Oops. I accidently replied to Stuart only. Andrew L. Gould "Andrew L. Gould" wrote:

I haven't heard/read anything that would indicate that using rpm from the command line wouldn't work.

I was saying that kpackage, as installed out of the box with SuSE 6.4 wasn't functional. Specifically, it doesn't detect/display the list of installed packages as it did in previous SuSE versions. kpackage, therefore, erroneously thinks that there are all sorts of unsatisfied dependencies.

The advice I gave was to someone who used kpackage, a gui tool. Therefore, I provided a user-friendly alternative.

Andrew L. Gould

Stuart Hall wrote:

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Can you explain the difference between

rpm -i <yourrpm.rpm> and using Yast to install the rpm? Or are we saying here that rpm -i, or rpm -U doesn't work?

Stuart

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:05:45 -0500, you wrote:

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It is nonfunctional for me as well. Download the rpm file and install it using YAST. YAST isn't as convenient as kpackage; but it still beats dealing with tarballs.

1. Download the rpm you wish to install. Remember where you put it. 2. Login as root and start YAST. 3. Select 'Choose/Install packages'. 4. Select 'Install packages'. 5. You should now see the install window. It is probably, mostly empty. Make sure that 'Source: (none)' is highlighted and press <enter>. 6. You can now select a source for your packages. The options should include 'Directory', 'FTP', 'Source medium', and 'Floppy'. 7. Select 'Directory' and enter the path to the rpm you wish to install and press <enter>. 8. You should now be able to select the rpm for installation. The on-screen instructions should suffice from here.

Best of Luck,

Andrew L. Gould

"Fred A. Miller" wrote:

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Is there either a Netscape update tarball, or patch tarball available, instead of RPM? The Kpackage app. in 6.4 is nonfunctional (or at least it is for me), and also there are those of us who know better than to load up the /opt dir with applications and have installed Netscape elsewhere. If it's available, I'd like the address.

Thanks,

Fred

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