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Feature changed by: Christoph Thiel (cthiel1)
Feature #306526, revision 7
  Title: Pull needed dependencies when installing from a local file
   
  openSUSE-11.2: Evaluation
  Priority
      Requester: Important
+     Projectmanager: Important
   
  Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez)
   
Description:
  It would be great if it would be possible for YaST? to install any
  necessary packages when installing something from a local file.
  For example: VirtualBox rpm package needs pam-devel which would have to
  be installed by invoking YaST first (not everyone knows what to do when
  they encounter a message saying that they're missing a dependency).
  So it would be great for YaST to pull the needed dependency or say that
  they are not available. This would simplify installation of many
  packages for new users.
   
  Discussion:
  #1: Mariusz Fik (fisiu) (2009-06-17 13:27:07) 
  Zypper can do that. Just install local package by:
   zypper in ~/path/to/some.rpm
   
  #2: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) (2009-06-17 17:22:31) 
  I don't mean by opening the file from a console, i mean the GUI way
  when someone clicks the file. Do you thin a new user would know how to
  open a terminal and additionally know zypper??
   
  #3: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2009-07-10 12:05:42) 
  I agree, GUI install and "zypper in" should have the same semantics.
   
   

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openSUSE Feature: 
https://features.opensuse.org/306526