Sticky Request: YaST Update sources

Jongi · 12-05-2005, 03:10 PM

Is Packman on the blink these days? The 9.3 sources specifically?

alek66 · 02-26-2006, 12:30 PM

I added most importan sources and they worked perfectly. Untill one day i started the software manager. And the splash screen that show that it is checking the ftps stalls... like one of the ftps were dead... i dont know what exactly happens, but results that it stays in that splash screen a never finish. Is there a way to check what is happening¿?

ceros · 03-05-2006, 11:52 AM

This link takes you to the opensuse.org webpage containing locations of different yast sources.

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_Ya...e_Repositories

If that doesn't work, try Googling for "yast sources."

ceros · 03-05-2006, 12:51 PM

This is another link to an opensuse.org webpage containing a list of mirrors that have the complete SUSE Linux 10.0 archive. This can be very useful when you don't have the cd's/dvd on hand or you just want to install and update SUSE via an online yast repository.

http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_Released_Version

If the link no longer works, do a search for "suse released versions."

xbaez · 03-05-2006, 01:31 PM

One question how can I make sure SuSE keeps the RPMs in the cache instead of deleting them?

ceros · 03-05-2006, 02:28 PM

Not sure what you mean with this question xbaez. Do you mean how you can make sure your RPM packages are never deleted or modified in yast? For this, go into the yast package manager, look for the RPM you want to protect, right-click the RPM, and select the option "Protected -- Do Not Modify."

Now if you mean you want to keep the individual RPMs you just installed via the package manager, I'm not sure how you would do this. You can however download the RPMs by using a web browser and browsing through the online repositories you just used to install your packages using yast.

ceros · 03-05-2006, 06:33 PM

Here's some more links. These links are the addresses to use to update KDE and GNOME using yast.

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup....0/yast-source
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup....3/yast-source
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup....2/yast-source
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup....0/yast-source
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup....3/yast-source
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup....2/yast-source

XavierP · 03-05-2006, 06:52 PM

To all who are asking technical questions on this thread - please don't. This was stickied so that users could see alternative YAST sources. If you have a specific question (one that isn't answered by grabbing a url from this thread) create your own thread in the forums. This means that anyone with a similar problem can find the answer more easily than reading this whole thread.

alek66 · 04-18-2006, 09:31 AM

Where do you get all the sites for updates?? and where can I find the ones for X86_64??

abisko00 · 04-18-2006, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alek66

Where do you get all the sites for updates?? and where can I find the ones for X86_64??

http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_Released_Version
http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories
http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_Ya...e_Repositories

Most of these sources have x86_64 packages as well. The YaST installer selects them automatically.

alek66 · 04-18-2006, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abisko00

http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_Released_Version
http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories
http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_Ya...e_Repositories

Most of these sources have x86_64 packages as well. The YaST installer selects them automatically.

YEs? Dont I have to add the special sources for x86_64? I´ve always added the ones I found that where specific por that architecture... but if say that yast will find them automatically... ok!

abisko00 · 04-18-2006, 12:47 PM

As you can see, there are multiple architectures availabe on this installation source.
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distr...st-source/suse

Code:

Up to higher level directory
Directory: i586 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: i686 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: noarch 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: nosrc 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: ppc 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: ppc64 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: repodata 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: setup 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: src 		15/09/05 	00:00:00
Directory: x86_64 		15/09/05 	00:00:00

Since the directory 'inst-source' is the one you point to, one has to assume that YaST knows what to do with the stuff it finds there. You'll find the same e.g. on packman: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/

That doesn't mean that some sources may offer packages for one architecture only. You'll have to find out for yourself...

antonis_wrx · 05-20-2006, 04:22 AM

Which sources should I add for 10.1? I tried this h**p://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories but many of them (ie packman) don't work....

ceros · 05-20-2006, 09:53 AM

Packman worked for me. Are you sure you are pointing to the new 10.1 folders? For packman a good mirror is http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.1/.

xbaez · 05-21-2006, 01:47 AM

If you download the Add-on CD, what specific software will you need from other repositories?
it will be really nice if I could only install Novell/SuSE supported software, that will surely make the OS more stable

At least when I tried upgrading from 10.0 to 10.1, the installation program complained about a lot of software that I installed from these sources

What do you guys think it's the best way to keep upgrading SuSE distros (10 - 10.1 - 10.2 ), without making the OS unstable or difficult to upgrade from one distro to another?

I REALLY like the idea of a distro with 6 CDs, and with the add-on cd included that is really nice I'm looking forward to hear MP3 basically, I don't need that much software apart from the one that comes with the distro