system-config-packages Can Not Find Installed Packages

[Kam Leo]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:12:52 -0500 (EST), William Hooper
<whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Kam Leo said:
> > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:36:06 -0800, Schlaegel <777tahder at schlaegel.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> William Hooper wrote:
> >>
> >>> All the packages you have listed are newer than S-C-P expects. This
> >>> is a known issue with S-C-P.
> >>
> >> So, once a system is brought up to date s-c-p no longer works. This
> >> seems like a major problem.
> >>
> >>> Use yum or up2date to install additional packages.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I am a lowly dialup user (rural area), so yum and up2date would take
> >> far too long. Is there another way to install the package groups from
> >> the CD without hand picking the 52 packages I need installed?
> >>
> >
> > Try using synaptic, the gui for apt.
> 
> Only if you aren't using x86_64.
> 
> --
> William Hooper
> 
The poster said he went from an Athlon to a P4.