SuSE newbie help please

javier_ccs · 02-01-2006, 02:27 PM

i just installed SuSE on my machine, i have some experience with debian and mandrkake, and i'm trying to find the equivalent to apt-get or urpmi on SuSE, so i found out that i should do a (please correct me if i'm wrong)

Code:

yast2 -i PACKAGE

but each time i do it i get the same error:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

and i really haven't seen it before (i guess a new distro is always intimidating), so if someone can help me out with this...

kc3387 · 02-01-2006, 03:48 PM

Im still new to SUSE also but I do know that you can go to START > System > Control Center and use YaST2 as a GUI. I added some sources so I could update all my software. I dont know if this is what you want but I hope this link helps you!

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16592.html

petern2 · 02-01-2006, 03:49 PM

Suse uses redhat package management, so the command should be:

rpm -i <package>.rpm

But you have to download the correct package for your version of Suse. These are easy to find with google.

An easier way is to just right-click on the package and select 'Install with Yast'

Hope this helps

rshaw · 02-01-2006, 04:24 PM

http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm