[Slapt-get-user] Package retrieval error

[Jude DaShiell]

Try slapt-get update first then try that slapt-get install command and see 
what happens.  The thing that's weird here and an error is that the 
package was found before you issued that update command.On Fri, 7 Oct 
2011, Steven Saner wrote:

> I have built a package on Slackware 13.1 from a SlackBuild script on
> slackbuilds.org. I have put that package in a repository where I have other
> custom packages that I have built. The name of the package is:
> 
> libreoffice-3.4.3_en_US-i586-1_SBo.tgz
> 
> After doing a slapt-get --update, the package_data file contains the following
> stanza for this package. Everything in this stanza looks correct and similar
> to other packages.
> 
> PACKAGE NAME:  libreoffice-3.4.3_en_US-i586-1_SBo.tgz
> PACKAGE MIRROR:  ftp://lion.pantheranet.com/ssaner/slackware-13.1/
> PACKAGE PRIORITY:  6
> PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./ssaner/gnome
> PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  144844 K
> PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  367390 K
> PACKAGE REQUIRED:
> PACKAGE CONFLICTS:
> PACKAGE SUGGESTS:
> PACKAGE MD5SUM:  e13f5cb7e78ea4fd9885236b66e1aadb
> PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
> libreoffice: LibreOffice (Productivity Suite)
> libreoffice:
> libreoffice:LibreOffice is a productivity suite that is compatible with 
> other
> libreoffice: major office suites, and available on a variety of platforms. It
> is
> libreoffice: free software and therefore free to download, use and distribute.
> libreoffice:
> libreoffice: This is a repackaging of the official LibreOffice binary RPM's
> libreoffice: distributed by the upstream developers.
> libreoffice:
> libreoffice:Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org
> libreoffice:
> 
> 
> If I issue the command "slapt-get --search libreoffice" I get the following:
> 
> libreoffice-3.4.3_en_US-i586-1_SBo [inst=no]: LibreOffice (Productivity Suite)
> 
> Yet, when I try to install the package I get:
> 
> % slapt-get --install libreoffice
> Reading Package Lists...Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libreoffice
> 0 upgraded, 0 reinstalled, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove, 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 141.4MB of archives.
> After unpacking 358.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
> 1/1 Get ftp://lion.pantheranet.com/ssaner/slackware-13.1/ libreoffice
> 3.4.3_en_US-i586-1_SBo [141.4MB]...Failed to download: Remote file not found
> 
> 
> Note that the URL that slapt-get is trying to retrieve is incorrect. There is
> a space before the package name and another space between the name and the
> version. Also the "package location" directories are missing. Can someone tell
> me the cause of this? Is there something wrong with the package name such that
> it isn't parsed correctly? There are other packages in this same directory
> that I have no problem with.
> 
> I am running the 0.10.2k version of slapt-get from jaos.org. The relevant part
> of the slapt-getrc for this repository is:
> 
> # Home made packages.
> # SOURCE=file:///var/www/packages/:CUSTOM
> SOURCE=ftp://lion.pantheranet.com/ssaner/slackware-13.1/:CUSTOM
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 

Jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
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