Hello, I am trying to install Picasa through an .rpm, but I get the error code ‘repository already exists’. What’s going wrong?
thanks in advance, Frank
Ok, so I managed to ad the Google repo to YAST and install Picasa this way, but I get this error message everytime I try to install a ‘loose’ .rpm from a website. Is this normal or should I change something in my settings?
Thanks, Frank
without more info we do not know what it is you are doing wrong
what command are you using ?
how are you tiring to install a rpm ?
and WHAT rpm is this ??
a guess ??? but i take it you did not install from the web site
Picasa 3 for Linux: Free download from Google
click on the link and install with " install/remove(default) " from Firefox ?
or
did you save it and double click on the file ?
or
are you using the terminal ?
Hi, I clicked the link to the .rpm file and automatically got the question to add software, followed by my password, followed by the error message. It’s not only Picasa that gives this message, but every .rpm file that I try to install in this way gets me this error code. Is it perhaps not custom to install files like that in Opensuse (sorry, I am a newbie to suse, but have yrs of experience with Ubuntu, in which you can install files by clicking the appropriate .deb file, so I figured this could be done in the same way in Opensuse 11.3 by clicking a .rpm)
Thanks in advance, Frank
Open yast > Software > Software management
Can you see it with search: picasa
Actually you may be asked to accept the key when you open up software manager, just see.
i do not use picasa but the 64 bit rpm installed just fine . No errors
also installing “loose” rpms is not a good idea . It can be done and sometimes is the only way , but there can be problems in doing that – like a very messed up system if one is not careful
Ok, so I managed to ad the Google repo to YAST and install Picasa this way, but I get this error message everytime I try to install a ‘loose’ .rpm from a website. Is this normal or should I change something in my settings?
that is because if you have the repo installed then try to just install a loose rpm it sees that it is already there
you should use yast first
loose rpms second
and build the source code as a last resort ( unless you DO like to build code )
frankjeman wrote:
> so I figured this could be done in the same way in Opensuse 11.3 by
> clicking a .rpm)
no, that is not the way to do it here…
do NOT go around the web looking for rpm files to click on, instead
open YaST and search for the package you want!
keep the repos pointing at four (oss, non-oss, update and packman) and
you will almost never have problems…
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DenverD
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