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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [suse-kde] KDE 3.1 on 8.1, yet again
From:       Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer () home ! nl>
Date:       2003-02-06 8:59:37
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On Wednesday 05 February 2003 18:11, Kevin McLauchlan wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 February 2003 15:44, Richard Bos
> wrote:

[...]

> When I first saw mention of apt4rpm in the apt-get
> pages, I followed the link, which seemed to imply
> that I needed to install that app only if I was
> creating my own repositories.  So, I ignored it.
> I'm using existing repositories, and the apt
> components that I already have installed seem able
> to find the remote databases, make decisions about
> the contents, download the indicated packages,
> and perform installation or upgrades.  Do I, in
> fact, still need apt4rpm, after all?

AFAIK: No. apt4rpm is needed for creating (and sharing) repositories.

[...]

> Synaptic returned:
> "Error: sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error
> code (5)"
[...]
> Synaptic came back with
> "Error: sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error
> code (31)"

Uuhhm... You did run synaptic as root, did you? :-}

Cheers,

Leen


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