Jay Savage wrote:
> i had a similar problem installing some packages in 8.2 Once urpmi
> makes up its mind about where a package ought to be, it's very difficult
> to convince it otherwise. For some reason, giving short names causes it
> to ask for the CDs, and sometimes it doesn't even ask for the right
> CDs. Giving full package names, however, or using wildcards causes it
> to look in the current directory. So this should work fine:
>
> # cd <directory where the samba server rpm is>
> # urpmi samba-server*
Yes, works like a treat.
Many thanks!
Once you are at that directory, the menu item's kpackage and Software
Installer both work faultlessly, which is a bit easier than bring up a
su'ed terminal to use urpmi.
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