Help Advice on REPOS

Fastship · February 11, 2019, 9:07am

Following a fresh install and zypper DUP I am given the following message

Retrieving repository 'openSUSE:Factory' metadata .......................................................................................................[error]
Repository 'openSUSE:Factory' is invalid.
[http-download.opensuse.org-c3bd0ff0|http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory/ports/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Warning: Skipping repository 'openSUSE:Factory' because of the above error.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
Computing distribution upgrade...

…which is confusing me. May I simply safely disable this repo?

OrsoBruno · February 11, 2019, 9:51am

Hi, it looks like http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory/ports/ no longer exists, so you can safely delete it.
Please check if you added it to your system in the past for any specific reason and if that is the case and you still need something similar maybe there is a replacement somewhere.

EDIT: was it really a fresh install? I wonder where that came from?

Fastship · February 11, 2019, 2:51pm

I will disable it and see what happens.

I only installed less than a week ago. I did add PACKMAN repo so I am wondering if that may be the cause.

knurpht · February 11, 2019, 2:56pm

Is this on a ‘normal’ PC or laptop? The ports repos are for ARM, PPC etc.
Did you by any chance use one-click installs?
Please show


zypper lr -d

between CODE tags. The # in the editor.

Fastship · February 11, 2019, 2:59pm

Knurpht:

Is this on a ‘normal’ PC or laptop? The ports repos are for ARM, PPC etc.
Did you by any chance use one-click installs?
Please show
zypper lr -d
between CODE tags. The # in the editor.

I did indeed use “one-click” for an application.

| Alias                               | Name                       | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                                      | Service
---+-------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss       | Main Repository (NON-OSS)  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/                                    |        
 2 | download.opensuse.org-oss           | Main Repository (OSS)      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                                        |        
 3 | download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed    | Main Update Repository     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/                                          |        
 4 | http-download.opensuse.org-2225bb1d | openSUSE:Factory           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory/snapshot/                    |        
 5 | http-download.opensuse.org-ae0c12bd | home:AndnoVember:AV        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/AndnoVember:/AV/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/     |        
 6 | http-download.opensuse.org-c3bd0ff0 | openSUSE:Factory           | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory/ports/                       |        
 7 | libdvdcss                           | libdvdcss                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/                                      |        
 8 | openSUSE-20190202-0                 | openSUSE-20190202-0        | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | hd:///?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_112_001CC0C83B35AC7083241327-0:0 |        
 9 | packman-essentials                  | packman-essentials         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |  110     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essentials            |        
10 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                                  |        
11 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                                 |        
12 | snappy                              | snappy                     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed

knurpht · February 11, 2019, 3:21pm

Remove all the repos with ‘Factory’ in it. If the repos still exist, they will ( if not today, then some day ) break your system. If you miss a package in TW and you want it, the way to do it is to ask the maintainer to push it to TW. Next it will be reviewed and if quality and maintenance are OK, it will be added,.
Repos with home: in their URL are development / testing repos. The place where packagers break things, so to say. Do not rely on those repos.

Fastship · February 12, 2019, 10:41am

#  | Alias                               | Name                       | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                                      | Service
---+-------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss       | Main Repository (NON-OSS)  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/                                    |        
 2 | download.opensuse.org-oss           | Main Repository (OSS)      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                                        |        
 3 | download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed    | Main Update Repository     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/                                          |        
 4 | http-download.opensuse.org-2225bb1d | openSUSE:Factory           | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory/snapshot/                    |        
 5 | http-download.opensuse.org-ae0c12bd | home:AndnoVember:AV        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/AndnoVember:/AV/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/     |        
 6 | http-download.opensuse.org-c3bd0ff0 | openSUSE:Factory           | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory/ports/                       |        
 7 | libdvdcss                           | libdvdcss                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/                                      |        
 8 | openSUSE-20190202-0                 | openSUSE-20190202-0        | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | hd:///?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_112_001CC0C83B35AC7083241327-0:0 |        
 9 | packman-essentials                  | packman-essentials         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |  110     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essentials            |        
10 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                                  |        
11 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                                 |        
12 | snappy                              | snappy                     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed

Thank you, that’s useful to know. My last system did break because I misunderstood the repos which is why I decided on a fresh install.

I have modified them as above.

knurpht · February 12, 2019, 6:06pm

I still see
Factory snapshots
Factory ports

Fastship · February 14, 2019, 9:03am

Must I remove #4 & #6? Is it not sufficient to disable them?

OrsoBruno · February 14, 2019, 10:34am

You may keep them as long as you don’t enable them again by mistake
But, frankly, I don’t see a valid reason for cluttering your configuration with problematic or no more existent repos…