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diff --git a/guides/setups/operating-systems/opensuse.org b/guides/setups/operating-systems/opensuse.org index 204966b..8ac7a82 100644 --- a/guides/setups/operating-systems/opensuse.org +++ b/guides/setups/operating-systems/opensuse.org @@ -112,3 +112,54 @@ $ sudo zypper install --from VLC ffmpeg vlc vlc-codecs #+end_src NB: there's a lot of prompting going on in that last command; maybe =--allow-vendor-change= could help. +*** Upgrade woes +Sometimes this VLC repository will stop providing a package it used +to, e.g. because it now ships an upgraded version (and the version +number is somehow part of the package name). + +In that case, we need to help =zypper= figure out what to do: +#+begin_src sh +$ sudo zypper dist-upgrade --auto-agree-with-licenses +# … +Computing distribution upgrade... + +Problem: problem with the installed libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 + Solution 1: install libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-1.2.x86_64 from vendor openSUSE + replacing libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 from vendor VideoLAN Project (http://www.videolan.org) + Solution 2: keep obsolete libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 + +Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c/d/?] (c): d +Problem: problem with the installed libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 +Detailed information: + the installed libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 does not belong to a distupgrade repository and must be replaced + Solution 1: install libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-1.2.x86_64 from vendor openSUSE + replacing libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 from vendor VideoLAN Project (http://www.videolan.org) + Solution 2: keep obsolete libliveMedia97-2021.08.23-58.7.x86_64 + +Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c/d/?] (c): 1 +Resolving dependencies... +Computing distribution upgrade... +# … +The following package is going to be downgraded: + libliveMedia97 + +The following package is going to change vendor: + libliveMedia97 VideoLAN Project (http://www.videolan.org) -> openSUSE + +The following 6 NEW packages are going to be installed: + … libliveMedia102 … +# … +#+end_src + +In this instance, I went looking at the [[http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/Tumbleweed/x86_64/][VLC repository]] to figure out +what was going on; searching for "libliveMedia" revealed that the +repository now shipped libliveMedia102 and no longer included +libliveMedia97. + +I went with solution 1 (switch to openSUSE's libliveMedia97), but +maybe solution 2 was the right one? E.g. maybe after "computing [the] +distribution upgrade", zypper would have realized that nobody needs +97 anymore, so it could be removed; could be I accidentally set 97 to +"manually installed" with solution 1? + +🤷 |