On Friday 18 Jul 2003 11:37 am, John Richard Smith wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote:
> >>>I don't think 9.1 is broken per se, or we would all have the
> >>>problem. However, I think it may well be breakable <g> I used
> >>> to have this problem with 8.2, and I'm pretty certain that it
> >>> was the connection between chair and keyboard that started it
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>>Sorry, John. Not poking fun. Obviously if someone can identify
> >>>what has become broken/disturbed we would all like to know
> >>>
> >>>Anne
> >>
> >>Cryptic remarks acoumplish nothing .
> >>
> >>An explanation would.
> >
> >John, I understand your frustration, but I did not intend to be
> >cryptic. It seems to me that, as others have suggested, you have
> >somehow upset your sources database. I would suggest that you
> > remove them all, replace them as shown below, then use plf's
> > easy_urpmi to add back external sources. I think it was Charlie
> > who sent the following to me:
> >
> ><quote>
> >
> >{LOOK below the next paragraph first Anne}
> >At the root prompt in a terminal:
> >
> >urpmi.addmedia --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/
> >
> >with CD1 in the drive it should do what you want. You may have to
> > use the
> >force argument though. Thusly;
> >urpmi.addmedia -f --distrib and so on.
> >Note; there are indeed two (2) hyphens before distrib. You can
> > find the
> >available commands without digging through the man pages for urpm
> > by using
> >urpmi.(addmedia or some other use) -h to get a help screen. Not a
> > lot of
> >information there but it may remind you of the correct command
> > you're digging
> >for. The BASH history may also help if you have used the relevant
> >command
> >recently (the last 50 entries) since it's already there to be
> > rerun. Since
> >this is a new install you probably don't have the command in your
> >history on
> >that machine but one of the others.....?
> >
> >I'm also wondering if the other command line "shortcut" would help
> > at all.
> >Insert the first install CD in the drive and at the root prompt:
> >
> >urpmi.update cdrom8
> >
> >even though that was specifically for CDs containing hdlists that
> >weren't
> >properly loaded by the installer, causing an "everything already
> >installed"
> >in RPMDrake; or not listing packages properly. Worth trying maybe?
> >This is
> >the one from the Mandrake 9.0 errata page here;
> >
> >http://www.mandrakelinux.com/ru/errata.php3
> ></quote>
> >
> >Anne
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi addmedia -f --distrib
> urpmi: unknown option "-f", check usage with --help
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi .addmedia -f --distrib
> urpmi: unknown option "-f", check usage with --help
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi addmedia --distrib
> urpmi: unknown option "--distrib", check usage with --help
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi --help
> urpmi version 4.2
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 MandrakeSoft.
> This is free software and may be redistributed under the terms of
> the GNU GPL.
>
> usage:
> --help - print this help message.
> --update - use only update media.
> --media - use only the given media, separated by comma.
> --synthesis - use the given synthesis instead of urpmi db.
> --auto - automatically select a package in choices.
> --auto-select - automatically select packages to upgrade the
> system. --fuzzy - impose fuzzy search (same as -y).
> --src - next package is a source package (same as -s).
> --install-src - install only source package (no binaries).
> --clean - remove rpm from cache before anything else.
> --noclean - keep rpm not used in cache.
> --force - force invocation even if some packages do not
> exist. --allow-nodeps - allow asking user to install packages
> without dependencies checking.
> --allow-force - allow asking user to install packages without
> dependencies checking and integrity.
> --parallel - distributed urpmi accross machines of alias.
> --wget - use wget to retrieve distant files.
> --curl - use curl to retrieve distant files.
> --limit-rate - limit the download speed.
> --proxy - use specified HTTP proxy, the port number is
> assumed to be 1080 by default (format is <proxyhost[:port]>).
> --proxy-user - specify user and password to use for proxy
> authentication (format is <user:password>). --bug - output
> a bug report in directory indicated by next arg.
> --env - use specific environment (typically a bug
> report).
> --X - use X interface.
> --best-output - choose best interface according to the
> environment: X or text mode.
> --verify-rpm - verify rpm signature before installation
> (--no-verify-rpm disable it, default is
> enabled). --test - verify if the installation can be
> achieved correctly. --excludepath - exclude path separated by
> comma.
> -a - select all matches on command line.
> -p - allow search in provides to find package.
> -P - do not search in provides to find package.
> -y - impose fuzzy search (same as --fuzzy).
> -s - next package is a source package (same as
> --src). -q - quiet mode.
> -v - verbose mode.
>
> names or rpm files given on command line will be installed.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
>
>
>
> So I'm no wiser.
>
> So what exactly is it , that has to be accomplished, and then maybe
> I can begin to puzzle my way through the option selection to an
> answer ?
>
John, did you remove all the old entries first? Did you put cd1 into
the drive and type
> >urpmi.addmedia --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/ ?
I know you used the force flag, but it doesn't look as though you gave
the whole command.
Anne
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