Hi all!,
I am a Suse newbie (although I have used linux for about 3 years). So far I have been using Yast to install packages but now I can't figure out how to update to newer versions. I added Packman to the Yast source list and installed some stuff from there. I just added Guru to the source list and I know that there are updated packages but I can't get Yast to see that. How do you update packages that you have already installed via "Install and Remove Software".
I have used apt-get a lot in the past (Fedora and Debian) and I am wondering if I should just forget using Yast and use apt instead. Fedora has this war going on between repositories (Fedora Extras/Livna.org and FreshRPMS/DAG/ATrpms) that has really turned me off there. But if Yast isn't going to handle updates very well I am comfortable using synaptic. Any suggestions?

-NanoJock

BTW How do you tell which sections of ftp.gwdg.de are OK (stable) to use and which are not (i.e. Kernel-of-the-Day). The directions say to be careful but don't tell you how to tell.

SusE has to approve them, I'd like to get firefox 1.0, but they haven't added that to their yast-sources(9.1) yet. They are a little slow in my opinion about getting new versions approved for yast upgrades

Thanks for the reply musicman_ace. How about with Packman and Guru?

-NanoJock

Personally, I use Apt (w/Synaptic) for any updates outside of the major package sections like KDE or Gnome. I do this because I like to have access to a lot of the third party packages and you just can't do that with YaST to the same extent that you can with Apt. So, basically I use SuSE's supplemental update mirrors to notch up on desktop environment versions, and then use Apt for whatever else I desire to include.

However, this is NOT a recommendation as third party packages can and do break base systems. I've done it myself on several occasions. I would only advise that similar actions to mine be taken by people that do not mind fixing things that used to work properly (that's the best way I can phrase it I think). You will be doing this.

That said, here is my current sources.list from /etc/apt/.
It hasn't demolished anything recently.

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# Uncomment the line below, in case you want to use SuSE's patch rpms.
# Read the information about patch rpms at http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm

# rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/9.2-i386 update-prpm security-prpm

# A very basic sources.list line. Fastest repository first.
# Remove "base" in case you are behind a
# slow connection. Fastest repository first.
# Visit the server to determine which apt components are provided.


rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/9.2-i386 update suser-guru suser-scorot packman packman-i686 rpmkeys base misc kde suser-rbos suser-tcousin suser-ollakka funktronics security

#rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/9.2-i386 base update security

# The list with all available components can be found at:
# http://linix01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm
# Some components provide experimental software, select wisely!
# http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ap...urces.list.FTP

# Consult the link above if you want to include uri's for src rpms

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Oh, almost forgot. This is the best place to learn about Apt on SuSE:
The Advance Package Tool For SuSE