system-config-packages Can Not Find Installed Packages

[Kam Leo]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:38:40 -0500 (EST), William Hooper
<whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Kam Leo said:
> [snip]
> >>> 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.
> 
> The poster said he had a macro because he had went from Athlon to P4, not
> necessarily the current machine he is referring to.  However I was
> pointing out in the general case, not this specific case, that Apt doesn't
> like Fedora's multi-arch setup.
> 
> If I were pointing out something about this specific case, it would be to
> point out the the OP has dial-up and has already expressed the desire to
> do this from CDs, not over the internet.
> 
> --
> William Hooper
> 

Restricting oneself to CDs after installing upgraded packages is going
to require  more effort than using smart or synaptic and the internet.
 The packages listed above need to be downgraded/replaced with the
ones on the CDs so that the package group on the CDs can be installed
using system-config-package.  Any additional conficts need the
downgrade/replacement routine.

If the OP has the disk space my advice is to A) create a local
repository for all packages on the CDs; B) install smart; and C) use
smart-gui to downgrade conficting packages, install new package
group(s), and bring system up to date.