1. If you installed SuSE 9.1 from a CD (not from one of the official internet-installation mirrors), you must change the source of your packages to one of the more complete sources,
which you can accomplish by using the "Change Source of Installation" tool in the Software section of YaST2. You can look at the list of mirrors
on the SuSE website, or you can use this one:
Protocol: ftp
Hostname: ftp.suse.com
Path: /pub/suse/i386/current
2. Use the "Install and Remove Software" tool (also in the Software section of YaST2) to install the 'python' package.
3. Download these three files:
4. Install and launch rcd by running the following commands at a terminal:
su -c "rpm -Uvh rcd-2.4.4-suse91.rpm"
su -c "/etc/init.d/rcd start"
5. Install and configure rug by running the following commands at a terminal:
su -c "rpm -Uvh rug-2.4.4-suse91.rpm"
Now, wait for a few seconds (5 or so on broadband, 15+ on dial-up) before running the next command - rcd and rug need to download channel information.
su -c "rug sub suse-91-i586"
You can now disconnect from the internet, if applicable.
6. Install remerge by running the following commands at a terminal:
tar -xjf remerge-2.1.1.tar.bz2
cd remerge
./configure
If you saw any errors in the output of the previous command (or the next two) that remerge's installer did not ignore, please email me at hortont@users.sourceforge.net with
the full text of the error and as much information about your machine and OS as you are willing to send me.
make
su -c "make install"
su -c "/etc/init.d/remerge start"
7. Launch your favorite web browser, and open the page http://localhost:6732.
You should see the remerge front page appear - if you do not, please email me at hortont@users.sourceforge.net.
You must now click on 'Sync Package Lists' and follow the on-screen instructions. When this is complete, have fun with remerge!