reopsitory for installing fann libraries

Hello,

On an older installation of opensuse 12.2 I have a repository,
home:beyerle:playground
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/beyerle:/playground/openSUSE_12.2/

I used this to install the fann libraries. I tried to add this repository to an opensuse 12.3 install and I get a message that the URL cannot be found. I don’t know if it doesn’t exist anymore or if I am doing something wrong. I copied the repo name and URL by going into the older install, selecting the repo, and selecting edit. I copied the URL and tried to use it with add in the 12.3 install. I need to install the fann runtime and devel libraries, so I need to get this to work.

Can anyone point me in the right direction with this?

LMHmedchem

12.3 is dead most of it’s repositories have been removed.
afaik only Index of /pub/opensuse/ keeps copies of old files, the repo you are looking for can be found here
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/beyerle:/playground/openSUSE_12.2/
they have a 12.3 repo too
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/beyerle:/playground/openSUSE_12.3/
but for how long nobody knows, you’re better off updating to 13.2 or evergreen aka 13.1

Thanks, that worked just fine. I did some searching but I was not able to find a list of repositories that might contain a specific application. Searches mostly returned rpm files. I always find rpm lists confusing and difficult to figue out the exact rpm that is needed from the dozens to hundreds of files returned from the search. Is there a standard way to find the name and url of repositories that contain specific applications. The opensuse downloads page had a list of repositories, but the list seems to be organized by application. Fann wasn’t on the list, yet a repository exists. It would be nice to know the best way to find such things.

I will upgrade to 13 at some point. I tend to not upgrade unless I have to because there always seem to be compatibility issues. As long as it works, I tend to leave it alone. Not sure that’s the best approach but I have tended in that direction for a while. I gave up on Ubuntu partly for that reason.

LMHmedchem

Have you tried
https://software.opensuse.org/search
that search engine returns not only rpm files but a list of extra repositories, it also alows you to add extra repo’s to your system for yast/zypper search and install.
that search returns a fann package on an extra repo those repositories are not unstable
https://software.opensuse.org/package/fann
but you should note most 12.x repository might be removed soon

Thanks for that search link, that will be very helpful.

LMHmedchem