Am Donnerstag, 25. Mai 2006 16:09 schrieb John E. Perry:
I'm not sure what it is you're asking for, here, but I'm on 10.1, and I installed it by downloading all the .iso's ...
The problem comes up with RPM's, not ISO's.
As far as installing downloaded rpm's, I just installed adobe reader by right-clicking on the rpm file and selecting "actions" -> "install with yast2". Worked perfectly. I've never needed to select an installation source directory for anything but system installs.
Of course this is the easiest way of how to install a RPM. But what if you have dependencies you can only solve by editing the installation status of other packages, or if you don't want to go the enter-password and installation progress for each package of a very lot if you have to install? The way Julien is installing RPM's is also preferred by me because for example you can put all your downloaded RPM's into one directory and point YaST to this directory as additional installation source. Opening the package manager then, you can (de-)select all packages you have put in this directory.
... However, when I try to do this under 10.1 (Software -> Installation Source) and then specify my download-directory, Yast complains that it does not find a catalogue. Does this mean one cannot use Yast anymore to install its own non-SuSE rpm´s?
I'm experiencing the same puzzling problem. I tried to point YaST to a directory containing some RPM's, selected local directory. By pressing the accept button a message shows up that the installation source cannot being created by using this (or any other) directory, neither on an external disk nor one in the home directory. Greets, Thomas