[Novalug] "more terminal programs you should be using like a pro"

[Chuck Seiders]

So, after reading Doug's post I tried:

OpenSuse101/home/chuck # ntop
bash: ntop: command not found

OpenSuse101/home/chuck # rpm -q yum
yum-2.4.2-13

OpenSuse101/home/chuck # yum check-update
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files

Must be Monday...    :-(

OpenSuse101/home/chuck # yum install ntop
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: ntop
Nothing to do

OpenSuse101~ # yum localinstall ntop-3.2-17.i586.rpm
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining ntop-3.2-17.i586.rpm: ntop - 3.2-17.i586
Marking ntop-3.2-17.i586.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package ntop.i586 0:3.2-17 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
--> Processing Dependency: libgd.so.2 for package: ntop
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libgd.so.2 is needed by package ntop

I seem to see a common malady ...but as yet been unsuccessful sourcing 
the how-to.

"Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up"

OpenSuse101:/etc # cat yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
reposdir=/etc/yum.repos.d
debuglevel=2
errorlevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
gpgcheck=1
assumeyes=0
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
distroverpkg=suse-release
retries=20
pkgpolicy=newest

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

OpenSuse101/home/chuck # uname -a
Linux OpenSuse101 2.6.16.27-0.9-default #1 Tue Feb 13 09:35:18 UTC 2007 
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

So I asked my friend Google, and she said
http://linux-poison.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-use-yum.html
http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq
Q. 2: Where do I find a repository to update my system which is running 
distribution <XYZ>?

A. We have no idea. Your distribution should maintain their own list on 
this subject. If they don't support yum but you want to use it anyway 
you are probably going to have to make your own repository.

Geeze ...she's a bit testy today!

So I asked Google for the RPM(ntop-3.2-17.i586.rpm)
...downloaded it and tried:

OpenSuse101/home/chuck # rpm -Uvh ntop-3.2-17.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libgd.so.2 is needed by ntop-3.2-17.i586

>:o

OpenSuse101/home/chuck #  blink...blink...blink...blink...blink...blink...

Now what?

Thx!
--ChuckS
(please hold the "Try Unbuntu 7.04" suggestions ...my other 3 systems 
are already running Feisty)



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