mike wrote:
SnapafunFrank wrote:
And while we are on urpmi problems can someone tell me why I cannot wholly add another media to my list.
I did:
# urpmi.addmedia myrpms file://home/frank/MYRPMS
and :
# urpmi.addmedia -f myrpms file://home/frank/MYRPMS
I get some entries in the /var/lib/urpmi directory but when I do :
# urpmq --list-media
the new media doesn't appear in the list and trying to install the rpms downloaded to the ~/MYRPMS directory, I get the 'Not found' reply.
I have tried:
# urpmi --update -a
But this did not get my new media added either.
Hopefully I'm missing something 'no-brainer'.
Sorry for jumping in on this thread put I thought to keep the subject matter relevant.
I just tried adding a local source as you descibed above, and all turned out well. I used some rpms I downloaded.
Could it possibly be something wrong with the rpms themselves. I think rpm looks at the rpm's header for info to generate the hdlist.
Maybe download some different rpm's in a new directory and try adding them as locale source to see if it works.
Mike
I tried by moving or deleting rpms that though they went through before, this time they kept coming up with errors.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] frank]# urpmi.addmedia -f myrpms /home/frank/MYRPMS/
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 2 (x86)"
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 1 (x86)"
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 4 (x86)"
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 3 (x86)"
added medium myrpms
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation
CD 2 (x86).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04club.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04updates.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation
CD 1 (x86).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.eslrahc.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation
CD 4 (x86).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04main.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.frankplf.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation
CD 3 (x86).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.frankupdates.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.eslrahc10.1.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04contrib.cz]
reading rpm files from [/home/frank/MYRPMS]
writing list file for medium "myrpms"
building hdlist [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.myrpms.cz]
choosing compression method with "gzip -4" for archive
/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.myrpms.cz
real archive size of /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.myrpms.cz is 1707821
no info available for package flightgear at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Build.pm
line 465.
As you can see, when I installed the flightgear package I had no problems and at that time this directory was a listed media. I simply did a urpmi.removemedia, deleted some old stuff and then ran into this problem when I went back to urpmi.addmedia.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] frank]# urpmq --list-media Installation CD 2 (x86) frankcontrib dec04club dec04updates frankmain Installation CD 1 (x86) eslrahc Installation CD 4 (x86) dec04main frankplf updates Installation CD 3 (x86) frankupdates main2 eslrahc10.1 rediris dec04contrib
As you can see - no 'myrpms' media. I have even tried a new directory with only the latest download ( and successfully installed ) rpm in it. The same thing is happening. It's driving me nuts. Unless there is a simple way of getting all my media back up should I scrap the lot and start again, well, I may as well be back fighting windows as this is the type of problem I left windows for.
Any other ideas anyone?
Did you try adding "myrpms" using the Software Media Manager? Try that and see if things work better.
Eric Jackson
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