Install local rpm with dependency rezolving

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Hi,
Is there any method to install an rpm stored local (on my hard) with automatically dependency rezolving?
Fedora has yum --localinstall, Mandriva has urpmi, there is some similar for openSUSE, or any workaround?

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zypper in ./file.rpm

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openSUSE 13.2 64bit KDE 4.14.9

This used to work, but now I get…

# zypper in ./ted-2.23-1.x86_64.rpm
Error building the cache:
|] Failed to cache repo (1).
Building repository 'Plain RPM files cache' cache ..............................................................[done]
Error building the cache:
|] Failed to cache repo (1).
Skipping repository 'Plain RPM files cache' because of the above error.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'_tmpRPMcache_:ted=0:2.23-1' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of '_tmpRPMcache_:ted=0:2.23-1' found.
Resolving package dependencies...

Nothing to do.

What am I doing wrong? Any assistance would be appreciated.

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zypper in /path/to/the/rpm/filename.rpm
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As I wrote in my previous post, I invoked the zypper command as you suggested. The .rpm IS in my current directory as “ls” shows. But yet it does not install. Perhaps I am missing something obvious.

linux-diei:/home/ion # ls ./ted*
./ted-2.23-1.x86_64.rpm

linux-diei:/home/ion # zypper in ./ted-2.23-1.x86_64.rpm
Error building the cache:
|] Failed to cache repo (1).
Building repository 'Plain RPM files cache' cache ..............................................................[done]
Error building the cache:
|] Failed to cache repo (1).
Skipping repository 'Plain RPM files cache' because of the above error.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'_tmpRPMcache_:ted=0:2.23-1' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of '_tmpRPMcache_:ted=0:2.23-1' found.
Resolving package dependencies...

Nothing to do.
linux-diei:/home/ion #
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A good method:

  • create a folder, f.e. “LocalRPMS” in your homedir, move the downloaded rpm to that folder
  • Yast - Software - Software repositories,
  • click Add, “Local Folder”, name it, browse and select /home/YOUR_USER_NAME/LocalRPMS and check “Plain RPM folder”
  • Next.

Now you have your own repo for downloaded rpms, resolving will be done from the already active repos.

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Problem solved. Thank you very much.

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Had the same problem here, Leap 42.1 upgraded from 13.2:

Error building the cache:
|] Failed to cache repo (1).
Building repository ‘Plain RPM files cache’ cache …[done]
Error building the cache:
|] Failed to cache repo (1).
Skipping repository ‘Plain RPM files cache’ because of the above error.

Found this thread while searching for a solution on google.

“zypper in package” used to work, did anything change on 42.1?
Using zypper to install a package that does not belong to any repo will work only with the Knurpht’s workaround?

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do not use the dot when passing the file name, the dot is needed to add the current dir to the $PATH environment variable and not for anything else
zypper in absolute/path/to/rpm.rpm or
zypper in relative_path_to_rpm.rpm
I do believe using the dot ie ./relative_path_to_rpm.rpm is your problem

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In my case I was using the absolute path to the rpm :-/

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I just installed a coupe of rpm’s with zypper in rpm_file.rpm using both absolute and relative path, I had no issue, you did remember ti use su - or sudo?

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I always use “su -” to get a root shell :slight_smile: