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Install additional Suse software in vCSA 6
detect Suse version
Command:
cat /etc/SuSE-release
Output:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 3
add Suse repo
Command:
zypper -v ar --refresh http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ Suse-Repo
Output:
Verbosity: 1 Non-option program arguments: 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/' 'Suse-Repo' Initializing Target Adding repository 'Suse-Repo' [done] Repository 'Suse-Repo' successfully added Enabled: Yes Autorefresh: Yes GPG check: Yes URI: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/
check repos
Command:
zypper -v lr -d
Output:
Verbosity: 1 # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service --+-----------+-----------+---------+---------+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------+-------- 1 | Suse-Repo | Suse-Repo | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
update repo files
Command:
zypper refresh
Output:
vcdev:/etc # zypper refresh Retrieving repository 'opensuse' metadata [\] Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xml': Error code: Connection failed Error message: Couldn't resolve host 'download.opensuse.org' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/? shows all options] (a): New repository or package signing key received: Key ID: B88B2FD43DBDC284 Key Name: openSUSE Project Signing Key <opensuse@opensuse.org> Key Fingerprint: 22C07BA534178CD02EFE22AAB88B2FD43DBDC284 Key Created: Fri Nov 7 14:10:07 2008 Key Expires: Sun Nov 7 14:10:07 2010 (EXPIRED) Repository: opensuse Do you want to reject the key, trust temporarily, or trust always? [r/t/a/? shows all options] (r): a Retrieving repository 'opensuse' metadata [done] Building repository 'opensuse' cache [done] All repositories have been refreshed.
search repo
Command:
zypper search mc
install software from repo
Command:
zypper install mc
mc start error
Error: mc: symbol lookup error: mc: undefined symbol: g_malloc0_n
try unsupported update command: zypper up glib2
vcsa6:~ # zypper up glib2 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following packages are going to be upgraded: glib2 glib2-lang libglib-2_0-0 libgmodule-2_0-0 libgobject-2_0-0 libgthread-2_0-0 The following package is going to change architecture: glib2-lang x86_64 -> noarch 6 packages to upgrade, 1 to change arch. Overall download size: 1.1 MiB. After the operation, additional 446.0 KiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y): y Retrieving package libglib-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64 (1/6), 318.0 KiB (909.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libglib-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64.rpm [done] Retrieving package libgmodule-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64 (2/6), 30.0 KiB (15.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libgmodule-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64.rpm [done] Retrieving package glib2-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64 (3/6), 181.0 KiB (702.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: glib2-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64.rpm [done] Retrieving package libgthread-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64 (4/6), 31.0 KiB (19.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libgthread-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64.rpm [done] Retrieving package libgobject-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64 (5/6), 124.0 KiB (292.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: libgobject-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5.x86_64.rpm [done] Retrieving package glib2-lang-2.24.1-2.5.noarch (6/6), 448.0 KiB (3.3 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: glib2-lang-2.24.1-2.5.noarch.rpm [done] Installing: libglib-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5 [done] Installing: libgmodule-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5 [done] Installing: glib2-2.24.1-2.5 [done] Installing: libgthread-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5 [done] Installing: libgobject-2_0-0-2.24.1-2.5 [done] Installing: glib2-lang-2.24.1-2.5 [done] There are some running programs that use files deleted by recent upgrade. You may wish to restart some of them. Run 'zypper ps' to list these programs.