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The graphical setup and configuration tool used by openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE).

A graphical setup and configuration tool used by openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise, that is written in Ruby. It serves as a graphical front-end for package management, system configuration and system installation.

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How can I configure Yast to switch languages completely?

I have an installation of openSUSE 11.4 which was installed in German. I started Yast2 (which displayed in German, like "Netzwerkdienste") and switched the language to English under "System" -> "Sprache". Yast2 downloaded some files, installed…
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Are SUSE servers intended to be used graphically?

After being a long-time Debian Linux user, I decided to give SUSE a try. One of the major selling points of SUSE is the YaST configuration system. It provides a set of wizards for common configuration tasks. Almost every tutorial I can find uses…
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Something like YaST for non SUSE distros

I am currently using openSUSE 13.1 KDE. The big reason why I like openSUSE is YaST. YaST does so much and makes many parts of life easier. YaST not only graphically allows me to add/remove/manage repositories, and packages. It allows me to…
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How can I run Yast with X and ssh?

I have an openSUSE machine which I log on to with ssh -X. I don't want to log in as root but I do want to run graphical Yast. Inside the ssh session sudo starts the console version of Yast. However, in Gnome or KDE it is possible to start Yast as a…
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OpenSUSE: Find all Packages without a repository

I just upgraded to OpenSUSE 12.2 from OpenSUSE 12.1 by changing all of my repositories to target 12.2 (instead of 12.1). Now that I've upgraded, I've found a bunch of packages that have no repository*, which the YaST Software Manager marks with red…
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Yast is unable to access software repositories even though URLs are accessible in browser and system date is correct

I am using Yast on OpenSuse 12.1. When trying to install packages from the software repositories, I get an error that the repo cannot be accessed because the network is unreachable: Download (curl) error for …
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openSUSE: Switch from Wicked to NetworkManager using command line

I want to always use NetworkManager instead of Wicked. Can I do this from the command line? Running sudo yast lan help shows that the YaST lan module doesn't appear to support this from the command line. I'm hoping whatever YaST is doing behind the…
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YaST2: Command-line equivalents to GUI naviagtion

I'd like to automate some interactions with yast2. I assume I can do everything on the command line that I can do in the curses interface, but I'm not sure how to figure out what the commands are. For example, if I want yast2 to use a local ISO as…
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Opensuse problem with accessing repositories

I have OpenSuse Leap 42.2. YaST2 software manager fails to autofresh and the error message is: Cannot access installation media http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.2/repo/non-oss/ (Medium 1). Check whether the server is…
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Cannot use Yast CA management module from command line

I am trying to create a new certificate authority using Yast as follows: yast2 ca_mgm createCA caname=democa cn=democa [email protected] days=3650 keyLength=2048 keyPasswd=sillypassword But it fails with the following output: Modifying…
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How ignore conflicts in Yast (Opensuse Leap 42.2)

For some reasons, I had to flag some packets as taboo to prevent installation and unexpected configuration changes. For example, I've blocked nouveau drivers, because I use Nvidia proprietary drivers, and OpenJDK because I use Oracle JDK. My issue,…
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Install apache2-mod-mono-2.10

I am trying to install mod-mono for apache so that I can run C# asp.net websites from my server. The project I have is a .net 4 project. When I go into yast and select apache2-mod-mono for install it then says there is a problem that needs…
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Configuring OpenSuSE's xinetd

I need to run approx, a package proxy for Debian / Ubuntu packages, on an OpenSuSE box. Until now, I converted the installation package from .deb to .rpm using alien. Installing the resulting .rpm gave me the approx binary in…
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YaST - Allocating a new partition leads to warning

So the Win10 Tech Preview will be expiring tomorrow. I need a change. I am trying to install OpenSUSE, but I'm not quite confident where I should designate the Linux partition. I put in the install DVD and boot up YaST. I am greeted by this…
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ncurses-devel problems in SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Searching on the WEB, I found this tutorial (the only one that has convinced me) for installing a new kernel and I followed the steps provided. But, I got these problems: In the first step I tried to install the ncurses-devel via terminal using the…
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