place for keeping .deb mirrors addresses

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#1

I understand I can use apt-get and apt-cache on opensuse-10.3.
When I was using debian sarge netinstall I was saving the mirror addresses in /etc/apt/sources.list
Where do I keep these addresses on opensuse-10.3?
P.Rudra.

#2

You may be able to do so but SUSE provides YaST to handle software management and YaST remembers the repositories you have added to your list. So I doubt there is a default place to save what you want as few people would ever use it.

#3

prudra wrote:
> I understand I can use apt-get and apt-cache on opensuse-10.3.
> When I was using debian sarge netinstall I was saving the mirror
> addresses in /etc/apt/sources.list
> Where do I keep these addresses on opensuse-10.3?
> P.Rudra.
>
>
If you were to use apt on openSUSE, you would edit the mirror list in
the same place iirc. The first issue though is that you would not be
using .deb repo’s as they would not work, you would need to find repos
for 10.3 that will work using apt. IMHO, it is better to use zypper if
you are looking for a apt-like interface.

#4

I think I have got it.

In /etc/apt/sources.list
the following lines, inter alia occurs.

The apt format

rpm ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ @ftp_dir@ base update security rpmkeys

rpm ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ @ftp_dir@ base update security rpmkeys

Are there other mirrors like in debian

deb Index of /debian stable main

which store .deb packages, assuming of course that .deb packages will work on suse ?

Thanks.

P.Rudra.

#5

prudra wrote:
> I think I have got it.
>
> In /etc/apt/sources.list
> the following lines, inter alia occurs.
>
> # The apt format
> # rpm ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/
> @ftp_dir@ base update security rpmkeys
> # rpm ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ @ftp_dir@ base update
> security rpmkeys
>
> Are there other mirrors like in debian
>
> deb ‘Index of /debian’ (http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/) stable main
>
> which store .deb packages, assuming of course that .deb packages will
> work on suse ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> P.Rudra.
>
>
As I said before .deb files will not work on openSUSE as it uses rpms.
You would need to download the .deb and use a program like alien to
convert it. At that point it would just be easier to use the native Yast
and it’s command line friend zypper to deal with package
management/dependencies. Once you are using the openSUSE repos and OBS
repos, there isn’t muc I can think of that you can get in debain that
you can’t in openSUSE.

#6

This really clears my misconception that I may install package.deb on opensuse. The misconception arose because there is a software called ‘deb’ in yast, and after installing it I found a man page for the command ‘dpkg’ that debian uses for installation and removal of package.deb
dpkg -i package.deb and dpkg -r package