Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not present in suse.
1. add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse flawless working.
2. how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Thanks
On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 00:45 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not present in suse.
- add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
flawless working.
Try this....yum install yumex < -----Package Manager Interface for yum.
- how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # CentOS-Media.repo <<<--------------Look for this file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ # # This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on # CentOS-5. You can use this repo and yum to install items directly off the # DVD ISO that we release. # # To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too: <---Pay attention to this... # yum --enablerepo=c4-media [command] # # or for ONLY the media repo, do this: # # yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
[c5-media] name=CentOS-$releasever - Media ### baseurl=file:///RHEL5-Repo/ #### Edited Config for a repo on hard disk at the root { / } file:///media/cdrom/ file:///media/cdrecorder/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 <-----enabled or disabled here. to enable change 0 to 1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta --------------------------------------------------------------
i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
about 8 years....
i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
should be pretty easy to get it going now you have the relevent infomation to to get up and going. I hate Suse! M$ supports them.
Thanks _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Thanks a ot john,
i installed yumex and it works perfect.
after installing yumex centos package manager is also working.
still confused how to add dvd as repo
i found the CentOS-Media.repo can you just tell me how to add centos dvd which is in E: drive to this file.
Thanks a lot . and your are rite abt suse . i hope i never have to go back.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM, John jses27@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 00:45 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not present in suse.
- add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
flawless working.
Try this....yum install yumex < -----Package Manager Interface for yum.
- how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
# CentOS-Media.repo <<<--------------Look for this file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ # # This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on # CentOS-5. You can use this repo and yum to install items directly off the # DVD ISO that we release. # # To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too: <---Pay attention to this... # yum --enablerepo=c4-media [command] # # or for ONLY the media repo, do this: # # yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
[c5-media] name=CentOS-$releasever - Media ### baseurl=file:///RHEL5-Repo/ #### Edited Config for a repo on hard disk at the root { / } file:///media/cdrom/ file:///media/cdrecorder/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 <-----enabled or disabled here. to enable change 0 to 1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
about 8 years....
i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
should be pretty easy to get it going now you have the relevent infomation to to get up and going. I hate Suse! M$ supports them.
Thanks _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
-- ~/john
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hamood Iqbal wrote:
Thanks a ot john,
i installed yumex and it works perfect.
after installing yumex centos package manager is also working.
still confused how to add dvd as repo
i found the CentOS-Media.repo can you just tell me how to add centos dvd which is in E: drive to this file.
Thanks a lot . and your are rite abt suse . i hope i never have to go back.
Firstly ... installing from the DVD is problematic, as there are continually updates being added between releases of the DVD and you should really install from the Internet (or a locally updated mirror) instead using the defualt Yumex or yum configs.
What this means is that packages from the DVD "Might Not Work" if you have done any updates at all since the install. (If foo-1.1.1 was on the DVD and we have released foo-1.1.2 as an update ... and if bar-1.1.1 is on the DVD and it needs foo-1.1.1 ... but bar-1.1.2 is also an update ... and if you try to install bar-1.1.1 from the DVD it will not install. However, yum install bar (which will get bar-1.1.2 from updates) will work.
SO ... after install (if you have done any updates), you should not use the DVD for installing packages any more as it is just a point in time copy of the bigger tree.
If you insist on doing it anyway, it should work if you do this:
yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c5-media install <package>
substitute the packages you want to install for <package>
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 09:28 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
hamood Iqbal wrote:
Thanks a ot john,
i installed yumex and it works perfect.
after installing yumex centos package manager is also working.
still confused how to add dvd as repo
i found the CentOS-Media.repo can you just tell me how to add centos dvd which is in E: drive to this file.
Thanks a lot . and your are rite abt suse . i hope i never have to go back.
Firstly ... installing from the DVD is problematic, as there are continually updates being added between releases of the DVD and you should really install from the Internet (or a locally updated mirror) instead using the defualt Yumex or yum configs.
What this means is that packages from the DVD "Might Not Work" if you have done any updates at all since the install. (If foo-1.1.1 was on the DVD and we have released foo-1.1.2 as an update ... and if bar-1.1.1 is on the DVD and it needs foo-1.1.1 ... but bar-1.1.2 is also an update ... and if you try to install bar-1.1.1 from the DVD it will not install. However, yum install bar (which will get bar-1.1.2 from updates) will work.
SO ... after install (if you have done any updates), you should not use the DVD for installing packages any more as it is just a point in time copy of the bigger tree.
If you insist on doing it anyway, it should work if you do this:
yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c5-media install <package>
Well, that's why it wouldn't work for him. I give the wrong repo example.
substitute the packages you want to install for <package>
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 04:28 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
Thanks a ot john,
i installed yumex and it works perfect.
after installing yumex centos package manager is also working.
still confused how to add dvd as repo
You will most likely have to enable the the repo. See my previous post to you. Should be file://media / in the repo to install from the dvd. You will have to edit it.
i found the CentOS-Media.repo can you just tell me how to add centos dvd which is in E: drive to this file.
Thanks a lot . and your are rite abt suse . i hope i never have to go back.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM, John jses27@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 00:45 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not present in suse.
- add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
flawless working.
Try this....yum install yumex < -----Package Manager Interface for yum.
- how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
# CentOS-Media.repo <<<--------------Look for this file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ # # This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on # CentOS-5. You can use this repo and yum to install items directly off the # DVD ISO that we release. # # To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too: <---Pay attention to this... # yum --enablerepo=c4-media [command] # # or for ONLY the media repo, do this: # # yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
[c5-media] name=CentOS-$releasever - Media ### baseurl=file:///RHEL5-Repo/ #### Edited Config for a repo on hard disk at the root { / } file:///media/cdrom/ file:///media/cdrecorder/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 <-----enabled or disabled here. to enable change 0 to 1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
about 8 years....
i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
should be pretty easy to get it going now you have the relevent infomation to to get up and going. I hate Suse! M$ supports them.
Thanks _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not present in suse.
- add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
flawless working.
- how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
<snip>
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
On 4/13/08, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
<snip>
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
-- Bill
i was having a gripe about my work at home on friday and my partner waited until i had finished and said: "would you like some cheese with that whine?"
made me laugh, thought i'd share
mike
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
<snip>
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
A "strategic decision" is the last thing that pops up in my mind when reading that mail.
You don't switch distributions because you cannot solve something (or because people are not helping you to solve something). Especially not if it is something that a Google search could have helped you with.
But apparently it works to mention switching distributions :)
Maybe I should go back to Slackware ?
Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
<snip>
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
A "strategic decision" is the last thing that pops up in my mind when reading that mail.
You don't switch distributions because you cannot solve something (or because people are not helping you to solve something). Especially not if it is something that a Google search could have helped you with.
But apparently it works to mention switching distributions :)
Maybe I should go back to Slackware ?
Who cares what the OP does. He can pour gasoline on his computer, light it on fire while dancing around it naked chanting Gobe-Gobe-Gobe for all I care.
Life is too short to concern myself with these things.
-Ross
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on 4-14-2008 11:09 AM Ross S. W. Walker spake the following:
Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
<snip>
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
A "strategic decision" is the last thing that pops up in my mind when reading that mail.
You don't switch distributions because you cannot solve something (or because people are not helping you to solve something). Especially not if it is something that a Google search could have helped you with.
But apparently it works to mention switching distributions :)
Maybe I should go back to Slackware ?
Who cares what the OP does. He can pour gasoline on his computer, light it on fire while dancing around it naked chanting Gobe-Gobe-Gobe for all I care.
Hey, that is how I clean the spyware from Windows PC's! I better get my patent filed ... ;-P
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:03 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
<snip>
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
A "strategic decision" is the last thing that pops up in my mind when reading that mail.
You don't switch distributions because you cannot solve something (or because people are not helping you to solve something). Especially not if it is something that a Google search could have helped you with.
I suspect a difference in ... age, background, personality causes our different POV on this.
As soon as reading the OP, I deduced that little or no research was done and no attempt to RTFM had occured. This could be wrong, but it's irrelevant to me.
That is the OP's problem. I make it a rule to (*try*) not let other's problems become mine. Especially of an emotional nature.
I realize that is easier said than done. Especially if one has invested dedicated work and effort. It does take a fair amount of effort to just to maintain this attitude. When I was youg and full of piss and vinegar, I 1) didn't know the rule and 2) would have failed miserably regardless.
Now I am able to figure that the strategy of a lot of folks (based on observation) is to lay as much effort onto others as possible, minimizing their own effort. This no longer bothers me *as much* as it used to. It's like getting pissed off because it is raining.
However, having said all that, my response was not intended to be a criticism. It was only meant to encourage a less ... *reactive* response to things such as this, which really only ends up wasting your own time. If the OP is not inclined to do the research it is doubtful that anything we post here would have much influence.
I *do* sometimes try to ... "educate" folks, but only selectively as I *think* I see something indicating the poster may be amenable to such "education".
But apparently it works to mention switching distributions :)
Only if the OP *thinks* it is a successful "bullying* tactic. Then some satisfaction might be derived. But if such a tactic fails to provoke any response at all, chance of satisfaction is reduced, IMO.
But it's really just a style difference ('twixt you and me, e.g.). I really don't have any animosity toward anyone who "defends" themselves or their project.
Maybe I should go back to Slackware ?
*chuckle*
That's a stategic decision! ;-)
on 4-14-2008 3:03 PM William L. Maltby spake the following:
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:03 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
<snip>
Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be made. I found nothing offensive there.
A "strategic decision" is the last thing that pops up in my mind when reading that mail.
You don't switch distributions because you cannot solve something (or because people are not helping you to solve something). Especially not if it is something that a Google search could have helped you with.
I suspect a difference in ... age, background, personality causes our different POV on this.
As soon as reading the OP, I deduced that little or no research was done and no attempt to RTFM had occured. This could be wrong, but it's irrelevant to me.
That is the OP's problem. I make it a rule to (*try*) not let other's problems become mine. Especially of an emotional nature.
I realize that is easier said than done. Especially if one has invested dedicated work and effort. It does take a fair amount of effort to just to maintain this attitude. When I was youg and full of piss and vinegar, I 1) didn't know the rule and 2) would have failed miserably regardless.
Now I am able to figure that the strategy of a lot of folks (based on observation) is to lay as much effort onto others as possible, minimizing their own effort. This no longer bothers me *as much* as it used to. It's like getting pissed off because it is raining.
However, having said all that, my response was not intended to be a criticism. It was only meant to encourage a less ... *reactive* response to things such as this, which really only ends up wasting your own time. If the OP is not inclined to do the research it is doubtful that anything we post here would have much influence.
I *do* sometimes try to ... "educate" folks, but only selectively as I *think* I see something indicating the poster may be amenable to such "education".
I have just started to not answer posters that look like they habitually don't do any initial work or research. Kind of a mental blacklist when I remember the OP. Some of them just seem to stand out.
on 4-13-2008 7:56 AM Dag Wieers spake the following:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, hamood Iqbal wrote:
Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not present in suse.
- add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
flawless working.
- how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to compare one project with another and threaten to go back if you don't get an answer.
Did you consider it to be unfriendly to imply that the problems you have are caused by CentOS and not by an action of yourself ?
To be honest, I personally wouldn't mind if you would go back using OpenSUSE because we do not need a community of whiners that lacks any social skills.
But if you intend to stay and be part of the CentOS community, I hope you can change your attitude.
Bad day today? ;-P
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