Re: Why is installing software....so....darn....slow?

Randy Brick MacKenna wrote:

What I'd like to do now, if someone can tell me how, is to dis-
associate the RPM filetype  from that nasty software installation
tool, and instead associate it with the YaST installer.  Removing that
software installation tool might not be a bad idea, either.  I'm
running KDE, if that matters.

http://users.telenet.be/photo-memories/img/yast-zmd.png
deselect & select instead openSUSE updater.
ZMD can be removed with no problems;-)
zmd =/= the software installer, yast is it
zmd is just a libary for yast.
openSUSE updater uses the "ZYpp" libary with Yast.


and add repo's then you don't have to search for the rpm's over internet ;-)
add Repositories & then you can search over yast itself ;-)
http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories

yast - software - installation source --> give url like
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/


I have for openSUSE 10.2 @ a mirror in belgium:
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/suser-guru/rpm/10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/mozilla/openSUSE_10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.suse.com/suse/update/10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_10.2
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_10.2/
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/video/videolan/vlc/SuSE/10.2
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