[opensuse] speeding up software installation wizard
Hi, Just after DVD installation, I switched to internet repositories. Then I added Packman repositories. Say I want to install aMule (from packman). One problem is the time spent before installation is complete. When launching the software installation tool, it builds a kind of installable software list. Ok. But it seems (as I see the time spent) to build it EACH time I launch it! Wouldn't it be faster to cache the list somewhere? Then when search for the package to install, it is very slow again. I have a decent CPU (2GHz, Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM) architecture, I think something really need to be donne on this thing. Don't you think? Or is it a my-side problem? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Well, you could disable update/refresh for the "stable" distribution repositories (I assume you have configured repositories for the SuSE distribution, both oss and non-oss). These never change and can very well be cached. But neither packman, nor suse update repositories, can be cached. They are likely to be updated with new packages almost every day, and yast simply has to fetch new lists each time. /Lennart onsdag 24 januari 2007 11:31 skrev Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y):
Hi, Just after DVD installation, I switched to internet repositories. Then I added Packman repositories.
Say I want to install aMule (from packman). One problem is the time spent before installation is complete. When launching the software installation tool, it builds a kind of installable software list. Ok. But it seems (as I see the time spent) to build it EACH time I launch it! Wouldn't it be faster to cache the list somewhere? Then when search for the package to install, it is very slow again. I have a decent CPU (2GHz, Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM) architecture, I think something really need to be donne on this thing. Don't you think?
Or is it a my-side problem?
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On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 12:02 +0100, Lennart Börjeson wrote:
Well, you could disable update/refresh for the "stable" distribution
Would you help me to find out where to check/uncheck this? I did not find... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dňa Št 25. Január 2007 00:54 Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) napísal:
On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 12:02 +0100, Lennart Börjeson wrote:
Well, you could disable update/refresh for the "stable" distribution
Would you help me to find out where to check/uncheck this? I did not find...
yast2 inst_source, menu button on the right-hand side. Stano -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-01-25 at 00:54 +0100, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:
On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 12:02 +0100, Lennart Börjeson wrote:
Well, you could disable update/refresh for the "stable" distribution
Would you help me to find out where to check/uncheck this? I did not find...
In the yast module where you define which sources to use. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFuIirtTMYHG2NR9URAlRJAJ9sNwNp8rxqe8B96cJye11o9fjntwCgllIk UBUiJ/ogZN+PmmGP2Y4sKek= =7u7A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
torsdag 25 januari 2007 00:54 skrev Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y):
On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 12:02 +0100, Lennart Börjeson wrote:
Well, you could disable update/refresh for the "stable" distribution
Would you help me to find out where to check/uncheck this? I did not find...
In the yast2 Installation Sources window, to the bottom right of the list, there's a button which pops up a menu where you can disable and enable either an entire source or just the refresh. I.e., first select the source you want to disable, then click the button and disable refresh. -- !++ ! Lennart Börjeson, Cinnober Financial Technology AB ! Industrigatan 2A, S-112 46 STOCKHOLM ! Sverige/Sweden/Schweden/Suède ! phone:+46-8-50304717 gsm:+46-70-3394717 fax:+46-8-50304701 !-- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 01:31, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:
Hi, Just after DVD installation, I switched to internet repositories. Then I added Packman repositories.
Say I want to install aMule (from packman). One problem is the time spent before installation is complete. When launching the software installation tool, it builds a kind of installable software list. Ok. But it seems (as I see the time spent) to build it EACH time I launch it! Wouldn't it be faster to cache the list somewhere? Then when search for the package to install, it is very slow again. I have a decent CPU (2GHz, Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM) architecture, I think something really need to be donne on this thing. Don't you think?
Or is it a my-side problem?
I definitely agree. The software updater is down there in the try all day long. Why can't it take care of these tasks in the background so that when you wanted to update it would have all the information it needed already in hand? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Thursday January 25 2007 12:01 am, John Andersen wrote:
Then when search for the package to install, it is very slow again. I have a decent CPU (2GHz, Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM) architecture, I think something really need to be donne on this thing. Don't you think?
Or is it a my-side problem?
I definitely agree. The software updater is down there in the try all day long. Why can't it take care of these tasks in the background so that when you wanted to update it would have all the information it needed already in hand?
AND, why on earth do we continueally have pgp problems?!!! Smart can't complete an update because of pgp. This stuff is getting old - very old. Fred -- MickySoft, the ultimate corporate parasite. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-01-24 at 20:01 -0900, John Andersen wrote:
I definitely agree. The software updater is down there in the try all day long. Why can't it take care of these tasks in the background so that when you wanted to update it would have all the information it needed already in hand?
That doesn't solve the problem for the people that do not have a permanent internet connection. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD4DBQFFuIh0tTMYHG2NR9URAunLAJwNaI2B8+tV6dJuIMfDO5UD8UDS9ACYoCKL pbf2SLdGEJ0aXKNsoaTbfg== =eaQW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Carlos E. R. -
Fred A. Miller -
John Andersen -
Lennart Börjeson -
Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) -
Stanislav Visnovsky