[SOLVED] Problem with repository setup

[JohnC38]

I'm new to Linux so forgive me if this is an easy problem to fix. I have SUSE 11 setup on my desktop. I recently setup Pacman as one of my repositories. When I now open the repositories through yast or the install software window:

There were errors while restoring the repository configuration.
/etc/zypp/repos.d/Packman_repository_(openSUSE_11.1) .repo: Line 2 is missing '=' sign

This causes none of my repositories to be open or listed. All I can view is installed software. I can't remove the repository because there are none listed. Is there a way I can remove the repository so this will function properly again? Thanks for any help you can give.

[reed9]

I don't use opensuse, but this may be of some help:
openSUSE Tutorials
Add Package Repositories to YaST - openSUSE

How did you add the repository? Looks like there is probably just a syntax error in the config file.

[D-cat]

Let's see, I run OpenSuSE 10.2. The files that actually configure the repositories are in

/var/lib/zypp/db/sources

Each randomly named file defines a different source. I don't have an /etc/zypp directory, so this appears to be one of the changes to OpenSuSE 11. I can't tell if any of this is going to help.

I'm going to guess though that if you look at /etc/zypp/repos.d/Packman_repository_(openSUSE_11.1).repo (you'll need to be root, I'd suggest using Midnight Commander (mc) from a su terminal if it's installed), the problem might jump out at you. If not, you can rename the file to a different extension (which has the effect of deleting it, but you can undo it easily enough) and seeing if it works.

[JohnC38]

I'm going to guess though that if you look at /etc/zypp/repos.d/Packman_repository_(openSUSE_11.1).repo (you'll need to be root, I'd suggest using Midnight Commander (mc) from a su terminal if it's installed), the problem might jump out at you. If not, you can rename the file to a different extension (which has the effect of deleting it, but you can undo it easily enough) and seeing if it works.

You guessed right. That's exactly where it was. I couldn't find the problem with the file but I changed the name and everything runs as it should.


Thank you both for your replies. I really appreciate the help.