[Gllug] rpm-get issues

[Vincent AE Scott]

Jonathan Harker(jon at jonathanharker.co.uk)@Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 05:26:21PM +0100:
> root at shostakovich/home/johnno/projects/ada# rpm-get configure
> Enter distribution to configure for
> 1) Mandrake
> 2) RedHat
> [Enter number 1-2]: 1
> Where would you like to cache the rpm files ? [/var/cache/rpm-get]:
> Which ftp site/path would you like to use ?
> [Press enter to see a list or type "default" to use a Swedish site]: default
> Configuring for Mandrake
> Make sure to run genrpmlist to or: rpm-get update
>                                [ CONFIGURED ]
> 
> root at shostakovich/home/johnno/projects/ada# genrpmlist
> Generating /var/lib/rpm-get/RPMS-list
> Looking up rpmfind.net
> Making FTP connection to rpmfind.net
> Can't Access `ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/current/Mandrake/RPMS'
> Alert!: Unable to access document.

methinks that you should'nt have accepted the default URL above in the
first step.

a correct RPM directory would be:

 ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/

assuming you wanted the 8.2 release.

-- 
keys:  http://codex.net/pgp/gpg.asc http://codex.net/pgp/pgp.asc

 Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny


-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug