This is what my installation source list looks like Status Name URL On SUSE LINUX Version 9.2 dvd:///;devices=/dev/hda,/dev/hdc On Packman (SuSE LINUX 9.2) http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/9.2 On guru (SUSE LINUX 9.2) http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/9.2/ I did not add the first entry - it was there after I had installed SuSE. If you can't get the DVD to work you could try SuSE's ftp site: server name=ftp.suse.com directory=pub/suse/i386/9.2 In the previous emails about apt, synaptic was not mentioned. It's a (the) GUI for apt and simpler than YaST if I remember right e.g. more like kpackage. Claus On Friday 11 March 2005 01:19, Ingo Strauch wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:57:04 +1100
Colin Carter <colincarter@exemail.com.au> wrote:
I switched off and logged in as root and run up Yast as you suggested. I put emacs (and again with xemacs) into the search box as suggested. Yast displayed, in RHS window, all modules installed, with a tick in each check box. So, as a test, I unticked the -el- module and clicked "Accept". Took some time, but it eventually un-installed this module. Then I repeated the search and got a list of the installed modules, with check boxes ticked; but no sign of any module ( eg -el- ) available for installation.
This looks to me that Yast doesn't know about where to find new packages to install. There should be a menu item "Installation Source" or something. You should check that at least one source is configured.
I did fiddle with the 'filter' but couldn't get Yast to display any 'available' software, just the software already installed. This is why I turned to rpm in the first place.
BTW, where did you get the RPMs from you used in previous mails?
Am I supposed to do something special to get such a list displayed? From Konqueror I have triggered a Yast installation; Yast started up, whirred a bit, but it never installed anything.
I tried this with/without DVD in drive.
To me it looks like you need to add a valid installation source. But it's strange that the DVD isn't in there/doesn't work automatically.
Cheers, Ingo