Hello,
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OpenMandriva Lx version: OMLx ROME 25.04
Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…): KDE Plasma 6.x Series
Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant): The OM Welcomer, when I try to actually start installing packages from the welcomer in the Software section, install it, put my super-user password, wait, then just to receive “installation failed” for whatever reason.
Relevant informations (hardware involved, software version, logs or output…):
No system logs or outputs, at least if there is one…
I am wondering if OM Welcome in Rome is actually even working for installing such software, others do work, but the fact almost some packages are affected is insane. Gonna need to update the software list that is currently affected by it.
Please post the output of
dnf repolist
┌──[wilson@heisenberg] Fri May 09, 09:14:54 [~]
└──[ <$> sudo dnf install scribus
[sudo] password for wilson:
Last metadata expiration check: 12:37:01 ago on Thu 08 May 2025 08:39:18 PM CDT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
scribus znver1 1.7.0.26570-3 rolling-znver1 72 M
Installing dependencies:
lib64OpenThreads znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 19 k
lib64osg znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 964 k
lib64osgDB znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 323 k
lib64osgGA znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 149 k
lib64osgText znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 140 k
lib64osgUtil znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 493 k
lib64osgViewer znver1 3.6.5-18 rolling-znver1 288 k
lib64podofo znver1 0.10.4-1 rolling-znver1 1.0 M
lib64tk znver1 9.0.1-1 rolling-znver1 714 k
tk znver1 9.0.1-1 rolling-znver1 1.2 M
Installing weak dependencies:
tkinter znver1 3.11.11-1 rolling-znver1 1.3 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 12 Packages
Total download size: 79 M
Installed size: 163 M
Is this ok [y/N]:
So, everything there is in the main repo. It should be found and installed normally.
Can you try installing scribus from the command line just to see if it works?
sudo dnf install scribus --refresh
If om-welcome is broken, it is a recent thing and this is the first we are hearing about it, so it is important to us.
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
brave brave
rolling-x86_64 OpenMandriva Rolling - x86_64
rolling-x86_64-extra OpenMandriva Rolling - Extra - x86_64
rolling-x86_64-non-free OpenMandriva Rolling - Non-free - x86_64
rolling-x86_64-restricted OpenMandriva Rolling - Restricted - x86_64
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$ sudo dnf install scribus --refresh
[sudo] password for mandrake:
brave 17 kB/s | 2.0 kB 00:00
OpenMandriva Rolling - x86_64 3.7 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/main/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/main/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
OpenMandriva Rolling - Extra - x86_64 4.1 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-extra':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/extra/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/extra/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64-extra': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
OpenMandriva Rolling - Restricted - x86_64 4.7 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-restricted':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/restricted/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/restricted/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64-restricted': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
OpenMandriva Rolling - Non-free - x86_64 3.9 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-non-free':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/non-free/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/non-free/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64-non-free': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
Ignoring repositories: rolling-x86_64, rolling-x86_64-extra, rolling-x86_64-restricted, rolling-x86_64-non-free
No match for argument: scribus
Error: Unable to find a match: scribus
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$
It really is a problem. I actually don’t do the “-- refresh” command since, what even is the point? What does it do exactly? Kinda trying to figure out how and what it works, since it’s basically the same as APT.
It doesn’t look like you have a network connection. What do you get if you run
ping -Ov google.com
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$ ping -Ov google.com
ping: sock4.fd: 3 (socktype: SOCK_DGRAM), sock6.fd: 4 (socktype: SOCK_DGRAM), hints.ai_family: AF_UNSPEC
ai->ai_family: AF_INET, ai->ai_canonname: 'google.com'
PING google.com (142.251.36.78) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from prg03s10-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.36.78): icmp_seq=1 ttl=116 time=16.3 ms
64 bytes from prg03s10-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.36.78): icmp_seq=2 ttl=116 time=16.3 ms
64 bytes from prg03s10-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.36.78): icmp_seq=3 ttl=116 time=14.3 ms
64 bytes from prg03s10-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.36.78): icmp_seq=4 ttl=116 time=15.4 ms
64 bytes from prg03s10-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.36.78): icmp_seq=5 ttl=116 time=17.8 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 14.253/16.009/17.796/1.168 ms
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$
I have only been using dnf for 4 months, so I am still learning. --refresh grabs an updated list of what is on the repo. As long as you have gotten the metadata in the last 30 minutes you don’t need it.
I see. I am also still learning, because that was when I was using Fedora Linux, which was interesting.
Well, you are getting a ping response, so you do have a connection, yet you can’t get the repo metadata. We may need an expert.
On the other hand, that is why om-welcome was failing. It’s not the app.
I am asking for some expert help on this, but I am leaning to a problem with the mirror you are connected to.
I wonder if a reboot might make it connect to a different one?
Still a problem.
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$ sudo dnf install scribus --refresh
[sudo] password for mandrake:
brave 16 kB/s | 2.0 kB 00:00
OpenMandriva Rolling - x86_64 3.9 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/main/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/main/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
OpenMandriva Rolling - Extra - x86_64 4.4 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-extra':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/extra/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/extra/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64-extra': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
OpenMandriva Rolling - Restricted - x86_64 4.4 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-restricted':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/restricted/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/restricted/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64-restricted': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
OpenMandriva Rolling - Non-free - x86_64 3.8 B/s | 10 B 00:02
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-non-free':
- Status code: 404 for http://mirror.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/non-free/release/;http:/abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/rolling/repository/x86_64/non-free/release/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 140.211.11.99)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rolling-x86_64-non-free': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
Ignoring repositories: rolling-x86_64, rolling-x86_64-extra, rolling-x86_64-restricted, rolling-x86_64-non-free
No match for argument: scribus
Error: Unable to find a match: scribus
[mandrake@OpenMandrivaLx-Btw ~]$
The repolist looked fine and I can reach the repos, so I am still leaning to a bad mirror. That is usually a temporary thing.
So am I reaching a bad mirror or something? If it is temporary, how long will it actually last?
That IP points to Netherlands. I could not browse it.
Huh, weird, but I don’t even use a VPN (yet), so what’s the point? Is there a Czech Mirror?
That is why I am trying to get some help on this one. Hang tight.
