Hello guys.
seem to be on here every day with 11.4
I’m trying to install scribes with no luck. I have gotten so far but need to install GtkSourceView2
each time I try to install it or anything else that gives me the file I need throws up errors like this
[PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.nto5y2] Repository already exists.
can’t find the dir and have even tried to remove by the
rmdir
but doesn’t remove it.
anyone had a problem like this?
I’m not familiar with this piece of software but on investigation it is not available from the repositories I have. It may be available under build but if not this may be a question to also direct to the package developers / forum of Scribes. Of course I apologise if this is software often used on Suse; personally I have found openSuse 11.4 the best os I’ve ever installed on my machine… but of course that is my experience and I wish you well on fixing you dillema 
Are you talking about Scribus by chance? Here is its description in YaST:
Scribus is a open source page layout program which produces commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript, primarily, though not exclusively, for Linux. While the goals of the program are ease of use and simple easy-to-understand tools, Scribus support for professional publishing features, such as CMYK and spot colors, easy PDF creation, Encapsulated Postscript import and export and creation of color separations.
I am able to install and run this application. Its name and location is: /usr/bin/scribus
Thank You,
Thank you.
yes I agree with you, I like 11.4 it seems to be a lot better then 11.3.
I have never used scribe before. but told it’s very much like textmate.
So if anyone as a better suggestion I may leave scribes alone.
regards
Sorry not scribus, it’s a text editor I’m trying to install
This guy says his done it but I can’t 
I also tried to get scribes to work as I found a version for openSUSE 11.0 at RPM Search, but it is too old and would not work. It looks like if you use Fedora, you might be in luck, but not for openSUSE, at least at the moment.
Thank You,
Thanks for the advice.
If anyone is interested I got scribes working. I installed Gnome as well as keeping my KDE desktop
Yes, please, before this thing will drive me nuts ;-).
How did you manage it?
Thanks in advance.
Because scribes is built to run on Gnome and I was running KDE, I had to install the Gnome desktop. (but still keep the KDE desktop) there maybe batter ways to get scribes to work without installing all the extra packages, but I’m no expert, and trying to install all the repo’s was causing to many conflicts. So for me it was the best way.
Sorry if that doesn’t help.
P.S
You can find the Gnome components under packages in YAST2 under “I think” software manager. I’m not at my Linux box to see for sure.
Because scribes is built to run on Gnome and I was running KDE, I had to install the Gnome desktop. (but still keep the KDE desktop) there maybe batter ways to get scribes to work without installing all the extra packages, but I’m no expert, and trying to install all the repo’s was causing to many conflicts. So for me it was the best way.
Sorry if that doesn’t help.
P.S
You can find the Gnome components under packages in YAST2 under “I think” software manager. I’m not at my Linux box to see for sure.
Hello terry2sticks and thanks for your comments. For anyone that is not running out of disk space, the best solution to use applications for KDE and GNOME together is to load both desktops, even as you use only one of them. Further, having more than one desktop loaded can be helpful if you should update your normal desktop to death as the other can be used to bring it back to life. Like being able to run YaST in a graphical environment in say GNOME to fix a problem you created in KDE.
To install a second or third desktop, just go to YaST / Software / Software Management and select the View Button on the top left and select Patterns. Look under the Pattern Heading of Graphical Environments and check the two Patterns for GNOME (or KDE) or the single entry for the other desktops you wish to add. Then just press the Accept button on the bottom right. To actually switch to the new desktop after it has been installed, you do this just before you log into openSUSE. You will find a sessions option on the bottom left of your screen. Select it with your mouse and then log into that Desktop as a new session.
Be aware that the KDE desktop is the one with Plasmoid in the name. Also be aware that some settings used in one desktop might affect the other. So, while you can use applications intended say for GNOME in KDE, your best bet is to stay with the desktop of your choice and use the other only in an emergency (or if you are curious and don’t mind a few settings messing with the other).
Thank You,