* Carlos E. R. [08-30-19 17:30]:

On 30/08/2019 22.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Oh, and how did you install the *.RPM?

I don't remember for sure, but I usually install an rpm by apt-get install filename.rpm (all on one line)

I would certainly have installed the 64 bit version.

apt-get? That is not an openSUSE tool. Trouble.

cnf apt-get Program 'apt-get' is present in package 'zypper-aptitude', which is installed on your system. Absolute path to 'apt-get' is '/usr/bin/apt-get'. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/30/2019 05:47 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Patrick Shanahan [08-30-19 17:41]:

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* Carlos E. R. [08-30-19 17:30]:

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On 30/08/2019 22.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Oh, and how did you install the *.RPM?

I don't remember for sure, but I usually install an rpm by apt-get install filename.rpm (all on one line)

I would certainly have installed the 64 bit version.

apt-get? That is not an openSUSE tool. Trouble.

cnf apt-get

Program 'apt-get' is present in package 'zypper-aptitude', which is installed on your system.

Absolute path to 'apt-get' is '/usr/bin/apt-get'. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path.

you were previously advised that the leap 15.1 rpm would work on tumbleweed. and you were provided *explicit* instructions on installing and testing it. do you choose to "go your own way" even after requesting help here?

you must remember that we are donating our time and efforts to assist you and those are completely waisted if you do not attempt them and provide appropriate feedback.

I was told to download an Epson file for OpenSUSE 15.1 and it would work fine for Tumbleweed, and that's the file I downnloaded and tried to install. I DO appreciate the efforts of all who try and straighten me out. I've been with Linux for about 15 years, but I'm not familiar with the present version of OpenSUSE, and I don't know it's capabilities, and how to use some of them. Perhaps leap15.1 is the OTHER OpenSUSE version? I have decided to use an LTS revolving version--Tumbleweed-- because I do not wish to have to reinstall every so often. This version of Tumbleweed is up-to-date as of a couple of days ago. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/30/2019 10:49 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 31/08/2019 00.23, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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On 08/30/2019 05:47 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Patrick Shanahan <> [08-30-19 17:41]:

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* Carlos E. R. <> [08-30-19 17:30]:

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I was told to download an Epson file for OpenSUSE 15.1 and it would work fine for Tumbleweed, and that's the file I downnloaded and tried to install.

I DO appreciate the efforts of all who try and straighten me out. I've been with Linux for about 15 years, but I'm not familiar with the present version of OpenSUSE, and I don't know it's capabilities, and how to use some of them. Perhaps leap15.1 is the OTHER OpenSUSE version? I have decided to use an LTS revolving version--Tumbleweed-- because I do not wish to have to reinstall every so often. This version of Tumbleweed is up-to-date as of a couple of days ago.

Wow! Tumbleweed is NOT and LTS, but the reverse! It is a rolling release, using the newest packages from the development trees, just after they consider stable, so it is where most bugs are found. TW is where new "things" are developed and tested!

If you want an LTS, please format and install Leap 15.1 instead.

I suppose I misused the term--I DO want the rolling release, so hopefully I never have to take down the system and reinstall for an up-to-date version. That's why I chose Tumbleweed. I think the Leap version is only good for a couple of years at a time. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 18:11]:

On 08/30/2019 05:37 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Carlos E. R. [08-30-19 17:30]:

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On 30/08/2019 22.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Oh, and how did you install the *.RPM?

I don't remember for sure, but I usually install an rpm by apt-get install filename.rpm (all on one line)

I would certainly have installed the 64 bit version.

apt-get? That is not an openSUSE tool. Trouble.

cnf apt-get

Program 'apt-get' is present in package 'zypper-aptitude', which is installed on your system.

Absolute path to 'apt-get' is '/usr/bin/apt-get'. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path.

Program 'apt-get' is present in package 'zypper-aptitude', which is installed on your system.

"Absolute path to 'apt-get' is '/usr/bin/apt-get'. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path."

I don't know what it means to "check a variable" or how to do so.

AFAIK. apt-get install works on any linux system, and it has worked fine on this Tumbleweed system up to now.

I'm not really sure how to use zypper, so I do what I know.

I appreciate your assistance! --doug

afaik, it works on debian/*butu/deritives. it work on openSUSE but whether it is the best tool for openSUSE if debatible. BUT, zypper (and yast) are made for openSUSE and are the best tools for it. If you intend to continue on openSUSE, you should learn one or both. I prefer zypper and it is easy and documented and similar but different than the apt-*** applications which are tuned to use zypper. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/30/2019 06:45 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 31/08/2019 00.08, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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On 08/30/2019 05:37 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Carlos E. R. <> [08-30-19 17:30]:

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On 30/08/2019 22.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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AFAIK. apt-get install works on any linux system, and it has worked fine on this Tumbleweed system up to now.

It is not the best tool to use on openSUSE, it is not designed for openSUSE.

If you find an error, like now, me for instance can not help with apt-something.

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I'm not really sure how to use zypper, so I do what I know.

Please stick to YaST (GUI) or zypper (CLI) or (last resource) rpm. And perhaps the packagekit applet of the desktop of your choice.

If people here gave you exact instructions to use with zypper, please just follow them.

Thanx, everybody. I give up. I followed the instructions for install.sh as best I could, and it seems to have installed, BUT if I try and run iscan, I get a segfault. I will scan from a different computer--even from Windows if necessary, and hand-carry the result over to this machine if it needs to be worked on. Or maybe the Vuescan folks can get a system working--I'm not afraid to pay for it. Thank you for your patience. I have never had this kind of experience before. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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If people here gave you exact instructions to use with zypper, please

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just follow them.

Thanx, everybody. I give up. I followed the instructions for install.sh as best I could, and it seems to have installed,

How did you manage to install it if you are running Tumbleweed?! I couldn't install it so what magic did you use to get it installed? :-)

I got two of the three programs installed, but install.sh could not install the third one, for some reason. I just give up on this routine. I have to say that one of the things that PCLOS worked well for, was this, and Suse is just a bitch in this case. Whoever runs this OS should really strive to fix this. Zypper or YAST should just install it and make it run. --doug

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BUT if I try and run iscan, I get a segfault. I will scan from a different computer--even from Windows if necessary, and hand-carry the result over to this machine if it needs to be worked on. Or maybe the Vuescan folks can get a system working--I'm not afraid to pay for it. Thank you for your patience. I have never had this kind of experience before. --doug

Vuescan is magic! Works with some 6000 models of scanners. And buy the PROFESSIONAL version ($US100) but for this you get a lifetime of updates (support).

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 18:41]:

On 08/30/2019 05:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 16:27]:

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later, from another post, which I can't locate, I was told to get this: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz so I did tar -xzvf imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz and got an rpm file, as expected, but it has trouble installing:

[CODE] apt-get install imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as 'imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.[/CODE]

which would indicate that the rpm file was not where expected.

zypper -v in /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm or rpm -Uvhi /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm

don't know why you want to utilize apt<anything> in openSUSE.

As I mentioned in another post, AFAIK, apt-get install works in any linux, including Ubuntu and PCLOS. It has worked upt to now in Tumblewweed, perfectly.

Anyway, I tried the suggested routine, and it still doesn't work:

linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # zypper -v imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Unknown command 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' Type 'zypper help' to get a list of global options and commands.

again, it is telling you it does not know where "image..." is. you *must* provide the path as the example above provides: zypper -v in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm

In case 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' is not a typo it's probably not a built-in command, but provided as a subcommand or plug-in (see 'zypper help subcommand'). In this case a specific package providing the subcommand needs to be installed first. Those packages are often named 'zypper-imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' or 'zypper-imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm-plugin'. linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # rpm -Uvh imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm error: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm: read failed: Is a directory (21)

error: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm cannot be installed linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # rpm -Uvh iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm error: iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm: read failed: Is a directory (21)

error: iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm cannot be installed

I don't where to go from here.

and you have *really* been using linux for 15 years .... -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 31/08/2019 00.52, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 08/30/2019 06:45 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett <> [08-30-19 18:41]:

Did exactly what you said:

linux-4qnb:~ # zypper -v in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Non-option program arguments: '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' looks like an RPM file. Will try to download it. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Path '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' on medium 'dir:/home/doug/Downloads' is not a file. Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.

Now what? AFAIK, EVERYTHING I ever downloaded came out without error. Shall I try again? There is no check for this file.

--doug

There is something wrong. Telcontar:~ # ls /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/ ImageMagick-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm libwireshark9-2.4.16-lp150.2.32.1.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-5.7.3-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm libwiretap7-2.4.16-lp150.2.32.1.x86_64.rpm nmap-7.70-lp150.2.6.1.x86_64.rpm ImageMagick-extra-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm libwscodecs1-2.4.16-lp150.2.32.1.x86_64.rpm nping-7.70-lp150.2.6.1.x86_64.rpm aide-0.16-lp150.2.3.1.x86_64.rpm libwsutil8-2.4.16-lp150.2.32.1.x86_64.rpm perl-PerlMagick-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm dracut-044.2-lp150.14.30.1.x86_64.rpm libz1-1.2.11-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm perl-SNMP-5.7.3-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm gjs-1.50.4-lp150.3.3.1.x86_64.rpm libz1-32bit-1.2.11-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm putty-0.72-lp150.15.1.x86_64.rpm kpartx-0.7.3+147+suse.1382aee-lp150.10.1.x86_64.rpm libzstd1-1.4.2-lp150.2.3.1.x86_64.rpm python-2.7.14-lp150.6.17.1.x86_64.rpm libIlmImf-2_2-23-2.2.1-lp150.2.9.1.x86_64.rpm mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm python-curses-2.7.14-lp150.6.17.1.x86_64.rpm libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI4-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm mariadb-bench-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm python-gdbm-2.7.14-lp150.6.17.1.x86_64.rpm libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI6-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm mariadb-client-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm python-tk-2.7.14-lp150.6.17.1.x86_64.rpm libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI6-7.0.7.34-lp150.2.38.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.21-lp150.7.1.x86_64.rpm python2-yum-3.4.3-lp150.4.4.1.x86_64.rpm libcryptopp5_6_5-5.6.5-lp150.2.3.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nspr-4.21-lp150.7.1.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-8.33.1-lp150.2.13.1.x86_64.rpm libfreebl3-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nspr-devel-4.21-lp150.7.1.x86_64.rpm snmp-mibs-5.7.3-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm libfreebl3-32bit-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm systemtap-3.2-lp150.5.4.2.x86_64.rpm libgjs0-1.50.4-lp150.3.3.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-32bit-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm systemtap-runtime-3.2-lp150.5.4.2.x86_64.rpm libminizip1-1.2.11-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-certs-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm tcpdump-4.9.2-lp150.7.1.x86_64.rpm libmysqld19-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm typelib-1_0-GjsPrivate-1_0-1.50.4-lp150.3.3.1.x86_64.rpm libsnmp30-32bit-5.7.3-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-devel-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm wireshark-2.4.16-lp150.2.32.1.x86_64.rpm libsnmp30-5.7.3-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-tools-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm wireshark-ui-qt-2.4.16-lp150.2.32.1.x86_64.rpm libsoftokn3-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm multipath-tools-0.7.3+147+suse.1382aee-lp150.10.1.x86_64.rpm zlib-devel-1.2.11-lp150.11.1.x86_64.rpm libsoftokn3-32bit-3.45-lp150.2.27.1.x86_64.rpm multipath-tools-rbd-0.7.3+147+suse.1382aee-lp150.10.1.x86_64.rpm Telcontar:~ # ls /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm Telcontar:~ # The directory is populated with many rpms. Telcontar:~ # zypper -v --dry-run in /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm The flag --dry-run is not known. Telcontar:~ # zypper -v --test in /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm The flag --test is not known. Telcontar:~ # zypper -v in /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Non-option program arguments: '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm' looks like an RPM file. Will try to download it. Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified. Telcontar:~ # Telcontar:~ # ls /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/ Telcontar:~ # Telcontar:~ # locate mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm /data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm Telcontar:~ # l /data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm ls: cannot access '/data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm': No such file or directory Telcontar:~ # l /data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/ ls: cannot access '/data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/': No such file or directory Telcontar:~ # l /data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/ ls: cannot access '/data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update/rpms/': No such file or directory Telcontar:~ # l /data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/15_0/repo-update total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Aug 31 00:51 ./ drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4096 Oct 27 2018 ../ Telcontar:~ # The command concoction deleted the entire directory path. Patrick, that command is not correct. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 31/08/2019 03.13, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Carlos E. R. <> [08-30-19 19:11]:

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On 31/08/2019 00.52, Doug McGarrett wrote:

much deleted

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The command concoction deleted the entire directory path. Patrick, that command is not correct.

the command was presented correctly if the path he provided was correct: zypper -v in /path/to/package.rpm

that *is* the correct invocation.

so solve the problem. I am gone.

It is not correct, and I proved it. The path was correct in my invocation, shown by the command history I posted. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 31/08/2019 11.45, Dave Howorth wrote:

On Sat, 31 Aug 2019 01:05:17 +0200 "Carlos E. R." wrote:

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The directory is populated with many rpms.

Telcontar:~ # zypper -v --dry-run in /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm The flag --dry-run is not known.

--dry-run is not a global flag. It is specific to the install command. Put it in the correct place!

As you can see in another post I noticed and did it the other way later, and it failed. It is on another post, I'll paste it for you: Telcontar:~ # l /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18629400 Aug 23 12:26 /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm (The file is there.) Telcontar:~ # zypper -v install --dry-run /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Non-option program arguments: '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm' looks like an RPM file. Will try to download it. Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified. (The command is wrong) Telcontar:~ # l /var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm ls: cannot access '/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-update/rpms/x86_64/mariadb-10.2.25-lp150.2.16.1.x86_64.rpm': No such file or directory Telcontar:~ # (now the file is not there. This is probably not relevant to the OP, though). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 08/30/2019 09:34 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 18:54]:

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On 08/30/2019 06:45 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 18:41]:

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On 08/30/2019 05:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 16:27]:

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later, from another post, which I can't locate, I was told to get this: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz so I did tar -xzvf imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz and got an rpm file, as expected, but it has trouble installing:

[CODE] apt-get install imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as 'imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.[/CODE]

which would indicate that the rpm file was not where expected.

zypper -v in /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm or rpm -Uvhi /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm

don't know why you want to utilize apt<anything> in openSUSE.

As I mentioned in another post, AFAIK, apt-get install works in any linux, including Ubuntu and PCLOS. It has worked upt to now in Tumblewweed, perfectly.

Anyway, I tried the suggested routine, and it still doesn't work:

linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # zypper -v imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Unknown command 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' Type 'zypper help' to get a list of global options and commands.

again, it is telling you it does not know where "image..." is. you *must* provide the path as the example above provides:

zypper -v in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm

...

In case 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' is not a typo it's probably not a built-in command, but provided as a subcommand or plug-in (see 'zypper help subcommand'). In this case a specific package providing the subcommand needs to be installed first. Those packages are often named 'zypper-imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' or 'zypper-imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm-plugin'. linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # rpm -Uvh imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm error: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm: read failed: Is a directory (21)

error: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm cannot be installed linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # rpm -Uvh iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm error: iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm: read failed: Is a directory (21)

error: iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm cannot be installed

I don't where to go from here.

and you have *really* been using linux for 15 years ....

Did exactly what you said:

linux-4qnb:~ # zypper -v in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Non-option program arguments: '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' looks like an RPM file. Will try to download it. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Path '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' on medium 'dir:/home/doug/Downloads' is not a file. Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.

Now what? AFAIK, EVERYTHING I ever downloaded came out without error. Shall I try again? There is no check for this file.

then /home/doug/Downloads is not where the rpm file is. The "zypper ..." command I gave you expects to find the file in the path you provide. A 15 year linux user should be able to provide the path where a file is located. If you are unable, you will not be able to install it.

If you open dolphin, the file browser, and right-click on the rpm image, imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm the window which opens will tell you the file location "Location:"

that is what you need to provide for zypper to operate correctly.

please provide the output for: ls -la /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm

the command above is one line and will probably wrap in transit, so you need to invoke it as a single line

This is not making sense. I can cd /home/doug/Downloads and find a whole list of files that I downloaded, including the rpm file (which I decrypted from the tar.gz version) but when I invoke the command ls -la /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm as suggested from a basic directory--not /home/doug/Downloads/-- I get this: -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Le 01/09/2019 à 05:25, Patrick Shanahan a écrit :

so you get no output. then the filename you provided is not there or not correct. provide this: ls -la /home/doug/Downloads/*imagescan*.rpm

it's not a file but a folder (epson guilty) jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Le 01/09/2019 à 09:26, Basil Chupin a écrit :

So, Doug, PLEASE install Leap 15.1,OK?!

but the script wont works either, because the rpm are not signed :-( wont work neither if the scanner is connected through usb3 port... after using zypper in, xsane works with wifi scanner :-( jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 09/01/2019 06:28 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:

On 1/9/19 6:17 pm, jdd@dodin.org wrote:

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Le 01/09/2019 à 09:26, Basil Chupin a écrit :

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So, Doug, PLEASE install Leap 15.1,OK?!

but the script wont works either, because the rpm are not signed :-(

wont work neither if the scanner is connected through usb3 port...

after using zypper in, xsane works with wifi scanner

:-( jdd

Installs here without any problems -- yes, the installation complains several times that the rpm is not signed but installs it nevertheless.

So, the plea to Doug still stands: PLEASE install Leap 15.1!

(Having said that, the question arises: what will happen when Leap 15.2, due out next May, is released?)

BC

THAT'S why I won't install Leap. I used a rolling release for years-- actually two rolling releases, first KDE4, then KDE5 and only the once did I have to reinstall everything. And then they castrated PCLOS, they took out a whole batch of apps and made it impossible to install them from other sources, and that['s why I'm here. --doug that' s -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 2/9/19 5:04 am, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 09/01/2019 06:28 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 1/9/19 6:17 pm, jdd@dodin.org wrote:

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Le 01/09/2019 à 09:26, Basil Chupin a écrit :

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So, Doug, PLEASE install Leap 15.1,OK?!

but the script wont works either, because the rpm are not signed :-(

wont work neither if the scanner is connected through usb3 port...

after using zypper in, xsane works with wifi scanner

:-( jdd

Installs here without any problems -- yes, the installation complains several times that the rpm is not signed but installs it nevertheless.

So, the plea to Doug still stands: PLEASE install Leap 15.1!

(Having said that, the question arises: what will happen when Leap 15.2, due out next May, is released?)

BC

THAT'S why I won't install Leap. I used a rolling release for years-- actually two rolling releases, first KDE4, then KDE5 and only the once did I have to reinstall everything. And then they castrated PCLOS, they took out a whole batch of apps and made it impossible to install them from other sources, and that['s why I'm here.

--doug

You have the wrong idea about Leap. When a new version of Leap comes out -- eg, 15.2 next May -- one only needs to first alter the names of repositories to reflect the ones for the latest version and then execute as root 'zypper dup' on a command line and the current Leap (say, 15.1) will be updated to (say) 15.2. See https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade#1._Check_if_the_update_repository.... QED. BC -- A three-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath. "Mum" he asked, "are these my brains?" "Not yet," she replied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 2/9/19 3:23 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 09/02/2019 01:05 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 2/9/19 5:04 am, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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(Having said that, the question arises: what will happen when Leap 15.2, due out next May, is released?)

BC

THAT'S why I won't install Leap. I used a rolling release for years-- actually two rolling releases, first KDE4, then KDE5 and only the once did I have to reinstall everything. And then they castrated PCLOS, they took out a whole batch of apps and made it impossible to install them from other sources, and that['s why I'm here.

--doug

You have the wrong idea about Leap.

When a new version of Leap comes out -- eg, 15.2 next May -- one only needs to first alter the names of repositories to reflect the ones for the latest version and then execute as root 'zypper dup' on a command line and the current Leap (say, 15.1) will be updated to (say) 15.2.

See https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade#1._Check_if_the_update_repository....

QED.

BC

I think, Basil, you have my best interests at heart, but I believe that Suse would not be making Tumbleweed unless it wanted a rolling release, which is what I want. I've fiddled around with Linux versions that expire every so often, and I don't want to get trapped in one of them. It's a real pita to go out and find and get and reinstall all the things you are used to using, including your screen background, particularly if you find that those apps are no longer available, as PCLOS did to me. That's why I'm trying to get used to this Tumbleweed version, which I hope to be running until I die. (I'm almost 82 right now.) I sincerely hope that what is working now, will work for the rest of my life without reinstalling anything, and I hope that I will get the scanner running, even if I have to buy the app. Or use Windows--achhh!

--doug

Doug, I will repeat it once again: you have the wrong idea about Leap. I gave you an URL to read about what how easy it is to upgrade from one version of Leap to the latest -- have you read what is stated there? In any case,one does not have to upgrade Leap everytime a new version comes out (around 18 months) but keep using what you already have. There are people here who are still using openSUSE 42.3 which was released in July 2017. Now, the EOL for Leap 15.1 is November 2020. You cannot tell me that you won't be able to get to grips on how to easily upgrade 15.1 to 15.2 by November 2020? BC -- A three-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath. "Mum" he asked, "are these my brains?" "Not yet," she replied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/30/2019 09:34 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 18:54]:

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On 08/30/2019 06:45 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 18:41]:

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On 08/30/2019 05:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 16:27]:

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(part of thread)

<and even less of thread>

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later, from another post, which I can't locate, I was told to get this: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz so I did tar -xzvf imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz and got an rpm file, as expected, but it has trouble installing:

[CODE] apt-get install imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as 'imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.[/CODE]

which would indicate that the rpm file was not where expected.

zypper -v in /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm or rpm -Uvhi /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm

don't know why you want to utilize apt<anything> in openSUSE.

As I mentioned in another post, AFAIK, apt-get install works in any linux, including Ubuntu and PCLOS. It has worked upt to now in Tumblewweed, perfectly.

Anyway, I tried the suggested routine, and it still doesn't work:

linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # zypper -v imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Unknown command 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' Type 'zypper help' to get a list of global options and commands.

again, it is telling you it does not know where "image..." is. you *must* provide the path as the example above provides:

zypper -v in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm

...

In case 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' is not a typo it's probably not a built-in command, but provided as a subcommand or plug-in (see 'zypper help subcommand'). In this case a specific package providing the subcommand needs to be installed first. Those packages are often named 'zypper-imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' or 'zypper-imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm-plugin'. linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # rpm -Uvh imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm error: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm: read failed: Is a directory (21)

error: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm cannot be installed linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # rpm -Uvh iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm error: iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm: read failed: Is a directory (21)

error: iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm cannot be installed

I don't where to go from here.

and you have *really* been using linux for 15 years ....

Did exactly what you said:

linux-4qnb:~ # zypper -v in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Non-option program arguments: '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' looks like an RPM file. Will try to download it. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Path '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' on medium 'dir:/home/doug/Downloads' is not a file. Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as '/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.

Now what? AFAIK, EVERYTHING I ever downloaded came out without error. Shall I try again? There is no check for this file.

then /home/doug/Downloads is not where the rpm file is. The "zypper ..." command I gave you expects to find the file in the path you provide. A 15 year linux user should be able to provide the path where a file is located. If you are unable, you will not be able to install it.

If I do a cd /home/doug/Downloads and run ls -la I get a whole list of files including the decrypted rpm file. However, if I do NOT cd to my Downloads directory and run the command suggested, this is the result: linux-4qnb:~ # ls -la /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm total 16 drwxr-xr-x 1 doug 1000 62 Aug 20 02:34 . drwxr-xr-x 1 doug users 1938 Aug 30 15:19 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 doug 1000 5378 Aug 20 02:34 README.rst drwxr-xr-x 1 doug 1000 94 Aug 20 02:34 core -rwxr-xr-x 1 doug 1000 7392 Jul 31 03:36 install.sh drwxr-xr-x 1 doug 1000 380 Aug 20 02:34 plugins

If you open dolphin, the file browser, and right-click on the rpm image, imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm the window which opens will tell you the file location "Location:"

that is what you need to provide for zypper to operate correctly.

please provide the output for: ls -la /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm

the command above is one line and will probably wrap in transit, so you need to invoke it as a single line

Have discovered a number of things: Apparently, the above are directories, each one containing at least one .rpm file, and one of them will not install at all. I have to say that this is a cockamamie way to distribute software. Anyway.... Also, it appears that iscan is actually installed on the system, but it doesn't work. From a user console--typed in by hand since I can't copy and paste it: doug@linux-4qnb:~> iscan Segmentation fault (core dumped) I don't know how it got installed, since I have had no luck, so I must assume that it comes with Tumbleweed. In that case, is there a way to reinstall the whole iscan system from whatever repo it may be in from scratch? Maybe then it might work. I'm in way over my head, here! Thanx--doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Le 31/08/2019 à 00:52, Doug McGarrett a écrit :

Now what? AFAIK, EVERYTHING I ever downloaded came out without error. Shall I try again? There is no check for this file.

it's a good idea to check what files you have at hand before trying a command line invocation. * first check is the rpm was really extracted from the archive and where. "ll" is your friend, it's the openSUSE alias for "ls -l" if you do so you will notice that the iscan bundle do *not* extract as a rpm file, but as *a folder* in this folder you will find an "install.sh" script that install *three* rpm, available in the subfolders "core", "data" and "plugins" so, everybody calm down, the mess come from the ridiculous idea from epson to name the folder like a rpm... jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/30/2019 06:56 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 31/08/2019 00.38, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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On 08/30/2019 05:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 16:27]:

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(part of thread)

<and even less of thread>

...

later, from another post, which I can't locate, I was told to get this: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz so I did tar -xzvf imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz and got an rpm file, as expected, but it has trouble installing:

[CODE] apt-get install imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as 'imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.[/CODE]

which would indicate that the rpm file was not where expected.

zypper -v in /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm or rpm -Uvhi /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm

don't know why you want to utilize apt<anything> in openSUSE.

Not getting anywhere fast. Here's the latest, which I hope I've done as requested, but no cigar: In case 'in/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' is not a typo it's probably not a built-in command, but provided as a subcommand or plug-in (see 'zypper help subcommand'). In this case a specific package providing the subcommand needs to be installed first. Those packages are often named 'zypper-in/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' or 'zypper-in/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm-plugin'. linux-4qnb: -bash: zypper-in/home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm: No such file or directory One reply suggests that the file contains further rpms. I don't know how to work with that--it's a new one to me--but if I can't get it to decode the main rpm, then I seem to be stuck.

...

...

As I mentioned in another post, AFAIK, apt-get install works in any linux, including Ubuntu and PCLOS. It has worked upt to now in Tumblewweed, perfectly.

Anyway, I tried the suggested routine, and it still doesn't work:

linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # zypper -

zypper subcommand

...

imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm Verbosity: 2 Unknown command 'imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm' Type 'zypper help' to get a list of global options and commands.

You had to use:

zypper -v in /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm ........... **...**********

not "zypper -v imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm"

You did not enter the path, nor the command "in".

Isn't the path "/home/doug/Downloads"? I don't know a path where it should PUT the results--that should be in the rpm itself. Also, it complained about no hyphen in "zypper in" so I put in a hyphen. Tried with and without a space before the/home/doug/Downloads path, but it doesn't like it: linux-4qnb:/home/doug/Downloads # zypper-in /home/doug/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm If 'zypper-in' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this: cnf zypper-in Also tried "zypper in" without the hyphen and it didn't like that either. Do I need to put the word "to" in front of the path, and does it need the /to/ in it? Or is that just an illustration? I'm running out of things to try. If someone may have actually run this, please post the exact command you used and what happened. Thanx, doug

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On 31/8/19 10:33 am, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 08/30/2019 06:56 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 31/08/2019 00.38, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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On 08/30/2019 05:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [08-30-19 16:27]:

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(part of thread)

<and even less of thread>

...

later, from another post, which I can't locate, I was told to get this: imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz so I did tar -xzvf imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.1-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz and got an rpm file, as expected, but it has trouble installing:

[CODE] apt-get install imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible. Problem retrieving the specified RPM file: Malformed URI: Please check whether the file is accessible. Problem with the RPM file specified as 'imagescan-3.59.2-1epson4opensuse15.1.x86_64.rpm', skipping. No valid arguments specified.[/CODE]

which would indicate that the rpm file was not where expected.

    zypper -v in /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm     or     rpm -Uvhi /<path>/<to>/<file>.rpm

don't know why you want to utilize apt<anything> in openSUSE.

Not getting anywhere fast. Here's the latest, which I hope I've done as requested, but no cigar:

Doug, you are repeating the same behaviour you exhibited when you were last here some years ago and were running earlier versions of 'SuSE'. May I suggest this?: get rid of Tumbleweed, which I believe you are currently using, and install Leap 15.1. Leap is more like the 'SuSE' you knew in the past and you will also get more responses to your hassles because most people are using Leap and Tumbleweed. Let's start afresh and create a new playing filed: you get rid of Tumbleweed and install Leap 15.1, OK? BC -- A three-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath. "Mum" he asked, "are these my brains?" "Not yet," she replied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org