On Friday 22 November 2002 5:25 am, Keith Powell wrote: > I have bought the Power Pack edition of Mandrake9.0. > > Installation went very well; then the problem started. > > I have been trying to install extra packages from the CDs. I can install > from the Installation Disks, the International Disk, and the Commercial > Disks. But not from the Supplementary Disk. The packages are listed, and > can be selected. But not installed. > > When I try to install from the Supplementary Disk, I get the error > message:- > > Everything is already installed. (Is this supposed to happen at all?) > > Everything is definitely NOT installed. > > I have tried every combination of disk selection in Package Manager. I have > tried updating. > > Using urpmi <package> (as root) gives an error message that the package > cannot be found. > > I suppose that I could install single packages by clicking on them and > using GURPMI, but that would be just a "work round". It would not fix the > problem I am having with the Package Manager. > > The source is given as:- > > removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS7 > ../base/hdlist7.cz > > The other Supplementary source is 8 instead of 7. These sources compare > with the other sources, so do not appear to be incorrect. > > I have looked in the archives, and can find thisproblem mentioned with > respect to a DVD, but not CDs. > > Please can someone shed some light on the problem and tell me how to > install packages from the Supplementary Disk? > > Many thanks. > > Keith
Keith, have you checked to see how much disk space you have left? Good luck, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Friday, November 22, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 9
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