Trouble installing Smart package manager
Hi, My YAST software manager is not responding and hence I was advised to install smart package manager. I am running SUSE 10.1 KDE on a R52 IBM Thinkpad Initially there were 11 packages that were to be installed. 7 were installed and 4 remain. I have even refreshed the source.. but nothing happends Please guide.. Below is what I get in Konsole [1] y2pm > source -s Known sources: 0: [ ] guru (SUSE LINUX 10.1) (http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1/) 1: [ ] guru (SUSE LINUX 10.1) (http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1/) 2: [x] guru (SUSE LINUX 10.1) (http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1/) 3: [x] SUSE LINUX 10.1 (http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source) [0] y2pm > source -u 1 refreshing guru (SUSE LINUX 10.1)... ok (source refreshed) guru (SUSE LINUX 10.1) [0] y2pm > isc smart smart-gui smart-addons smart-ksmarttray + smart (0.42-9.guru.suse101) - Smart Package Manager + smart-addons (0.42-9.guru.suse101) - Additional Bindings and Tools for the Smart Package Manager + smart-gui (0.42-9.guru.suse101) - Graphical User Interface for smart + smart-ksmarttray (0.42-9.guru.suse101) - KDE System Tray for the Smart Package Manager *** Packages to install *** smart smart-addons smart-gui smart-ksmarttray Packages with errors: 0 Packages to install: 4 Packages to keep: 789 Packages to delete: 0 Download size: 570.4 kB Needed Space: 2.5 MB Installing from 'guru (SUSE LINUX 10.1)', media nr. 1 fetching smart (453.5 kB) ................................................................................. *** failed: ERROR(InstSrc:E_skip_media) ERROR(InstSrc:E_cancel_media) 0 packages installed remaining packages: smart smart-gui smart-ksmarttray smart-addons
Puneit Singh wrote:
Hi, My YAST software manager is not responding and hence I was advised to install smart package manager. I am running SUSE 10.1 KDE on a R52 IBM Thinkpad Initially there were 11 packages that were to be installed. 7 were installed and 4 remain. I have even refreshed the source.. but nothing happends Please guide.. Below is what I get in Konsole
[pruned] Go to- http://labix.org/smart and download the 4 smart packages for SUSE 10.1, by Pascal Bleser, for your CPU (32- or 64-bit). You don't need the one with "debug" in its name. UNISTALL the smart package which came with 10.1 - if you had installed it. INSTALL the package python-elementtree (use YOU to do this from the 10.1 DVD/CDs). Then install the 4 packages by Pascal. The latest packages are 0.42.9 BTW with rpm -ivh *.rpm They need to be installed as a group of 4 so when you download the 4 packages put them into a directory on their own. Run the smart package manager and activate the pre-configured channels by selecting the ones which don't have a cross against them. Then let smart do its job. Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
On Saturday 26 August 2006 20:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
Puneit Singh wrote:
Hi, My YAST software manager is not responding and hence I was advised to install smart package manager. I am running SUSE 10.1 KDE on a R52 IBM Thinkpad Initially there were 11 packages that were to be installed. 7 were installed and 4 remain. I have even refreshed the source.. but nothing happends Please guide.. Below is what I get in Konsole
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Go to-
and download the 4 smart packages for SUSE 10.1, by Pascal Bleser, for your CPU (32- or 64-bit). You don't need the one with "debug" in its name.
UNISTALL the smart package which came with 10.1 - if you had installed it.
INSTALL the package python-elementtree (use YOU to do this from the 10.1 DVD/CDs).
Then install the 4 packages by Pascal. The latest packages are 0.42.9 BTW with
rpm -ivh *.rpm
They need to be installed as a group of 4 so when you download the 4 packages put them into a directory on their own.
Run the smart package manager and activate the pre-configured channels by selecting the ones which don't have a cross against them.
Then let smart do its job.
Cheers.
-- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
Hi, I did exactly what you said. I can run Smart now. Thanks a lot But, now, when I run it, it says YAST2 package descriptions are not loaded. Configuration in read only mode Actually my YAST2 package manager is also not working. I think its broken. So what do I do now -- Puneit Singh Birla Institute of Management Technology 0091-9350832020
Puneit Singh wrote:
On Saturday 26 August 2006 20:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
Puneit Singh wrote:
Hi, My YAST software manager is not responding and hence I was advised to install smart package manager. I am running SUSE 10.1 KDE on a R52 IBM Thinkpad Initially there were 11 packages that were to be installed. 7 were installed and 4 remain. I have even refreshed the source.. but nothing happends Please guide.. Below is what I get in Konsole [pruned]
Go to-
and download the 4 smart packages for SUSE 10.1, by Pascal Bleser, for your CPU (32- or 64-bit). You don't need the one with "debug" in its name.
UNISTALL the smart package which came with 10.1 - if you had installed it.
INSTALL the package python-elementtree (use YOU to do this from the 10.1 DVD/CDs).
Then install the 4 packages by Pascal. The latest packages are 0.42.9 BTW with
rpm -ivh *.rpm
They need to be installed as a group of 4 so when you download the 4 packages put them into a directory on their own.
Run the smart package manager and activate the pre-configured channels by selecting the ones which don't have a cross against them.
Then let smart do its job.
Cheers.
-- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
Hi, I did exactly what you said. I can run Smart now. Thanks a lot But, now, when I run it, it says YAST2 package descriptions are not loaded. Configuration in read only mode Actually my YAST2 package manager is also not working. I think its broken. So what do I do now
Panic? :-) First, login as root after doing CTRL-ALT-F3 and execute- rpm --rebuilddb This should fix the problem about the descriptions - if not then doing this hasn't hurt anything. Second, in the file /etc/permissions.local add the line: /usr/bin/smart-update root:root 4755 and then run: SuSEconfig --module persmissions This last comes courtesy of Stephen Boddy and will do away with the "Configuration in read only mode" as well as make smart behave almost like the old YOU did- the icon in the systemtray won't change colour but it will blink when there are new upgrades to be performed :-) . BTW, don't mix between smart and YOU. If you are running smart then don't use YOU. Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
On Sunday 27 August 2006 18:57, Basil Chupin wrote:
Puneit Singh wrote:
On Saturday 26 August 2006 20:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
Puneit Singh wrote:
Hi, My YAST software manager is not responding and hence I was advised to install smart package manager. I am running SUSE 10.1 KDE on a R52 IBM Thinkpad Initially there were 11 packages that were to be installed. 7 were installed and 4 remain. I have even refreshed the source.. but nothing happends Please guide.. Below is what I get in Konsole
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Go to-
and download the 4 smart packages for SUSE 10.1, by Pascal Bleser, for your CPU (32- or 64-bit). You don't need the one with "debug" in its name.
UNISTALL the smart package which came with 10.1 - if you had installed it.
INSTALL the package python-elementtree (use YOU to do this from the 10.1 DVD/CDs).
Then install the 4 packages by Pascal. The latest packages are 0.42.9 BTW with
rpm -ivh *.rpm
They need to be installed as a group of 4 so when you download the 4 packages put them into a directory on their own.
Run the smart package manager and activate the pre-configured channels by selecting the ones which don't have a cross against them.
Then let smart do its job.
Cheers.
-- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
Hi, I did exactly what you said. I can run Smart now. Thanks a lot But, now, when I run it, it says YAST2 package descriptions are not loaded. Configuration in read only mode Actually my YAST2 package manager is also not working. I think its broken. So what do I do now
Panic? :-)
First, login as root after doing CTRL-ALT-F3 and execute-
rpm --rebuilddb
This should fix the problem about the descriptions - if not then doing this hasn't hurt anything.
Second, in the file /etc/permissions.local add the line:
/usr/bin/smart-update root:root 4755
and then run:
SuSEconfig --module persmissions
This last comes courtesy of Stephen Boddy and will do away with the "Configuration in read only mode" as well as make smart behave almost like the old YOU did- the icon in the systemtray won't change colour but it will blink when there are new upgrades to be performed :-) .
BTW, don't mix between smart and YOU. If you are running smart then don't use YOU.
Cheers.
-- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
I did that, and now I am out of the configuration mode. It started up and said Yast descriptions not found. So I tired updating the channels. Suse media 1 and non oss channels were getting timed out. I checked them, they were URLs. I thought, since I have CDroms, SMART should read the descriptions from the CD rather than looking on the internet. So, I tried that, and in the process deleted those channels. Even after deleting SMART is not detecting the channel in media. Unless, the media and descriptions are there, how can I load the new applications.. You must have guessed it right, yes I am pure novice... so please don't mind stupid situations.. Thanks for your continued support
Puneit Singh wrote: [pruned]
Hi, I did exactly what you said. I can run Smart now. Thanks a lot But, now, when I run it, it says YAST2 package descriptions are not loaded. Configuration in read only mode Actually my YAST2 package manager is also not working. I think its broken. So what do I do now Panic? :-)
First, login as root after doing CTRL-ALT-F3 and execute-
rpm --rebuilddb
This should fix the problem about the descriptions - if not then doing this hasn't hurt anything.
Second, in the file /etc/permissions.local add the line:
/usr/bin/smart-update root:root 4755
and then run:
SuSEconfig --module persmissions
This last comes courtesy of Stephen Boddy and will do away with the "Configuration in read only mode" as well as make smart behave almost like the old YOU did- the icon in the systemtray won't change colour but it will blink when there are new upgrades to be performed :-) .
BTW, don't mix between smart and YOU. If you are running smart then don't use YOU.
I did that, and now I am out of the configuration mode. It started up and said Yast descriptions not found. So I tired updating the channels. Suse media 1 and non oss channels were getting timed out. I checked them, they were URLs. I thought, since I have CDroms, SMART should read the descriptions from the CD rather than looking on the internet. So, I tried that, and in the process deleted those channels. Even after deleting SMART is not detecting the channel in media. Unless, the media and descriptions are there, how can I load the new applications.. You must have guessed it right, yes I am pure novice... so please don't mind stupid situations.. Thanks for your continued support
I suspect that you are not running smart correctly, but may be wrong. To run smart go: Geecko(TM)/System/Configuration/Smart Package Manager and after typing in the root password wait for it to update the cache. Then select Edit/Channels and select all the channels; Exit. Now click on the icon immediately under "File" (the "Returning Arrow" one) and this will update all the channels' information. When this is done click on the "Up Arrow" icon and this will ask you if you want to upgrade the packages listed on the screen. Answer Yes and let smart do the upgrades. After all this is done I think the smart icon will appear in your system tray (bottom, righthand) and when new upgrades are available it will first put up a little window at the bottom advising you that new upgrades are available and it will also blink. To do do the upgrades, click on that icon, type in the root password and smart will upgrade the packages. If the icon does not appear in the system tray, go Geecko(TM)/System/Configuration and click on Smart Package Update Checker and this will put the icon in the try. Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
On Monday 28 August 2006 10:59, Basil Chupin wrote:
Puneit Singh wrote:
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Hi, I did exactly what you said. I can run Smart now. Thanks a lot But, now, when I run it, it says YAST2 package descriptions are not loaded. Configuration in read only mode Actually my YAST2 package manager is also not working. I think its broken. So what do I do now
Panic? :-)
First, login as root after doing CTRL-ALT-F3 and execute-
rpm --rebuilddb
This should fix the problem about the descriptions - if not then doing this hasn't hurt anything.
Second, in the file /etc/permissions.local add the line:
/usr/bin/smart-update root:root 4755
and then run:
SuSEconfig --module persmissions
This last comes courtesy of Stephen Boddy and will do away with the "Configuration in read only mode" as well as make smart behave almost like the old YOU did- the icon in the systemtray won't change colour but it will blink when there are new upgrades to be performed :-) .
BTW, don't mix between smart and YOU. If you are running smart then don't use YOU.
I did that, and now I am out of the configuration mode. It started up and said Yast descriptions not found. So I tired updating the channels. Suse media 1 and non oss channels were getting timed out. I checked them, they were URLs. I thought, since I have CDroms, SMART should read the descriptions from the CD rather than looking on the internet. So, I tried that, and in the process deleted those channels. Even after deleting SMART is not detecting the channel in media. Unless, the media and descriptions are there, how can I load the new applications.. You must have guessed it right, yes I am pure novice... so please don't mind stupid situations.. Thanks for your continued support
I suspect that you are not running smart correctly, but may be wrong. To run smart go:
Geecko(TM)/System/Configuration/Smart Package Manager
and after typing in the root password wait for it to update the cache. Then select Edit/Channels and select all the channels; Exit.
Now click on the icon immediately under "File" (the "Returning Arrow" one) and this will update all the channels' information. When this is done click on the "Up Arrow" icon and this will ask you if you want to upgrade the packages listed on the screen. Answer Yes and let smart do the upgrades.
After all this is done I think the smart icon will appear in your system tray (bottom, righthand) and when new upgrades are available it will first put up a little window at the bottom advising you that new upgrades are available and it will also blink. To do do the upgrades, click on that icon, type in the root password and smart will upgrade the packages.
If the icon does not appear in the system tray, go Geecko(TM)/System/Configuration and click on Smart Package Update Checker and this will put the icon in the try.
Cheers.
-- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
I can see only four channels in my SMART package manager... they are... puneit@linux:~> smart channel --show [suse-mozilla] type = rpm-md name = Latest mozilla.org packages baseurl = ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla/10.1 [rpm-sys] type = rpm-sys name = RPM System [suse-kde] type = rpm-md name = Latest KDE packages baseurl = http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_10.1 [suse-kde-backports] type = rpm-md name = Current KDE applications baseurl = http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/Backports/SUSE_Linux_10.1 puneit@linux:~> How do I enable all channels. I am not able to add more channels or even access the channels that are packaged along. Where did I go wrong. I even tried reinstalling SMART please help
Puneit Singh wrote:
On Monday 28 August 2006 10:59, Basil Chupin wrote:
Puneit Singh wrote:
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I can see only four channels in my SMART package manager... they are...
[pruned] You are not following what I am telling you, are you? Why are you using the command line rather than the GUI menu as I described? [pruned]
puneit@linux:~>
How do I enable all channels. I am not able to add more channels or even access the channels that are packaged along. Where did I go wrong. I even tried reinstalling SMART
please help
I see that you have posted your question(s) in the smart list so somebody there will be able to give you all the correct answers. Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
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