Installing packages that are not in regular repositories

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I wanted to install packages which are not in the regular repossitories,
but is listed on the openSUSE website.

Copy link location:
https://software.opensuse.org/package/kde3-fraqtive#

Then I opened the repository list from YAST, and
adding a new repository, I selected URL, where I selected “SpecifyURL”.

Then on the next page “Repository URL”:
Repository Name: Fraqtive
URL: “openSUSE Software”
this URL was not accepted, therefor I modified it as follows
URL: “openSUSE Software”

After this and when opening the"Software Management" page, I get the following message:

An error occurred during repository initialization. Error refreshing service Fraqtive (openSUSE Software): Parse error: repoindex.xml[23] Opening and ending tag mismatch: meta line 21 and head

But the package “Fraqtive” could not be found on the softwafe installation page.

Now I have two questions:

  1. I need to remove the faulty entry from the list of repositiories, probably
    by manually editing the appropriate file. Where is this file located, so that I can edit it?

  2. What exactly shall I specify on the page Repository URL in order to make this work?

Up to and including Leap 42.2 I have had no problem to install packages like Fraqtive and
Rekall, only now on 42.3.

Thanks for any help you can offer.
Egbert

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Hi
The URL is http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/


zypper ar -f -g -n "openSUSE-Leap-42.3-KDE3" http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/ repo-KDE3

Not sure the status of KDE3 stuff… YMMV

You can just remove the faulty one via YaST or via zypper rr and the faulty repository number from zypper lr command.

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the kde3 repo has a repo file
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/KDE:KDE3.repo
the easyest way to add it is by using the repo file

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/KDE:KDE3.repo
zypper in kde3-fraqtive

or use the one click installer
just click here
you can specify to keep the kde3 repo after you install that package in yast

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You can search for various packages here

https://software.opensuse.org/package/kde3-fraqtive

In this case select the release and then development which effectively means unsupported / not part of the standard distribution.

The same web page can also be used to obtain newer releases of applications that are included in the distribution. These will usually work perfectly but there is no guarantee. Generally not a problem as YAST can be used to uninstall them. Personally I usually don’t leave the repository link to packages obtained this way active.

John

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Thank you all.
After your help I had no problem any longer to add the KDE3 repository by my computers.
and I could install the software packages that I needed.
Egbert