Problems installing from opensuse factory

Hi,

I recently wanted to install the latest version of monodevelop. I did the following:

  1. Visited
    software.opensuse.org: Search
  2. Typed monodevelop
    as the search term 1. I clicked "Show other versions
    " 1. I clicked the "openSUSE Factory
    " group 1. I clicked the "1 click install
    " link for v2.8.5 1. The yast install process got underway, but complained with the following popup:

An error occurred while initializing the software repository.
Details:
openSUSE:Factory: |] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
History:

  • |] Repository type can’t be determined.

Try again?

  1. When I click “Yes”, it allows me to edit the url, which is currently:Index of /factory/repo/oss/suse

Anyone know why this problem is occuring? I am using OpenSuse 11.4.

Regards,
Gurce

Are you absolutely sure you want to do this. It could well break your system.

It might be better trying a users build such as

Index of /repositories/home:/dmulder:/branches:/Mono/openSUSE_11.4

On 07/26/2012 08:36 AM, Gurce wrote:
>
> I recently wanted to install the latest version of monodevelop.

factory = danger, Work in Progress

as far as i can see (in bugzilla) monodevelop has a basket full of bugs,
and i see at http://monodevelop.com/ the latest version is not the 2.8.5
in factory, but 3.0.3 which was released last month:

http://monodevelop.com/Download/Release_Notes/Release_Notes_for_MonoDevelop_3.0.3

as for your actual question: i would never ever install from factory
because: it is a moving target! it might have 2.8.5 this morning and by
noon that version discovered to be terrible–massively full of bugs, and
tomorrow morning factory might have 2.8.6 and it too be worthless and
then day after tomorrow it might have 3.0.0

“factory” is a work in progress…never ever considered to be anything
other than TESTING software…that is “factory” today contains the
potential code for openSUES 12.3, and is therefore a ‘pure crap
shoot’…it maybe good, it may not…you never know…

it is your machine and if you wanna try 2.8.5 go ahead…but, i don’t
know why you got the error you did, i just tried to install it the same
way you did and got the same error…

perhaps there is a transitory fault at the server…try again later…if
it persist you can log a bug against it…

if it were my machine, i’d either use what is available in the 11.4
repos OR go ‘whole hog’ and install a 3.x version…

of course, mine is just an opinion, and you will find others so stick
around, and ymmv


dd

Or the repository where the official backport to openSUSE 11.4 is :wink: -> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Mono/openSUSE_11.4/