I disagree. I've already been through that option and it is used for installing package PATCHES. Furthermore, in the choice for source, you are given options for: ftp, source medium (greyed out), directory, floppy. Let's see, I have 7.1 distro CDs I want to install from. Let's see, CD is not ftp, CD is not directory, CD is not floppy, CD *might* be source medium BUT IT IS GREYED OUT Gee, no choices left. No, I don't think it is intuitive. If anybody has the answer how to search and install a particular package off the distro CDs please let me know. Thanks, Babu --- John W Higgins wrote:

Under YAST it's extraordinarily intuitive to do.

Goto package management - sounds perfectly logical to me.

Then lets see what we have available

Load configuration - Not a good choice Save configuration - Got nothing to save Change/create configuration - we are looking for something specific Package Information - DING DING DING - we've got a possible winner - and look - it's actually the right choice!!!!! Install Packages - another possibility Delete Packages - NOPE

Now even if one takes a view that the term "Package Information" might be slightly non-intuitive - you've only got 6 choices at hand - one should really be able to look thru 6 different choices and find the correct one even if they are labeled A,B,C,D,E and F.

John W Higgins john@wishdev.com

-----Original Message----- From: babu walad [mailto:vyav@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:12 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] search / select package to load with Yast/Yast2

Folks,

I know I did this once, but I just cannot remember how I stumbled on this before. How do I tell yast/yast2 what specific package I want to install on an existing installation? How can I search for a given package name and get a list of matches and pick the one(s) I want to install?

I sure is NOT intuitive how to do this with Yast/Yast2!

Thanks for your help.

Babu

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Brian Clark writes:

Hi Babu,

@ 11:41:26 AM on 10/31/01, babu walad wrote:

...

If anybody has the answer how to search and install a particular package off the distro CDs please let me know.

I'm absolutely not trying to be "smart" or sarcastic here..

What's wrong with just doing something like this?

$ su $ cd && mount /dev/cdrom $ updatedb $ locate [guess-at-package-name] | grep cdrom

If you see an interesting package, just do

$ less /media/cdrom/path/to/package.rpm

And read about it. That's usually what I do.

If you go to install it, it should let you know what its dependencies are if needed. If it's already installed, it'll tell you when you go to install it with rpm -i (or you can `rpm -qa | less' and look around).

Unfortunately this will not make its way into the Yast list of installed packages. I install, upgrade all of my rpms using rpm, not yast. But it is because of ignorance and being frustrated using yast's (1 or 2) package management.

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Ok, we will spell it out yet again YAST Package Management Package Information Hit F9 to include the install media in your search Type in your search Press Enter Wait while the search is running Find the package if it is available Press the space bar to select the package - an X will appear on your screen in the [ ] area in front of your package Press F10 to install package - it may drop you back to the main Package Management screen without installing - in that case just hit Start Installation to install your package. I don't see a non intuitive piece to that puzzle John W Higgins john@wishdev.com P.S. You were looking in the Install Packages option which by the way would work as well. You forgot that when you MOUNT your CD it becomes part of your directory tree making Directory a very good option to use the CD. The install packages option is not meant generally for grabbing files from the CD installation media. It's meant for packages that you have download or wish to download. And patches is not what it applies - it applies full packages to the system. -----Original Message----- From: babu walad [mailto:vyav@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:41 AM To: John W Higgins; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] search / select package to load with Yast/Yast2 I disagree. I've already been through that option and it is used for installing package PATCHES. Furthermore, in the choice for source, you are given options for: ftp, source medium (greyed out), directory, floppy. Let's see, I have 7.1 distro CDs I want to install from. Let's see, CD is not ftp, CD is not directory, CD is not floppy, CD *might* be source medium BUT IT IS GREYED OUT Gee, no choices left. No, I don't think it is intuitive. If anybody has the answer how to search and install a particular package off the distro CDs please let me know. Thanks, Babu --- John W Higgins wrote:

Under YAST it's extraordinarily intuitive to do.

Goto package management - sounds perfectly logical to me.

Then lets see what we have available

Load configuration - Not a good choice Save configuration - Got nothing to save Change/create configuration - we are looking for something specific Package Information - DING DING DING - we've got a possible winner - and look - it's actually the right choice!!!!! Install Packages - another possibility Delete Packages - NOPE

Now even if one takes a view that the term "Package Information" might be slightly non-intuitive - you've only got 6 choices at hand - one should really be able to look thru 6 different choices and find the correct one even if they are labeled A,B,C,D,E and F.

John W Higgins john@wishdev.com

-----Original Message----- From: babu walad [mailto:vyav@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:12 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] search / select package to load with Yast/Yast2

Folks,

I know I did this once, but I just cannot remember how I stumbled on this before. How do I tell yast/yast2 what specific package I want to install on an existing installation? How can I search for a given package name and get a list of matches and pick the one(s) I want to install?

I sure is NOT intuitive how to do this with Yast/Yast2!

Thanks for your help.

Babu

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On Wednesday 31 October 2001 1:59 am, George A. Michalopoulos wrote:

In an "out of the box" Suse 7.2 i'm trying to view some samba shares, in a WinNT domain, with WinNT and Win2k workstations. I can view the computer in "my network places" but when i try to browse for shares, i get a "you are not authorized to logon from this workstation" message..

Windows NT (and later win9x) use encrypted passwords. You have adopted the default Samba setting: plain-text password along with user name. The Samba server will verify the username/password pair with /etc/password. You need to do one of two things: 1. Enable plain text password in Windows NT; or 2. Enable encypted passwords in Samba. I can advice on this later once you've made the choice (#2 recommended). I'm assuming that you have created /home accounts on your Linux box that match the username/password pair on Windows NT. M -- Martin Webster Registered Linux User #230322 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spider-monkey/ Try my Wiki? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spider-monkey/wiki.html

On Thursday 01 November 2001 6:41 pm, George A. Michalopoulos wrote:

i'm trying to install a 3rd party package (neomail-1.25), but when i run the configuration script, it asks for an updated version of CGI.pm

Checking for up-to-date CGI.pm... Your CGI.pm is outdated. You have version 2.56, while NeoMail requires at least 2.72.

i suppose this is part of the perl package... how can i upgrade my perl, i have no physical access to this box, i have to do this from Internet...

This is a Perl library (where CGI objects handle POST and GET) Check out http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/#installation. M -- Martin Webster Registered Linux User #230322 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spider-monkey/ Try my Wiki? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spider-monkey/wiki.html

Hello All, Once again i'm trying to install a 3rd party package (freevsd-1.4.9-2), but when i'm trying to compile the package, i get the following error: gcc -I. -I.. -I../.. -I. -I./../../../libvsd -g -O2 -c domain.c domain.c: In function `domain_delete': domain.c:409: `BIND_EXCL_DB' undeclared (first use in this function) domain.c:409: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once domain.c:409: for each function it appears in.) domain.c:419: `BIND_DB' undeclared (first use in this function) domain.c: In function `domain_add': domain.c:588: `BIND_EXCL_DB' undeclared (first use in this function) domain.c:596: `BIND_DB' undeclared (first use in this function) domain.c: In function `domain_modify': domain.c:1019: `BIND_EXCL_DB' undeclared (first use in this function) make[2]: *** [domain.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/freevsd-1.4.9-2/src/vsd/modules/mod_bind' make[1]: *** [all-modules] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/freevsd-1.4.9-2/src/vsd' make: *** [all-subdirs] Error 1 can anyone help me with this ? which package i forgot this time ? ;) -- Best regards, George george@michalopoulos.gr Tel: +30 31 0888448 Fax: +30 31 0848770 VideoPhone:+30 31 0888447 I've set up my Wish Lists at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. If you're ever feeling generous and fancy splashing out on a present for me, here's where to go to find something you know I'll love. PS. Have I told you lately how much I admire and respect you? Seems like a good time to do that. ;-) To view my Wish Lists, click on the links below. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/wishlist/257PYFNXCHPVH/ref=wl_em_to?add-fa...