Dear All,
I am new to Open Suse 11.4 in fact to Linux. I was trying to install a statistical package “pspp-0.7.8-2.1.i586.rpm”
An error pops up saying “[PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.eYc5jn] Repository already exists.”
“failed to install file: [PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.eYc5jn] Repository already exists.”
Since i am new to this i don’t even know what it means please help me.
Thanks in advance
Reddy
On 06/03/2011 09:36 AM, rajasereddy wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am new to Open Suse 11.4 in fact to Linux. I was trying to install a
> statistical package “pspp-0.7.8-2.1.i586.rpm”
>
> An error pops up saying “[PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.eYc5jn]
> Repository already exists.”
> “failed to install file: [PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.eYc5jn]
> Repository already exists.”
>
> Since i am new to this i don’t even know what it means please help me.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Reddy
>
>
usually it means that you have experienced an abort or crash of a
previous attempt to install this or maybe a different RPM…
as you are new i’ll mention you should always, when asking a question
here, tell what Desktop Environment you are using…because the answer
will change according to what you are using…i don’t know what you
have so i’ll give you what works on my KDE:
do this CAREFULLY, go to the main menu, system, file manager and find
and open File Manager Super User Mode, before it opens you will ave to
enter your root password, then navigate up the tree until you can enter
the /var directory (CAREFUL, there is also a /tmp), then nav on to
/var/tmp and locate TmpDir.eYc5jn, single right click and select Move to
Trash…then close the File Manager–do NOT leave it open, it is so
easy to kill your whole system accidentally in Super User Mode…
now, how were you trying to install the rpm, and where did it come from?
i ask because you should normally try to use YaST to install/remove
software from your machine…i always make YaST my first stop, and i
always keep only four repos enabled (oss, non-oss, update and
packman)…so if i search now i do not find pspp, so i go to my second
stop: http://software.opensuse.org/search and spin the dial to match my
11.4, type in pspp and enter…and up pops info showing pspp exists in
the openSUSE-s ‘education’ repo…and, there is a 1-Click Install link,
click it and cross your fingers…it will probably install pretty quick…
doing it that way easy, but there are some pitfalls…during the process
you will have the chance to select to keep the repo enabled, or not…i
advise to always select not!
remember that 1-Click is second choice…
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Dual booting with Sluggish Loser7 on Acer Aspire One D255
Thanks Denver
I am using Gnome environment. How could i open file manager in super user mode? I didn’t find any option.
Do this as su -
zypper rr PK_TMP_DIR
Now click this
http://software.opensuse.org/ymp/Education/openSUSE_11.4/pspp.ymp?base=openSUSE%3A11.4&query=pspp
On 06/04/2011 08:06 AM, rajasereddy wrote:
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> Thanks Denver
>
> I am using Gnome environment. How could i open file manager in super
> user mode? I didn’t find any option.
>
>
if it is not in the menu, then try launching using the “run” command,
thusly:
gnomesu nautilus
note, the same path can be followed to open other root powered apps
(like say gedit if you find you need to edit a root owned configure
file)…unlike some other operating systems you may have encountered
there is never a need, and always a danger in logging directly into
gnome as root–don’t do that! always log in as yourself and “become
root” when you must be by using a root powered app, like YaST and a file
manager or editor as explained…
never use gnomesu it to (say) open Firefox and go out on the web as
root…very dangerous
by the way, if you were using KDE the magic word is not gnomesu, but kdesu…
more here:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Login_as_root
http://tinyurl.com/DD-on-Root
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Dual booting with Sluggish Loser7 on Acer Aspire One D255
On 06/04/2011 08:06 AM, caf4926 wrote:
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> Do this as su -
> zypper rr PK_TMP_DIR
> Now click this
> http://tinyurl.com/3rbxwhk
heh, you sure make it easy! (fact is i’m gonna write that down)
thanks for your great work…
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DenverD wrote:
> by the way, if you were using KDE the magic word is not gnomesu, but
> kdesu…
>
Just to add the inf if someone wonders what to do if neither gnome nor kde
is used:
There is in addition a very generic command available “xdg-su”. To give a
real example
xdg-su -c "geany /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
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Thank you all that’s really great response. I have new problem when i tried to install it it says HTTP response:502
When software update prompted by the system and i tried to install them then also the below message comes:
Download (curl) error for ‘http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/xorg-x11-xauth-7.6-42.3_43.44.1.i586.delta.rpm’:
Error code: HTTP response: 502
Error message: The requested URL returned error: 502
Please help me.
Thanks in advance
On 06/08/2011 04:36 PM, rajasereddy wrote:
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> Download (curl) error for
> ‘http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/xorg-x11-xauth-7.6-42.3_43.44.1.i586.delta.rpm’:
> Error code: HTTP response: 502
> Error message: The requested URL returned error: 502
what were you trying to install when you got that error, and how were
you trying? (with YaST, or what?)
have you used the YaST Online Updater after your initial install, and
have you booted since?
if you have not, do those two things and try the above again…
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Thanks DenverD
It seems there has been some network problem.
thanks all