I want to install the leafnode news server. SUSE knows about this
program, YaST called for the DVD to install it. The name of the
program appeared in the upper right pane of the window. I Accepted
this and waited for the installation to take place. The system,
pretending that it had installed the package, then asked me if I
wanted to install anything else.
Is my DVD corrupt? Whether it is or not, how can I find a valid rpm to
install on the system?

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:03:24 UTC, "Stan Goodman"
<SPAM_FILER@hashkedim.comopined:

I want to install the leafnode news server. SUSE knows about this
program, YaST called for the DVD to install it. The name of the
program appeared in the upper right pane of the window. I Accepted
this and waited for the installation to take place. The system,
pretending that it had installed the package, then asked me if I
wanted to install anything else.

Is my DVD corrupt? Whether it is or not, how can I find a valid rpm to
install on the system?

Please pardon me for responding to my own posting.

I've just had a similar experience in trying to install a third party
rpm from HD. I changed the installation source, YaST saw the rpm
package, I acccepted it, and immediately YaST asked me if I wanted to
install another package. So it seems that the installation I describe
above had nothing to do with the integrity of the DVD disk.

I have installed several packages from the DVD, and all except that
one were successful. What may be the cause of the two failures I have
now seen?

Greetings.

In article <uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-yo1JvIoJ@poblano>, Stan Goodman wrote:
I want to install the leafnode news server. SUSE knows about this
program, YaST called for the DVD to install it. The name of the
program appeared in the upper right pane of the window. I Accepted
this and waited for the installation to take place. The system,
pretending that it had installed the package, then asked me if I
wanted to install anything else.

Is my DVD corrupt? Whether it is or not, how can I find a valid rpm to
install on the system?

If you don't mind working from the command line, then install apt4rpm and
then type:

# apt-get install leafnode

Just Google for "apt4rpm" -- there's also a SuSE-specific page if you
Google for "apt4rpm suse".

Regards,
Tristan

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 18:26:56 UTC, Tristan Miller
<psychonaut@nothingisreal.comopined:
Greetings.

In article <uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-yo1JvIoJ@poblano>, Stan Goodman wrote:
I want to install the leafnode news server. SUSE knows about this
program, YaST called for the DVD to install it. The name of the
program appeared in the upper right pane of the window. I Accepted
this and waited for the installation to take place. The system,
pretending that it had installed the package, then asked me if I
wanted to install anything else.

Is my DVD corrupt? Whether it is or not, how can I find a valid rpm to
install on the system?

If you don't mind working from the command line, then install apt4rpm and
then type:

# apt-get install leafnode

Just Google for "apt4rpm" -- there's also a SuSE-specific page if you
Google for "apt4rpm suse".

Regards,
Tristan

Thank you.

Greetings.

In article <1125774444.830085.229340@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>, Jack
wrote:

Tristan Miller wrote:
>Greetings.
>>
>
>>
>If you don't mind working from the command line, then install apt4rpm
>and then type:
>>
># apt-get install leafnode
>>
>Just Google for "apt4rpm" -- there's also a SuSE-specific page if you
>Google for "apt4rpm suse".
>>
>Regards,
>
I certainly don't mind working from the command line, but need to know
what commands to use and what the syntax should be is there a
decent basic guide anywhere?

A bit like DS but no it's not!!

Well, on the two apt4rpm pages I made reference to there are plenty of
guides and tutorials. Everything I needed to know about apt4rpm I learned
there.

Regards,
Tristan