Julien Michielsen wrote:
Would like to use Yast to install rpm´s I downloaded. Until SuSE 10.0 I could specify local directories to be searched by Yast. However, when I try to do this under 10.1 (Software -> Installation Source) and then specify my download-directory, Yast complains that it does not find a catalogue. Does this mean one cannot use Yast anymore to install its own non-SuSE rpm´s?
I'm not sure what it is you're asking for, here, but I'm on 10.1, and I installed it by downloading all the .iso's to my ~/tmp directory, burning cd1, and installing the rest by pointing the Yast2 from the cd1 stub of 10.1 to my ~/tmp directory, as directed in the yast2 -> installation source commentary (the left-hand panel). (Following the advice of others on this list, I long ago re-partitioned my hard drive so that /home resides on its own partition. This makes such things as keeping complete sets of cd's, or network installs, completely unnecessary. Very nice -- thanks, guys.) As far as installing downloaded rpm's, I just installed adobe reader by right-clicking on the rpm file and selecting "actions" -> "install with yast2". Worked perfectly. I've never needed to select an installation source directory for anything but system installs. John Perry