Re: [rox-users] Can't get started

[Terry B. <te...@la...>]

In message <200...@sa...>
          G=F6tz Waschk <wa...@in...> wrote:

> Am Mittwoch,  7. Mai 2003, 19:34:23 Uhr MET, schrieb Terry Blunt:
> > I'm using Mandrake 9.0 and just can't seem to work out how to get all=
 the
> > dependencies sorted out to instal ROX. The various websites all seem =
to
> > assume I actually know what they're talking about when I haven't a cl=
ue.
> Hi,
>=20
> this is the fast way to install rox on 9.0. Type this as root:
> =20
> urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions=
/mandrake/Mandrake-old/9.0/contrib/i586 with ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdl=
ist2.cz
> urpmi rox
>=20
> This will add the contrib rpm package source to the installer's list
> of known packages and install rox version 1.3.3 (the latest package
> for Mandrake 9.0). If you want the new stuff, you have to build it
> from the source package, as I only maintain the official Mandrake
> packages for the Cooker development tree of the distribution.

Tried that. The result was:

[root@localhost root]# urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pu=
b/linux
/distributions/mandrake/mandrake-old/9.0/contrib/i586 with ../../i586/man=
drake/b
ase/hdlist2/.cz urpmi rox
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "Installation CD 1 (x86)=
 (cdrom
1)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "Installation CD 2 (x86)=
 (cdrom
2)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "International CD (x86) =
+ docum
entation (cdrom3)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "International CD (x86) =
+ docum
entation (cdrom4)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "Commercial Apps CD 1 (c=
drom5)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "Commercial Apps CD 2 (c=
drom6)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "Supplementary applicati=
on CD (
x86) (cdrom7)"
using different removable device [/dev/scd0] for "Supplementary applicati=
on CD (
x86) (cdrom8)"
added medium contrib
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD=
 1 (x86
) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD=
 2 (x86
) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International C=
D (x86)
 + documentation (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International C=
D (x86)
 + documentation (cdrom4).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Commercial Apps=
 CD 1 (
cdrom5).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Commercial Apps=
 CD 2 (
cdrom6).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Supplementary a=
pplicat
ion CD (x86) (cdrom7).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Supplementary a=
pplicat
ion CD (x86) (cdrom8).cz]
retrieving description file of "contrib"...
...retrieving done
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "contrib"...
--19:16:19--  ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/m=
andrake
-old/9.0/i586/mandrake/base/hdlist2/.cz
           =3D> `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'
Resolving distro.ibiblio.org... failed: Host not found.
unlink: No such file or directory
retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed
no hdlist file found for medium "contrib"
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.contrib.cz]
problem reading synthesis file of medium "contrib"
unable to update medium "contrib"
[root@localhost root]#=20
[root@localhost root]#=20


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Terry Blunt <te...@la...>

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