richard bown wrote:
On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 10:41 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
richard bown wrote:
Hi Sorry if this is too much of a newbie question.
I've found the locations of the various mirrors, how do I point yast to one of them to download updates etc.? I've found most of the suse functions, its not so dissimilar to the mandriva releases, apart from some bit actually work !
TIA
Richard Yast Control Centre/Software/Installation Source - add them here.
Cheers.
Thanks I've tried that and compared to mandriva , suse get nil points for being intuitive on what to enter for the server and the directory. Thanks also to Lennart who posted the wiki url, but that refers to the older version of yast.
Example for the server I've entered anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/suse/
and the directory /update/10.1/rpm/
That fails and gets changed to suse//update/10.1/rpm/ take out one of the forward slashes and then get "unable to create installation source"
maybe I've been spoilt by Mandriva's easy urpmi site, which is near idiot proof..
But don't forget that sometimes some idiots are quite smart :-) .
Could someone give an example of what should be entered in the server and directory space.
In this case, the server name is: anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk and the directory is: /suse/update/10.1/rpm Note that there is *no* ending "/" after the "rpm". The TYPE of the new entry when you are about to create one -ie, whether HTTP or FTP for example - is what appears before the "://" at the beginning of the URL name (eg, http://pacman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1"). A hint: if you are having trouble with a new entry being accepted (by You for example) then fire up your browser and enter the name manually as an URL. If you don't get to your URL then there is something wrong with its name - it could be as simple as a typo or as "complex" as the URL being removed and replaced by a new server name. Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1 -- 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