Apt4suse Help Please

That is kind of odd since it shows refresh to be turned off. Maybe someone can give you a clue, I'm not sure but I will look around and see if anyone had a similar situation happen.

That is kind of odd since it shows refresh to be turned off. Maybe someone can give you a clue, I'm not sure but I will look around and see if anyone had a similar situation happen.
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i have two different distributions in my computer, suse and ubuntu

could it be that by altenatively booting one or the other some settings are lost?
for instance every time i switch distribution the clock has to be readjusted.

Plus

when i try to recompile synaptic i get the following error

./rpackagemanager.h: In member function ‘pkgPackageManager:rderResult RPackageManager:oInstallPostFork(int)’:
./rpackagemanager.h:65: error: no matching function for call to ‘pkgPackageManager::Go(int&)’
/usr/local/include/apt-pkg/packagemanager.h:71: note: candidates are: virtual bool pkgPackageManager::Go()
make[2]: *** [rswig.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/synaptic-0.57.2/common'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/synaptic-0.57.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

what' s missing? or what's wrong?
is it ppc-dependent as synaptic works in suse x86?

Plus

when i try to recompile synaptic i get the following error

./rpackagemanager.h: In member function ‘pkgPackageManager:rderResult RPackageManager:oInstallPostFork(int)’:
./rpackagemanager.h:65: error: no matching function for call to ‘pkgPackageManager::Go(int&)’
/usr/local/include/apt-pkg/packagemanager.h:71: note: candidates are: virtual bool pkgPackageManager::Go()
make[2]: *** [rswig.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/synaptic-0.57.2/common'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/synaptic-0.57.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

what' s missing? or what's wrong?
is it ppc-dependent as synaptic works in suse x86?
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As I recall, SuSE came out with a synaptic rpm after a while, check http://rpm.pbone.net/. I would think it would be in smart repos or Apt. They are trying to get you to use "smart".

I also recall that to compile Synaptic early on, you had to replace rpackagefilter.h & rpackagelister.cc to get it to compile.

I would search google/linux for "suse 10.1 rpackagefilter.h" (for example). I did have those files, but am way past 10.1 now; all my 10.1 stuff is long gone.

I recommend switching to Smart as there is (and will be) better support. Works for me!

As I recall, SuSE came out with a synaptic rpm after a while, check http://rpm.pbone.net/. I would think it would be in smart repos or Apt. They are trying to get you to use "smart".

I also recall that to compile Synaptic early on, you had to replace rpackagefilter.h & rpackagelister.cc to get it to compile.

I would search google/linux for "suse 10.1 rpackagefilter.h" (for example). I did have those files, but am way past 10.1 now; all my 10.1 stuff is long gone.

I recommend switching to Smart as there is (and will be) better support. Works for me!
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i have installed smart and smart-gui
i think i have met all of the dependencies
however when i launch smart --gui i get the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/smart", line 194, in <module>
main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/local/bin/smart", line 161, in main
forcelocks=opts.ignore_locks, loglevel=opts.log_level)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/__init__.py", line 111, in init
ctrl = Control(configfile, forcelocks)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 53, in __init__
self._fetcher = Fetcher()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 53, in __init__
self._mediaset = MediaSet()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/media.py", line 34, in __init__
self.discover()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/media.py", line 41, in discover
for lst in hooks.call("discover-medias"):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/hook.py", line 64, in call
val = hook[0](*hookparam, **hookkwparam)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/media.py", line 308, in discoverFstabMedias
device, mountpoint, type = line.split()[:3]
ValueError: need more than 2 values to unpack

what's wrong?

You are missing some python dependancies. The easiest way to install smart is to add the Guru repository as a YaST source and install smart from YaST. There are other ways -

http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...ackage_Manager

You are missing some python dependancies. The easiest way to install smart is to add the Guru repository as a YaST source and install smart from YaST. There are other ways -

http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...ackage_Manager
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i browsed through guru and i found out that it does not have packages for ppc
anyway i window-like reinstalled everything
thanks anyway

i browsed through guru and i found out that it does not have packages for ppc
anyway i window-like reinstalled everything
thanks anyway
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even after complete system reinstallation it does it again

i mean, it was ok, i had some online repositories, refresh off and it did not try to download them all over again

but then i was accidentally disconnected while adding some new sources

i guess something happens if there is a failure while downloading new sources

so even the old sources have to be renewed

is there a file somewhere in the system where the sources are indicated that i can backup?