Packman Repo can't provide files ...

When i attempt to install software [viz: Chromium, Skype … etc] that require files from Index of /suse/12.3/ i get the following messages:

Using CL:

[packman-x86_64|http://packman.inode.at/suse/12.3/] Can’t provide file ‘./Essentials/x86_64/libgstapp-0_10-0-32bit-0.10.36-9.36.x86_64.rpm’ from repository ‘packman-x86_64’
History:

  • Can’t provide ./Essentials/x86_64/libgstapp-0_10-0-32bit-0.10.36-9.36.x86_64.rpm

or using YaST:

[packman-x86_64|http://packman.inode.at/suse/12.3/] Can’t provide file ‘./Essentials/x86_64/libgstapp-0_10-0-32bit-0.10.36-9.36.x86_64.rpm’ from repository ‘packman-x86_64’

and yet as can be seen from screenshot below, i have the ‘packman’ repository registered:

I am sure I have used this repository previously … What might i be doing wrong???

Thanks,

OpenSUSE 12.3-64 / Gnome Version 3.6.2

PS: the above outputs were from attempting to install Skype by following Skype - openSUSE Wiki … but similar feedback was forthcoming when trying to install Chromium

On 2013-07-23 03:06, griadooss wrote:
> I am sure I have used this repository previously … What might i be
> doing wrong???

I’m surprised packman works at all these days :slight_smile:


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))

Why is it not on auto refresh

set it to auto refresh

then you will notice that packman and oss are in a bit of a “war” with some packages
one day packman has newer versions
a day or two later oss has the same packages but with a bit higher minor version numbers

if you do not lock down the rpms from packman and turn off " vender change "
the two will be in a " tug of war "

also ** turn off the install dvd !!! **
and SET the priority !!!

99 is the default
if you are using packman set it to 90
and the google-chrome repo to 80

“Vendor change” is turned OFF by default since years.

and SET the priority !!!

99 is the default
if you are using packman set it to 90
and the google-chrome repo to 80

This is not needed because of “Vendor change” turned off.
(and chrome is not available in any other repo anyway)

Well, the Packman Build Service was down (it’s working again since last week).
But the repo was there and working all the time.

Well … could not answer “Why not?” … i think that repo was put there when i had a go at replacing google-chrome with chromium … but can’t be abs sure. At any rate i did not manually add it.

Nevertheless … i made it ‘auto refresh’ and can now install both Chromium [from Repos] and Skype via these instructions. However i could not get Skype to make a successful test call … thought it might have something to do with the Multi Media files i have installed … so started afresh and used your Multimedia Guide caf, to see if it might solve the prob … but not … will attend to that later.

Right now i would like to sort out my list of Repositories …

as i am somewhat confused by the advise/suggestions that come out of the mmcheck utility; viz:


because after following instructions in the MM Guide, i had expected mine might look something like this???

Clearly i am over my depth here … but if my Repository setup is acceptable then i will ‘lock-it-in’ … if not would much appreciate some advice of where to go from here.

Thanks for the support guys!! … awesome!!! :cool:

Your repo list is fine.
But you could remove the “packman-x86_64” repo since that’s absolutely the same as “packman”.

And you don’t need the 4 packman repos from that list, because the one you have is the aggregate of those 4 (i.e. the complete Packman repo).

On 2013-07-23 12:06, wolfi323 wrote:

> robin_listas;2573820 Wrote:
>> I’m surprised packman works at all these days :slight_smile:
>>
> Well, the Packman Build Service was down (it’s working again since last week).
> But the repo was there and working all the time.

AFAIK, they are trying to build everything, and having problems. Not
everything has built and published yet.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))

Of course during the Build Service downtime, packages could not be updated/fixed or rebuilt.
But the repo was fine.

The only problems right now that I am aware of are caused by the update of ffmpeg to 2.0, which causes other packages’ build to fail (k3b-codecs, vlc-codecs and mediastreamer2 at least). So those still require the older ffmpeg libraries (1.0.6) which are not in the repo anymore.
But you can just keep the older ffmpeg packages installed as well for now if you already have them installed. (and this isn’t the first time something like this happened; ffmpeg keeps changing its interface all the time, rather drastic sometimes)

I had a gazillion (well, over 300) updates yesterday. So they must have managed to build most of it.

That’s correct.
But try to remove the (now orphaned) package “libavcodec54” and have a look at the dependencies…:wink:

Okay … thnx for that! Removed “packman-x86_64” as suggested but then found i had to ‘switch’ again to “packman” … and on doing so had a whole heap of updates … as in:-

and then discovered that libavcodec54.png’s version number was highlighted in red?? … i am guessing this indicates a dependency issue???

so ran ‘zypper verify’ to confirm my suspicions … however that output says ‘no issue’???

So not too sure what to make of it all???

Is my system now ‘broken’ … or is this condition acceptable? Is there some other step i need to perform??

Thanks

… as an ‘aside’ … started to work on my Skype no audio issue … and out of curiosity looked it up in Software Manager only to find that its version was also highlighted in red??

Has this got anything to do with my ‘no audio’ issue … do you think? … or is the ‘red’ highlight highlighting some other issue … like that i installed it outside of repos perhaps???

http://files.zimpics.org/os/SkypeRedVersion.png

Has this got anything to do with my ‘no audio’ issue … do you think? … or is the ‘red’ highlight highlighting some other issue … like that i installed it outside of repos perhaps???

If you installed a .rpm that you downloaded manually, then that is why it is red.

Other details for skype here
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Skype

@wolfi323
Just wondering why they pushed ffmpeg in there until the issues were sorted. It just causes a catastrophic mess of dependencies that will only serve to confuse people.

caf4926 wrote:
>
> Just wondering why they pushed ffmpeg in there until the issues were
> sorted. It just causes a catastrophic mess of dependencies that will
> only serve to confuse people.
>
>
They do it all the time and I just wait for a few days till the
dependency issues go away. Their approach is probably to break it and
then fix it.


GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

On 2013-07-24 02:36, griadooss wrote:
> like that
> i installed it outside of repos perhaps???

Yes.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))

vazhavandan wrote:

> Their approach is probably to break it and
> then fix it.
Wouldn’t that be better done on a local level?

caf4926 wrote:
> Wouldn’t that be better done on a local level?
depends on whether their OBS implementation will complain about
dependencies when building packages. It is also possible that they
don’t have separate test and live environments.


GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

Oh … okay! Sounds like it is merely informational then … i had imagined that being coloured ‘red’ meant it was flagging some issue of some kind.

Thanks caf … got it all sorted now!!