yast came up showing a bunch of dependency confilcits, for example, kdebindings3-mozilla 3.04-2. Unfortunately my choices on all the dep problems is to ignore and risk or delete mozilla. I think I am going to do the delete choice and go back to the Mozilla on the distro. I need to get back to the cdrecord thing.
Talk to you later, richard Back to the drawing board!
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