upgrading from SLED 10.0 to openSuSE 11.0

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#1

I’ve major problem regarding package dependencies.

I defined repositories in yast for opensuse 11.0 - oss, non-oss, debug

when i try upgrade all packages to it’s newest version I get like a gazzilion depdency errors most of which regard libglib-2.0.s.0 being needed by XXX package.

I’ve tried upgrading libglib first, but it causes more dependecy errors most o which saying that some package (like envice, and other ‘important’ one) require older version of libgilb (libglib-2.0.s.0).

kinda vicious circle…
should I uninstall all these programs to upgrade libglib and then install them again?

I’m also trying to use suse 11 dvd iso image but I get an error: “Can’t parse packages file: Can’t open /var/lib/zypp/cache/Source.tLfo29/DATA/descr/packages”

#2

You realise that SLED and OpenSUSE are essentially different distros, even though SLED is in a sense derived from OpenSUSE? It’s like trying to update from RHEL to Fedora.

#3

**
Warning: I do not recommend you to do this**

Try the following >:)

add openSUSE oss and non-oss repository

upgrade “rpm” with yast
then install/upgrade package “zypper” with yast and all it’s dependencies.

then go back to the command line

and


#zypper sl

if that does not list any repository, add them with zypper again ( refer to the documentation available in en.opensuse.org/Zypper)

then run

zypper dup

good luck, this procedure is unsupported. rotfl!

#4

Hi
The OP is using SLED which uses rug, however zypper is there but
doesn’t have the dup option in the version available.

@OP, what was up with the SLED version that was installed, was it SP2?
If so what features where you wanting as there are a lot of things
available for SLED from either the build service or ppc-services.

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