Hi,
I’m using openSUSE 11.0 and have reached a point where the opensuse
updater control panel applet ‘update package listing’ does not
correspond with Yast or zypper (command line).
Any tips on how to get the applet to refresh/sync it’s package data?
Without wanting to confuse the issue, AFAIK the applet is only good for
upgrading packages from opensuse OSS and non-OSS repos. I’ve had to
abandon using the opensuseupdater-kde applet altogether because it kept
trying to downgrade kde4.1.x packages.
If you’re like most, and have other community repos (eg packman)
enabled with priorities, you’re better off sticking with zypper.
malcolmlewis;1919472 Wrote:
> Hi
> I thought if you set the priorities of a repository to a lower number
> (eg higher priority) it will then override the under lying
> repositories?
In 11.1 the updater applet switched to PackageKit instead of zypper for
the backend. If you want the applet to tell you about updates from
Packman etc., you need to install the package kupdateapplet-zypp through
Yast.
After you install that, right click the updater in the system tray and
choose quit. Restart the applet by issuing kupdateapplet from a konsole
or alt-f2. Right click the applet and select configure applet. Change
the backend to zypp plugin, and check the box that says “show available
upgrades when plugin provides them”
