Questions about zypper, the command-line interface of the ZYpp package manager.
Questions tagged [zypper]
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How can I list all files which have been installed by an ZYpp/Zypper package?
How can I use zypper to list the locations of installed files for a given package?
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How do I find a package that provides a given file in OpenSuSE?
I am thinking on some like Contents-.gz on Debian. A network service were also okay. Does it exist?
Simple elaboration: For example, we need a binary named exampletool, which we know very good from other distributions or operation systems. We…
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How to use zypper in bash scripts for someone coming from apt-get?
I have a few questions about moving from apt-get to zypper in bash scripts.
What is the equivalent of this?
sudo apt-get install curl --assume-yes
(where curl could be any package)
I found the Zypper Cheat Sheet - openSUSE. Very nice! But I would…
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Why do I get "Warning: Repository 'oss_update' appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server."?
On WSL, I executed sudo zypper update, but I got this error message.
Loading repository data...
Warning: Repository 'oss_update' appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server.
Reading installed packages...
Nothing to…
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How to reinstall all installed packages with zypper
How do I tell zypper to reinstall all currently installed packages?
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Using zypper, how can I remove all packages installed from a specific repository?
Say I've added a repository using zypper ar. Then, I've gone and installed multiple packages from that repository, but now I want to remove all of them.
Is there a command that allows me to remove all the packages that I've installed just from that…
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force zypper to install a specific version
I have my own personal repo with older versions of rpms in it. If I want to install boost-license version 1.36.0.11.17 I do the following
zypper install boost-license=1.36.0-11.17
this seems to be broken however as if I change the rev to one I know…
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zypper search output what does i+ mean?
I'm struggling to understand what does the '+' symbol mean in the zypper output search.
I have some packages that in the S field have I, others I+.
What is this + ?
For some reason my system hasn't the + in a packet X and I have problems with…
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How to install patterns and packages at the same time?
How can I install package patterns (e.g. "C/C++ development tools") and packages (e.g. "mercurial") at the same time? Currently, two commands are necessary; for example, the installation instructions I wrote for sketch-frontend are,
sudo zypper…
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zypper install specific major version without specifying the minor version
I am writing a script that installs some packages and does some configuration work. I want the script to install a specific major version of a package, but I do not care which minor version of the package it is.
More to the point, I want it to…
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How can I download a rpm to a local repository?
I have a local repo that has some rpms in it. The repo xmls etc are up to date.
When I find an rpm I don't have, I want to be able to download it, not install it obviously, and put that rpm into the repo dir.
I see I can use zypper install…
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What "i" and "v" indicates in the zypper output?
I've read the zypper man page, but it doesn't explain the output. Therefore, I am asking you to explain me what "S" column stands for.
For example. Type:
zypper se -s post
Some of the output looks like this:
S | Name …
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Tips for making software updates automatic in OpenSuse (zypper)
I'm currently working in a command line only environment.
I would like to perform daily updates automatically using zypper, however I can't find a good way to do it. By good I mean clean and simple.
Is it safe to execute sudo zypper update daily…
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Where does zypper install the repository or package signing keys?
I've two almost identical openSuSE 12.3 virtual machines, snip and snap.
While updating them today, one asked to confirm a new repository or package signing key, the other didn't.
I want to make really sure I didn't do anything wrong (just in case…
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get info about package update in openSuSE
Is there any way to get information about an available package update via zypper?
I can get info about a patch with:
zypper info -t patch pachNameHere
and I can obtain the patch name via:
zypper list-patches
I want to do something similar with…
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