On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 08:41:26AM -0800, babu walad wrote:
I disagree.
I've already been through that option and it is used for installing package PATCHES. Furthermore, in the choice for source, you are given options for: ftp, source medium (greyed out), directory, floppy.
You are probably looking at a different option. Start yast, select Package Management, then select Package Information. You'll get just one field to fill out with information you're searching for.
Let's see, I have 7.1 distro CDs I want to install from.
Let's see, CD is not ftp, CD is not directory, CD is not floppy, CD *might* be source medium BUT IT IS GREYED OUT
Gee, no choices left.
Did you select Install Packages instead of Package Information?
No, I don't think it is intuitive.
Well, it's difficult to argue about such topics. Different people have different ideas about "logical" and "intuitive", and this is quite normal.
If anybody has the answer how to search and install a particular package off the distro CDs please let me know.
OK, let me provide step-by-step instructions. Insert CD1, start yast. Select Package Management (Update, Installation, Queries) Select Package information from the next menu Press F9 to select install media (this step may seem not logical) Type information you're looking for and press Enter or F5 YaST will search install media and system and return a list of packages which contain the file, library, etc, whatever you are searching. Then you may select the package (if it is not installed) and press F10 to install it. That's it. Regards, -Kastus
Thanks,
Babu