On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:50:46 -0500, mr.b wrote:

> kernel-devel files for the same kernel BUT cannot install either...either
> via urpmi or through mcc due to "unsatisfied make"

urpmi make

Not sure why that wouldn't have been automatically selected by urpmi.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:50:46 -0500, mr.b wrote:
>
>> kernel-devel files for the same kernel BUT cannot install either...either
>> via urpmi or through mcc due to "unsatisfied make"
>
> urpmi make
>
> Not sure why that wouldn't have been automatically selected by urpmi.

I think because it is not a "dependency" on make. You just have to
have make to compile the drivers or whatever it is that VMware needs.

I seem to remember having to install the compiler and associated
software tools to compile and install proprietary nVidia drivers
a few years ago.

OP may have more software development tools to install.

Cheers!

jim beard

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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:12:30 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:50:46 -0500, mr.b wrote:
>
>> kernel-devel files for the same kernel BUT cannot install
>> either...either via urpmi or through mcc due to "unsatisfied make"
>
> urpmi make
>
> Not sure why that wouldn't have been automatically selected by urpmi.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins

root@XXXXX YYY# urpmi make
No package named make

hmmmm...

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:38:54 -0000, mr.b wrote:
>
> root@XXXXX YYY# urpmi make
> No package named make

Guessing you have not set your main, contrib,... mirrors, try
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
because looking in my index list I find
main-2008.1.idx: make-3.81-2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 465006 Dec 04 22:10

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:44:24 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:38:54 -0000, mr.b wrote:
>>
>> root@XXXXX YYY# urpmi make
>> No package named make
>
> Guessing you have not set your main, contrib,... mirrors, try
> http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
> because looking in my index list I find main-2008.1.idx:
> make-3.81-2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 465006 Dec 04 22:10

okay...is mcc not a gui front end to urmpi? From where did I get the
laptop kernel via mcc?

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:26:38 -0000, mr.b wrote:
>
> okay...is mcc not a gui front end to urmpi? From where did I get the
> laptop kernel via mcc?

How would I know, where you got the kernel from?

It had to come from install media, main or contrib. Looking through the
main, contrib indexes I find;

main-2008.1.idx:
kernel-laptop-2.6.24.3-0.1mnb-1-1mnb1.i586.rpm 23680328 Mar 03 16:42
kernel-laptop-devel-2.6.24.3-0.1mnb-1-1mnb1.i586.rpm 4814379 Mar 03 16:42
kernel-laptop-devel-latest-2.6.24.3-0.1mnb1.i586.rpm 98738 Mar 03 16:41
kernel-laptop-latest-2.6.24.3-0.1mnb1.i586.rpm 98714 Mar 03 16:41


contrib-2008.1.idx:
kernel-multimedia-laptop-2.6.17.14-9mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 24237395 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-devel-2.6.17.14-9mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 4813330 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-devel-latest-2.6.17.14-9mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 16521 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-latest-2.6.17.14-9mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 16497 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-smp-2.6.17.14-9mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 24596942 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-smp-devel-2.6.17.14-9mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 4813739 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-smp-devel-latest-2.6.17.14-9mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 16485 Aug 11 2007
kernel-multimedia-laptop-smp-latest-2.6.17.14-9mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 16517 Aug 11 2007
kernel-tmb-laptop-2.6.24.3-3mdv-1-1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 23565831 Mar 05 03:02
kernel-tmb-laptop-devel-2.6.24.3-3mdv-1-1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 4910865 Mar 05 03:02
kernel-tmb-laptop-devel-latest-2.6.24.3-3mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 108681 Mar 05 03:02
kernel-tmb-laptop-latest-2.6.24.3-3mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 108653 Mar 05 03:02

On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:26:38 -0500, mr.b wrote:

> okay...is mcc not a gui front end to urmpi? From where did I get the
> laptop kernel via mcc?

Within mcc (aka drakconf), the install option actually runs rpmdrake,
which is a gui front end to urpmi.

urpmi will only show you, and install software from, repositories it
knows about. When you first install, the only repository it knows about,
is the dvd you installed from.

While you can use the gui, to run the media manager (which is actually
drakrpm-edit-media), to add repostiories, I find it much easier, using
the command line, using copy/paste, of the output from
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/

At that site, just select your system, and proceed to step 2. In step 2
select the mirror, and in addition to the pre-selected main, contrib,
main-updates, and contrib-updates, select non-free, and non-free updates.
Also select the plf-free and plf-non-free.

If you are using dialup, select the option to use compressed index, which
will download the much smaller synthesis.hdlist.cz files, instead of the
hdlist.cz files. Note that with the smaller files, urpmi will have very
limited descriptions of packages, and features such as urpmf will not have
the info to search, which files are provided by which packages. Then select
proceed to step 3.

When it returns with step 3, simply copy & pasted the output from the browser
to a terminal window. You may need to wait for all of the commands, except
the last, to finish, and then press enter.

Once this is finished, you can run "urpmi make", and urpmi will find the
rpm, download and install it.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:21:42 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:26:38 -0500, mr.b wrote:
>
>> okay...is mcc not a gui front end to urmpi? From where did I get the
>> laptop kernel via mcc?
>
> Within mcc (aka drakconf)...

thanks for the assistance gents...all is good now