Hi Albert,
If and when I install KDE apps that are not available through YAST, how can I insure that YAST is properly informed?
... if you use rpm (ie. "rpm -i") to install a precompiled package then Yast2 knows about this because Yast2 uses the rpm database. If, however, you download something that you have to compile yourself (usually thru "make install") then Yast2 knows exactly nothing about that. Usually that's not much of a probem, unless you later want to install a program that has a dependency on the previously self-compiled program. That might lead to dependency problems, but not necessarily. Mostly these problems arise only when you start deinstalling a program again but not as long as you only install programs. Bottom line, try to find a SuSE rpm if possible. If there's no SuSE rpm, then try another rpm. Using an rpm is always preferrable over compiling one for oneself. Hope this helps. -- cul8er, Paul paul.foerster@gmx.net