openSUSE 13.1 Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide

[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1067]So what. Not all typing mistakes are obvious.

Why are you getting so upset?

The commands are correct, and the server is running and reachable. Period.
I was just suggesting a possible (and even likely) cause.

If you are such an expert and infallable, why do you even ask for help? :stuck_out_tongue:

I didnā€™t say itā€™s you.
But there is a problem on your side, as I can reach the server just fine here.
See also my previous reply.[/QUOTE]

A) Iā€™m not getting upsetā€¦on the contrary Iā€™m trying to work with youā€¦donā€™t be hasty to jump to conclusionsā€¦I was merely stating that my typing I double-check when performing these types of tasks as I donā€™t want to screw up my systemā€¦Iā€™m no expert and no sysadminā€¦Iā€™m just a guy with 23 years of working in I/T but never in a sysadmin roleā€¦always worked in command centers or NOCā€™s as some refer to themā€¦

B) I never accused you of anything or that you were implying that I was at faultā€¦again on the contrary Iā€™m only trying to work with you to better understand what may be wrongā€¦

C) It appears YaST, for some odd reason, does not like the command and neither does the command line. Thatā€™s why I came here seeking adviceā€¦thereā€™s no need to for anyone to bash someone asking for helpā€¦at work everyone loves coming to me for solutions, if I can help them, because Iā€™m very patient with them and know that at one time when I started in the I/T field back in 1991 I, too, was green as the grass that grows in the parkā€¦also because those whom I sought out for advice when I first started were patient with meā€¦

[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1068]So, are you behind a proxy?
Just because your browser has the correct proxy settings, doesnā€™t mean that zypper (which runs as root) has.

Can you refresh your other online repos or do you get errors as well?

zypper ref

Can you ping the server?

ping packman.inode.at

Or the one from the Community List:

ping ftp.gwdg.de

[/QUOTE]

Not behind a proxy at my endā€¦and both pings worked fine as did the repo refreshā€¦

Your replies sounded to me like you felt insulted that I even dared to speculate you might have made a typing mistake.

C) It appears YaST, for some odd reason, does not like the command and neither does the command line.

No. YaST doesnā€™t seem to be able to connect to the server.

Thatā€™s why I came here seeking adviceā€¦thereā€™s no need to for anyone to bash someone asking for helpā€¦

I didnā€™t bash you, or at least I didnā€™t intend to.
I rather felt the opposite: you were bashing me because I apparently seemed to underestimate your skills or something which you couldnā€™t take.
Thereā€™s no need to for anyone to bash someone trying to help eitherā€¦ :wink:

But you know what?
YaSTā€™s error message that you posted:

ā€œUnable to create repository from URL ā€˜http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ packmanā€™. Change the URL and try again?ā€

looks quite strange when I look at it again.
It seems to think that the URL is actually ā€˜http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ packmanā€™.
You definitely did not use the ā€œCommunity Repositoriesā€ list for that, as in that list the server would be gwdg.de.
Apparently you typed that into the URL field and that is the wrong thing to do.
Type ā€œhttp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ā€ into the URL field (without the quotes of course), and type ā€œpackmanā€ (or whatever you like) into the Repository-Name field.
Or choose ā€œCommunity Repositoriesā€ (after clicking on ā€œAddā€) instead of ā€œURLā€ as I told you twice.

[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1071]Apparently you typed that into the URL field and that is the wrong thing to do.
Type ā€œhttp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ā€ into the URL field (without the quotes of course), and type ā€œpackmanā€ (or whatever you like) into the Repository-Name field.[/QUOTE]

Okā€¦coolā€¦thanks for your help, wolfi323ā€¦got it to work with the steps you mention aboveā€¦what I canā€™t get to work now is copy/paste in the default terminal emulator that comes with openSUSE so I can do the zypper install of the gstreamer and other files listed in the original postā€¦but Iā€™m getting closerā€¦thanks for your assistance and understandingā€¦

There is no ā€œdefault terminal emulator that comes with openSUSEā€.
KDE comes with konsole, GNOME has gnome-terminal, and thereā€™s always xterm. What are you using?
And the desktop environment might make a difference too.

Anyway, copy/paste should work fine. Mark the text in one window, paste it in the other one by clicking the middle mouse button.
Or use the right-click context menuā€™s ā€œCopyā€ and ā€œPasteā€ functions, or the ones from the standard applicationā€™s menu.

But I think this is getting far off topic here now.
If you have further problems I would suggest to ask in the standard forum.

This is the one Iā€™m using but it has no options for copy/paste as others doā€¦will research this furtherā€¦sincerely grateful for all your assistance, Wolfie323ā€¦

Yes, xterm has no menus and never had.
But you should be able to copy/paste by just selecting text and pressing the middle mouse button (or the mouse wheel if thereā€™s no middle button) to insert it. Works fine here, even with xterm (this is a function of X anyway).

[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1075]Yes, xterm has no menus and never had.
But you should be able to copy/paste by just selecting text and pressing the middle mouse button (or the mouse wheel if thereā€™s no middle button) to insert it. Works fine here, even with xterm (this is a function of X anyway).[/QUOTE]

Used the Gnome terminal and that worked fineā€¦got everything to work now in Clementine now and can listen to music nowā€¦again thanks for your assistance and patience with me as I swam through thisā€¦greatly appreciated!!

Youā€™re welcome.
Good to hear that you managed to get it to workā€¦ :wink:

Here is another option to install the restricted codecs listed in this blog post.

For KDE-USERS

  1. Check first the content of the url as a normal user.

curl -s http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/42767820

  • It should print the codecs formatted inside a bash array.
  1. Now switch to root and source that url using curl and process substitution.

source <(curl -s http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/42767820)

  1. Install those codecs using zypper.

zypper in ā€œ${Restricted@]}ā€

For GNOME-USERS:

The just change the url to

http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/11627238

For the SECURITY-PARANOIDS :slight_smile:

  1. download list of codecs as a normal user if you donā€™t want running curl as root.

curl -s http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/42767820 > codecs

  1. Now switch to root and source that downloaded codecs file.

source codecs

  1. Finally install those codecs using zypper.

zypper in ā€œ${Restricted@]}ā€

I hope someone might find this useful ā€¦

Sorry, i had a typo in the array name for the Gnome codecs. It should be

zypper in ā€œ${Restriced@]}ā€

:frowning:

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Hi,
had a few problems by using the suggested multimedia installation method, which is suggested in the :Multimedia Codecs Installation" sticky threadā€¦ should your post be added/integrated there? Just sayingā€¦ Cheers :slight_smile: