kde4-kwin Is Missing

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#1

I am not much of a Linux expert…

I am using openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit) with the KDE desktop environment.
Apper signals that there is a new update called “openSUSE-2013-467 - KDE
4.10.3 version update”.

When I click on the Apply button, I get a message stating that a package
dependency could not be found. That package dependency turns out to be
kde4-kwin.

I launched YaST and did a search under Software Management for
“kde4-kwin” but nothing is found.

How do I solve this situation? I am not much of an expert in these things.

Thanks.

tb

#2

Please open a terminal window and do


zypper lr -d

and post the output of the command here, between CODE tags, the # in the editor.

This way we can see which repos have been enabled.

A question: did you ever update the system? To do this from a terminal window, do


su -c 'zypper ref && zypper up'

enter the rootpassword when prompted for. It will update the system. In case of doubt post output here.

#3

Here is the output of zypper lr -d:


zypper lr -d
# | Alias                     | Name                               | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                             | Service
--+---------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-12.3-Debug                | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/  |        
2 | repo-debug-update         | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Debug         | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.3/                 |        
3 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.3-non-oss/         |        
4 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/non-oss/    |        
5 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-12.3-Oss                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/        |        
6 | repo-source               | openSUSE-12.3-Source               | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/ |        
7 | repo-update               | openSUSE-12.3-Update               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.3/                       |        
8 | repo-update-non-oss       | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.3-non-oss/               |

I also ran:


su -c 'zypper ref && zypper up'

like you instructed. It took a few hours before everything was updated.

I am still getting the error message regarding kde4-kwin.

#4

Unless you’re involved in openSUSE development, you can remove the bold ones. Since zypper ran properly and updated your system, can we assume the issue no longer exists?

#5

Two questions:

  1. I will remove the links this evening when I go home from work but I am not sure how to do it. Where in YaST should I go?
  2. My eyes are old… Can you please confirm that I need to remove line items No. 1, 2, 3, and 6 only?

Thanks.

#6

Unfortunately the problem persists despite running


su -c 'zypper ref && zypper up'
#7

It’s just ‘kwin’
No kde4-kwin

I don’t use apper and have it disabled.

I just do: zypper up

#8

On 06/15/2013 11:06 PM, caf4926 wrote:
>
>
> I don’t use apper and have it disabled.
>
> I just do: zypper up
>
>

Thanks I think I solved the kde4-kwin issue.

What is the advantage of
Code:

zypper up

as opposed to letting Apper run?

I jut run the above code and here is what I got:
Code:

zypper up

Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

The following package updates will NOT be installed:
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-lang
libprojectM2 monodevelop projectM

Nothing to do.

So… what is the deal with this gstreamer thing? (I know very little
about Linux!)

Thanks.

tb

#9

On 06/16/2013 05:11 PM, tb75252 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> On 06/15/2013 11:06 PM, caf4926 wrote:
>>
>>
>> I don’t use apper and have it disabled.
>>
>> I just do: zypper up
>>
>>
>
> Thanks I think I solved the kde4-kwin issue.
>
> What is the advantage of
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> zypper up
>
> --------------------
> as opposed to letting Apper run?
>
> I jut run the above code and here is what I got:
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> # zypper up
> Loading repository data…
> Reading installed packages…
>
> The following package updates will NOT be installed:
> gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-lang
> libprojectM2 monodevelop projectM
>
> Nothing to do.
>
> --------------------
> So… what is the deal with this gstreamer thing? (I know very little
> about Linux!)
>
> Thanks.
In this case it means that there is a newer version available but it is
in a repo that is different then the one it is installed from.

Use



zypper -v in gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly

For a better explanation.

Ken

#10

On 06/16/2013 05:00 PM, Ken Schneider wrote:

> In this case it means that there is a newer version available but it is
> in a repo that is different then the one it is installed from.
>
> Use
>
>


>
> zypper -v in gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
>
>

For a better explanation.

Ken
This is what I get:


# zypper -v in gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
Verbosity: 1
Non-option program arguments: 'gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly'
Initializing Target
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss
Retrieving: content
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving: media
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Oss
Retrieving: content
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving: media
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Update
Retrieving: repomd.xml
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss
Retrieving: repomd.xml
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Force resolution: No
'gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly' is already installed.
There is an update candidate for 'gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly', but it
is from different vendor. Use 'zypper install
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-7.1.2.x86_64' to install this candidate.
Resolving package dependencies...
Force resolution: No

Is it advisable to install this new version of gstreamer? And why does
it have “ugly” as part of its name??

tb

#11

On 06/16/2013 06:56 PM, tb75252 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> On 06/16/2013 05:00 PM, Ken Schneider wrote:
>
>> In this case it means that there is a newer version available but it is
>> in a repo that is different then the one it is installed from.
>>
>> Use
>>
>>


>>
>> zypper -v in gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
>>
>>

For a better explanation.

Ken
This is what I get:


> # zypper -v in gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
> Verbosity: 1
> Non-option program arguments: 'gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly'
> Initializing Target
> Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss
> Retrieving: content
> ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
> Retrieving: media
> ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
> Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Oss
> Retrieving: content
> ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
> Retrieving: media
> ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
> Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Update
> Retrieving: repomd.xml
> ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
> Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss
> Retrieving: repomd.xml
> ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> Force resolution: No
> 'gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly' is already installed.
> There is an update candidate for 'gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly', but it
> is from different vendor. Use 'zypper install
> gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-7.1.2.x86_64' to install this
> candidate.
> Resolving package dependencies...
> Force resolution: No
>

>
> Is it advisable to install this new version of gstreamer? And why
> does it have “ugly” as part of its name??

As to why it has the word ugly in the name you’ll have to ask the packager.
As you can see from the output the update is from a different vendor. If
you are not having any problems with gstreamer-plugins I would just
ignore the message about the updates. I have many packages on both of my
machines that have newer versions available from other repos but as long
as I don’t have problems I leave them alone. YMMV
And since this package is in the OSS and Packman repos the newer one is
probably from the packman repo but that is just a guess.

Ken

#12

On 06/16/2013 07:09 PM, Ken Schneider wrote:

>
> As to why it has the word ugly in the name you’ll have to ask the packager.
> As you can see from the output the update is from a different vendor. If
> you are not having any problems with gstreamer-plugins I would just
> ignore the message about the updates. I have many packages on both of my
> machines that have newer versions available from other repos but as long
> as I don’t have problems I leave them alone. YMMV
> And since this package is in the OSS and Packman repos the newer one is
> probably from the packman repo but that is just a guess.
>
> Ken
Got it! Thanks, Ken.

tb