-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joe Morris schreef: | On 03/01/2008 09:01 PM, James Pifer wrote: |> Reinstalling my system using 64 bit has fixed many of many performance |> issues. Coming from the redhat line I'm used to using yum and like using |> yum. I've installed yum on opensuse 10.3 and added the videolan and |> packman repos. I'm having a lot of problems with things getting broken. |> |> For example, if I install vlc it installs a bunch of packages, but does |> not remove any. It wants to install both 64 and 32 bit. I don't know why |> it's doing that. After installing vlc yum and rpm are broken because |> libpopt.so.0 is missing. Actually it's libpopt.so.0.0.0 or something. I |> may be off slightly there, but the point is the same. |> |> Anyway, I reinstalled from scratch and made sure I did NOT install the |> 32bit support as part of the install. Installing vlc did the same |> thing. |> I'm reinstalling again because I don't know what else got broken even if |> I fix popt. I'll try using just yast for the installations and see if |> that goes better. |> Just to be clear, it's not just vlc causing this, that was just an |> example. |> Any suggestions? |> | I have never used yum, but I did use smart and had several times when it | wanted to do similarly sounding things. I have also used apt4rpm in the | past, and it also had a harder time keeping the arch straight. I have | found Yast to be much better, and with the graphical version easily | seeing which arch it wants to update/install, I use it exclusively now | for the last 2 versions. I would highly recommend sticking with Yast. | It will help you keep your system working. It isn't perfect, but it is | the best I have tried. | Absolutely, Yast2 uses yum sources also, and the solver is normaly very well able to get what you want. - -- Have a nice day, M9. Now, is the only time that exists. ~ Besturingssysteem: Linux 2.6.22.17-0.1-default x86_64 ~ Current user: monkey9@AMD64x2-sfn1 ~ System: openSUSE 10.3 (x86_64) ~ KDE: 4.0.1 (KDE 4.0.1) "release 9.1" ~ OS: Linux 2.6.22.17-0.1-default x86_64 ~ Huidige gebruiker: monkey9@AMD64x2-sfn1 ~ Systeem: openSUSE 10.3 (x86_64) ~ KDE: 3.5.7 "release 72.6" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHyV0MX5/X5X6LpDgRAsdSAJ42rzx16au5z2fAwXlj1//Ah3u5vQCff4Fq Gx9lLUTK4utJQzPE+HVbERk= =nCBF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org