On 12/29/2009 10:31 AM, Clayton pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
and install THAT VERSION with zypper using zypper install <vbox RPM>. This will install the downloaded RPM not the OSE version (as long as you run zypper from the same directory as the downloaded RPM or point zypper at the RPM).
Yep, tried to do this- both while in the directory where the SUN version was located and then also pointing to that directory. Regrettably this did not work for me. Must have been doing something terribly wrong :-( .
Or it's me being a numpty.... I'm trying to remember the command while on a train somewhere in Germany. Try just zypper <vbxox RPM>. i.e. without install and zypper should install the local RPM.... I think..
Old age is creeping up on me about 50 years early. :-P
C.
No, it's not old age creeping up. Sometimes I think the problem is somewhere between the chair and keyboard for some of the users. zypper in either (the _full_ rpm name if you are in the directory) or (the full path _plus_ the _full_ name of the rpm). zypper is great but still lacks the ability to read your mind. You can only use the shorter app name if you intend to use one from a configured repo. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org