Install RPM with YaST
 

Hi!

I downloaded an RPM off the internet and I want to install it using yast. How do I go about doing this?

In the past I have just used

rpm -ivh packagename-verinfo.rpm

But this doesn't solve dependencies.

Thanks,

David

I do not have a GUI installed.

Yast works in text-mode also. But I would guess that dependencies are only solved automatically if it is also a SuSE-package.

To install an RPM via Yast, type yast -i <package-name>

I add the path to the install sources. When the install is complete, I archive the rpm file in a subdirectory, and disable the path. (I tend to download rpms to the same place.) I've had some weird issues with Yast figuring out the path I want, but other than that it works fine.