when ever i download a new application and try to intall it with YaST, the dependencies come up saying that i am missing libs. that are needed to install the program. is there some were i can go and just donwload the libs i need for all applications. im running suse 9.1 PRO KDE 3.2, im still new to this OS. thanks

You should usually find that along with the rpm for the program that you are installing, there is another rpm with 'source' or 'src' in the name. The source rpm should contain all the libraries needed for your new program to run. The source needs to be installed before the program itself. You may also need to type 'ldconfig' as root to update the library database before you install the program itself.

However, doing this can be rather destructive, as there is always the possibility that you could break other applications by upgrading dependancies. It's probably safer to add the url of the rpm's that you want to install to your YAST install sources list. (YAST, Software, Change source of installation) This way, YAST can find the dependancies that it needs itself.

Hello,

You can try to add Yast repositories to avoid depedencies problems.
This link may help you in this process : http://www.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Add_YaST_Source

You can also download and install all missing libs with rpm. A good rpm source is to find on http://rpm.pbone.net
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free_ouyo

see
the Sticky Request: YaST update sources

to add repositories to resolve dependencies problems while installing new packages.

Read the thread, it will give you the answer.