[ale] SLES, OpenSuse and the 11.1 conundrum

Thu May 23 11:20:49 EDT 2013

That's because 11.4 has been de-supported.  It is rather old.  Check out this URL for more info on the OpenSUSE support lifecycle.
https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime

While true that it is closer to SLES11, if you are going the OpenSUSE route, it is best to run 12.3.
Allen B.

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Allen Beddingfield
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The University of Alabama
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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:11 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] SLES, OpenSuse and the 11.1 conundrum

I could (or should) have gone that route.  However I thought that staying in the Open SUSE11.4 will be close to SLES 11.1

Having said that, I am trying to install jdk 1.6.x and maven on Open SUSE 11.4 and I was able to get jdk installed
zypper in -y -l java-1_6_0-sun java-1_6_0-sun-devel && update-alternatives --set java `rpm --eval %_libdir`/jvm/jre-1.6.0-sun/bin/java

Maven on the other hand I am just not able to install.  I am not able to find an OpenSUSE 11.4 private repo so I can pull maven in.  Any suggestions.

-Narahari

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu>> wrote:
Why not install a more modern version of OpenSUSE if you are going that route?  12.3 is the current version.  A quick search of software.opensuse.org<http://software.opensuse.org> (build service) shows the version you are looking for as being available for 12.3.

Allen B.

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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama
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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [ale] SLES, OpenSuse and the 11.1 conundrum

I installed Open SUSE 11.4 on another VM and I am working on it.  It seems to be a bit more saner than 11.1

I installed subversion on it and it looks good.

However when I am trying to install maven a java build tool, I am not able to find it.

I dont expect OpenSUSE repos to host this package but how to find private ones ?

-Narahari

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu><mailto:allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu>>> wrote:
Okay.
First, it looks like your OS repositories are missing.  There should be a SLES11-SP1-Pool and a SLES11-SP1-Updates.  Second, you already have an rpm version of subversion installed.
If you upgrade to SLES11 SP2, the officially supported/provided version is:  subversion-1.6.17-1.11.1.  If that version is new enough, you could upgrade to SP2 as follows.
You need to get your OS repos installed, then do the following steps:
1.  zypper install suse_sles-sp2-migration
2.  zypper install sle-sdk-sp2-migration
3.  suse_register -d 2 -L /root/.suse_register.log
4.  zypper dup
Obviously, make a backup first.

Beyond that, you are going to have to install something from the OpenSUSE Build Service or compile from source.
If you are going to install another rpm version from OBS, you need to probably remove the current one.  If you want to compile from source.  Either way, those OS repos are going to be needed.

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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama
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Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:38 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] SLES, OpenSuse and the 11.1 conundrum

Thank your for your time.

Please see below

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu><mailto:allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu>><mailto:allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu><mailto:allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu>>>> wrote:
Okay, I think I need a bit more info to help.
1.  What is the output of "zypper lr"

irtual at cdl-pid-poc2:~> zypper lr
# | Alias                                                | Name                  | Enabled | Refresh
--+------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------+--------
1 | SMT-http_cdxxxx_kk_ad_com:SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool    | SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool    | Yes     | Yes
2 | SMT-http_cdxxxx_kk_ad_com:SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates | SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates | Yes     | Yes
3 | pid_repo

2.  What method did you use to try to install (zypper, yast, rpm)

zypper in subversion

3.  What is the output of "zypper search subversion"

virtual at cdl-pid-poc2:~> zypper search subversion
Repository 'pid_repo' is out-of-date. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to update it.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name              | Summary                                                        | Type
--+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------
  | sdksp1-subversion | Security update for subversion                                 | patch
i | subversion        | A Concurrent Versioning system similar to but better than CVS  | package
  | subversion        | A Concurrent Versioning system similar to but better than CVS  | srcpackage
  | subversion-devel  | Development package for Subversion developers                  | package
  | subversion-doc    | Documentation files for Subversion                             | package
  | subversion-perl   | Allows Perl scripts to directly use Subversion repositories.   | package
  | subversion-python | Allows Python scripts to directly use Subversion repositories. | package
  | subversion-server | Apache server module for Subversion server                     | package
i | subversion-tools  | Tools for Subversion                                           | package
virtual at cdl-pid

4.  What is the output of rpm -qa|grep subversion
virtual at cdl-pid-poc2:~> rpm -qa|grep subversion
subversion-tools-1.5.7-0.10.1
subversion-1.5.7-0.1.1
virtual at cdl-pid-poc2:~

5.  What is the output of "cat /etc/SuSE-release"

virtual at cdl-pid-poc2:~> cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 1

6.  What is the output of "zypper ll"
virtual at cdl-pid-poc2:~> zypper ll
There are no package locks defined.

I hope I have answered  all the questions correctly.

Thank You
-Narahari

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