Hi
I am doing a fresh install of suse 12.1 beta as i have just accidentally killed my ll.4 due to repositories. I enabled several repositories so i could install Code::Blocks and enable full multimedia support.
I have all the links to the repositories but from your personal experience which repo’s should i stick clear of and enable so I can have a stable suse install.
Stick to the official repositories:
Package repositories - openSUSE
I have the OSS, Non-OSS, and update repo enabled. Once installation is complete, then I enable the Packman repo for the multimedia stuff. Once you’re comfortable, with a stable system, you can look at adding/enabling other repos (to upgrade to a more recent desktop version for example), but be aware, they don’t all play nicely together!
I am doing a fresh install of suse 12.1 beta as i have just accidentally killed my ll.4 due to repositories.
If you’re a new user (Linux-wise), I would stay away from the beta OS versions. Wait until they are released officially. Why not reinstall 11.4 again?
I was going to install 11.4 but noticed in the beta release they stated it(12.1) was supposed to be a milestone but is so stable they changed it to beta, I reviewed the known bugs against it and there was only one known bug listed and it didn’t apply so I install it. 12.1 feels very fast and stable.
Your choice, same principle applies with the repos though.
One thing you should know.
Updates in a development release do not come via the update repo
And for you to get updates would technically render things pretty unstable considering your experience level.
You should be fine running it as is until official release, then you can update it properly.
In the mean time, use this repo for multimedia
Index of /suse/openSUSE_Factory/
To install the basics
Do the following (some packages may not be in Factory)
su -
zypper in libdvdcss2 vlc libxine1-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-orig-addon totem-browser-plugin w32codes-all MPlayer smplayer gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good libxine1 libdvdplay0 libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 xine-ui libmad0 ffmpeg sox libxvidcore4 xvidcore libavcodec52 libavdevice52 libvlccore4 libvlc5 totem totem-plugin-upnp totem-plugins nautilus-totem lsb pullin-flash-player flash-player gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra k3b libquicktime0
Then open Yast > Software Management and do this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/11.4_packman_switch.png
or in gnome it looks like
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/packman%20in%20gnome.png
One thing you should know.
Updates in a development release do not come via the update repo
And for you to get updates would technically render things pretty unstable considering your experience level.
You should be fine running it as is until official release, then you can update it properly.
Thanks for clarifying further Carl.
Does that mean I am switching off packman’s ability to switch my system packages?
Edit don’t worry figured it out.
Good to hear.
It’s pretty simple really.
On 10/03/2011 03:46 AM, flebber wrote:
> I have all the links to the repositories but from your personal
> experience which repo’s should i stick clear of and enable so I can have
> a stable suse install.
stick to the instructions given in our forum for new folks…read a lot
there, and especially read the paragraph beginning with “IMPORTANT” in
this posting: http://tinyurl.com/33qc9vu
and, there are MANY other posts there you should be aware of…
–
DD
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