Vaxxla Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Hi, I was wondering if anybody could possibly help me with URPMI? The problem is this. After using Easy Urpmi to select mirros for Main, Contrib, Updates and plf, I then tried to update KDE. Everytime I try to download/update it through gui/console I get the same message.... "Medium "Contrib" uses invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, try using alternative method. Unable to install package...." I have gone through the process of changing "contrib" mirrors several times now, still the same response. BTW I have deleted the previous mirror first, as to not conflict. The real strange thing is that all of the mirrors I have used have the same size list file (15.6MB), but in the URL path to the file is the directory /partial/ in there somewhere, could this be my problem? Do I need to keep searching all ofthe "contrib" mirrors, to find an up-tp-date one, or I have I missed something out? Any help would be appreciated, Thanks in Advance, V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 You are not the only one with this problem. If you do a search you will find several other posts all about this particular problem. My advice, ignore the problem. I have the same thing with my sources and it has not stopped me from installing or updating software. It is annoying, but not really important it would seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaxxla Posted January 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Thanks for the quick response, but I still don;t understand how I am supposed to install a non-Mandraked KDE, sorry for being dumb :P V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 (edited) I have no idea how you are supposed to install a non mandrake kde. If this is what you wish to accomplish, I would start a new thread that is just about that issue. Whenever trying to get an answer to a problem by posting in a forum, always use one thread per problem. Otherwise, if you post multiple problems in a single thread, one or more problems will get missed. There are people here with experience in installing kde, but they may not look at this thread. Edited January 4, 2004 by fuzzylizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaxxla Posted January 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 (edited) Yup, sorry, I really had two questions, but the main one seems to be rectified....sorta:) I would like to install KDE3.1.4/but non Mandrake-modified, what i mean by this is I am trying to find binaries of KDE3.1.4 for Mandrake9.2. I thought that I would be able to Urpmi all of the KDE parts and install, but, well you read my first question:) Thanks again BTW I'll start a new thread for this :) V. Edited January 4, 2004 by Vaxxla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 After using Easy Urpmi to select mirros for Main, Contrib, Updates and plf, I then tried to update KDE. Everytime I try to download/update it through gui/console I get the same message.... "Medium "Contrib" uses invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, try using alternative method. Unable to install package...." Mirror are a mess. MandrakeSoft is aware and a fix is in the works. We are testing a new mirror setup in Cooker now. I was going to post a link, but the qa site is down, has been a few days with the holiday. Here is a workaround. Use this line to update your media fairly often to overcome the miror hdlist.cz being hosed. "urpmi.update -a -c -f --no-md5sum --wget" -a = all -c = clear header cache -f = force --no-md5sum = ignore md5 sum on server (biggest cause of problem) --wget = use wget instead of curl that sucks, sucks, sucks If the package you want is on the mirror, you will get it - NO errors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peep Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 thanks kuchwas! (and can you post a how-to about installing linux on a braun coffeemaker?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaxxla Posted January 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Thanks kuchwas, I'll do that in a mo' :) I thought that it was probably something to do with the mirrors, but as I'm kinda new to this, I wasn't sure. As I have in my short Linuxing(?) history (6 months) used Topologilinux, Knoppix, Red-Hat, SuSE and now Mandrake (DUH)) and haven't really spent any length of time on any one flavour. Wow, I really wasn't expecting this many responses, this quickly, TY to you all!!! V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosterrj Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Is there any way to get the MCC Software Update applet to use wget by befault as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 thanks kuchwas! (and can you post a how-to about installing linux on a braun coffeemaker?) Sorry, if you cannot find your own caffiene, you will never be a linux geek. :D And the blender is for Margaritas, El Tosoro Margaritas! In a Mason Jar... :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 (edited) Is there any way to get the MCC Software Update applet to use wget by befault as well? Not that anyone has come up with except for an alias in your bash profile. The whole MCC, RpmDrake, Urpmi setup is a perl warpped set of many binaries. I just use urpmi, urpme, urpmq, urpmf, urpmc from CLI. It is an active request under consideration in Cooker, but it looks like the mirror reconfiguration will solve it, at least most of it. I have not had to use that "force" command line with the new test mirror. Edited January 4, 2004 by kuchwas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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