>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 6:47 am, in message
<200510010647.25350.bobpat@earthlink.net>, bobpat@earthlink.net wrote:
> On Monday 26 September 2005 01:13 pm, John Pugh wrote:
>> > From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Richard
Smoot
>> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:00 PM
>> > To: slug@nks.net
>> > Subject: [SLUG] Non SUSE RPM's with YAST
>> >
>> > Can YAST be used to install non- SUSE RPM's to 9.3 PRO?
>> > YAST looks for a secure signature before it installs packages.
>> > When I DL'd the new OPERA and tried to install it, I get
>> > error loading package list. Yast appears to be set up to only
>> > install packages from Novell SUSE.
>>
>> You are correct....use a package manager like kpackage or simply rpm
to
>> install 'em.
>>
> wha? I use yast all the time for rpms from anywhere. In konqueror,
click on
> an
> rpm and it shows the description, plus a tab for a file list. At the
top is
> a
> button that sez "Install with Yast" . This seems to work just fine.
> Please note this warning here:
> http://www.opensuse.org/YaST_package_repository
> Also note this update tutorial (which I haven't tried yet). I just
never
> right
> clicked . . :
> http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11504.html
> Sorry for long response time ... just got second brain cell working
again.
>
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Good point...Yast does link to the SUSE package manager. I just happen
to always use the former red-carpet client to manage rpm's with a
gui...never use Yast for it and primarily use cli.
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