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What is Packman and how do I use it?

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phreak0ut
phreak0ut Original post #1
Nov 18, 2006 at 7:17 AM
I keep reading this Packman package installer or something on every other forum. I am running SuSE 10.1 and can't play mp3s. I have posted this question at numerous forums and the only suggestion I'm getting is, install packman, install packman. I downloaded and installed. Now how am I supposed to use it to update my audio player, in my case, amarok so that it can work fine with mp3s????
kalpik
kalpik #2
Nov 18, 2006 at 9:55 AM
Packman is the name of a repository! Best is to install smart, it has the packman repository in-built.

Some links that might interest you:
*susewiki.org/index.php?title=Smart
*en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories
ray|raven
Nov 18, 2006 at 10:34 AM
PacMan is also the name of package management system used by Arch Linux.
Find more info here.
*wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman
phreak0ut
Nov 19, 2006 at 11:25 AM
Hmmmm......thanks guys!! I downloaded packman and installed it, but when it performs an upgrade for a particular application, say amarok, in my case, it couldn't download a lot of dependencies as it showed as connection stalled. I got broadband internet and made sure that there are no other downloads going in the back ground. So, there was not an upgrade. Could you please tell me what the reason could be?
praka123
Nov 19, 2006 at 7:38 PM
when will sue?se understands the virtues of apt-get ,dpkg Sigh....