Wow, that helps a lot! But, of course, I have a question or two more. See below... On Thursday 17 March 2005 11:04 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Bill,
On Thursday 17 March 2005 21:42, William H Lugg wrote:
They're part of the "supplementary" updates provided by SuSE.
Here's where to find them:
ftp://<your-mirror-host>/
/i386/supplemen tary/KDE/update_for_9.1/yast-source
When I go browse an FTP mirror in Konqueror, for example, I see a variety of folders, like i386, i586, x86_64, etc. I realize these are associated with the architecture that the contents is for. The problem is that I start wandering down the x86_64 path (since that's what I'm running) and soon find only a relatively small number of RPMs. Clearly, i386 and i586 have the rest of what I'm looking for, but what is the logic that puts some in one branch of the "tree" and others in another branch? Maybe if I can understand this I won't get lost so often.
Or, in terms of the dialog into which you enter this, it's:
Protocol: FTP Server Name: <mirror-host> Directory on Server: <SuSE-directory>/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.1/yast-source
[Snip]
One thing to keep in mind is that to check for new updates in a Source Media you've already configured and used for installation, you have to go back to "Change Source ...", select that entry in the Software Source Media window, click and hold the Edit pop-up menu and select "Refresh...". Then you can run Install & Remove Software again and use one of Update options.
Thanks for this pointer. I discovered this "feature" recently when I downloaded some RPMs to a local folder that I configured as an installation source earlier. I went into YaST and didn't see the newer RPM versions listed. I deleted and reconfigured that folder as an installation source and it saw them. Do you know if this is by design? Thanks again for the help. -- Bill Lugg Milstar Software Support Peterson AFB, CO