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Hi there,

With ubuntu, it's apt-cache search, what is it for open suse please

Quote:

Originally Posted by iFunction (Post 5595067)

Hi there,
With ubuntu, it's apt-cache search, what is it for open suse please

"zypper search" Read the "Question Guidelines" link in my posting signature...you could have found this with a Google search faster than you posted it here.

oh, I tried that, and couldn't find anything, so it's not quite as easy as you make out, but thank you

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Originally Posted by iFunction (Post 5595084)

oh, I tried that, and couldn't find anything, so it's not quite as easy as you make out, but thank you

Sorry, but it is. I put "opensuse package manager" into Google and got this as the second hit:
https://doc.opensuse.org/documentati...cha.sw_cl.html

as per everything with suse , it is GUI centric
it is easier to use Yast2 than the terminal

open "install / remove software " from the menu

a pop up will pop up asking for the root password

use the gui

or the terminal BUT unlike yum trying to find what provides what lib is a pain

Code:

su -

zypper se ProgranName

or the ncurs terminal gui

Code:

su -

yast

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Originally Posted by John VV (Post 5595176)

as per everything with suse , it is GUI centric
it is easier to use Yast2 than the terminal

That's just because OpenSUSE actually has a decent system config GUI, the terminal is no harder to use than other distros if that's your choice.

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Originally Posted by John VV (Post 5595176)

or the terminal BUT unlike yum trying to find what provides what lib is a pain

yum:

Code:

# yum provides libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, ps, refresh-packagekit, security

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

 * base: chicago.gaminghost.co

 * epel: mirrors.xmission.com

 * extras: mirror.sesp.northwestern.edu

 * rpmforge: mirror.lstn.net

 * updates: centos.firehosted.com

1748 packages excluded due to repository priority protections

gtk2-2.24.23-8.el6.i686 : The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for

                        : X

Repo        : base

Matched from:

Other      : libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0







gtk2-2.24.23-8.el6.i686 : The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for

                        : X

Repo        : installed

Matched from:

Other      : Provides-match: libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0

zypper:

Code:

# zypper search --provides libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0

Loading repository data...

Reading installed packages...



S | Name              | Summary                              | Type  

--+--------------------+--------------------------------------+--------

i | libgtk-2_0-0      | The GTK+ toolkit library (version 2) | package

i | libgtk-2_0-0-32bit | The GTK+ toolkit library (version 2) | package

I don't know what this "pain" you speak of is...

For questions like this, it's good to know about
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?res...age-management

In contrast to Yum/DNF (or apt/dpkg), functionalities in Zypper are built-in, meaning it's all in one man page (including shorthands that minimize typing), so there's no need to first figure out and install whichever of their optional long-winded-named plugins is needed to perform a task. e.g. lock down a package, "zypper al packagename" vs. (python3-dnf-plugins-extras-versionlock) "dnf versionlock add packagename", or altering enabled repos "zypper mr --[disable,enable]" vs. (dnf-plugins-core) "dnf config-manager --[set-enabled,set-disabled]".