Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4237 mails)

[Danny Sauer <suse-linux-e.suselists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Launching YaST Modules Directly' on Tue, Aug 17 at 11:46:
> On Tuesday 17 August 2004 18:37, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Of all the YaST modules, I most often wish to launch the Installer. Is
> > there a way to create KDE Menu items that go directly to a particular
> > YaST module, skipping the YaST Control Center?
> 
> Sure, make the menu item run "/sbin/yast2 <module>"
> 
> run "yast2 -l" to get a list of available modules
> 
> "/sbin/yast2 sw_single" will launch the package installer

It's worth noting that you can also do

yast2 -i packagename
yast2 -i /path/to/package.rpm

in the event you know what package you're wanting to install. The first
will get you the dependency checking, the second will just install the
package file.  I thought, but may be wrong, that you could also specify
a propted parameter for a KDE menu item.  Maybe that's a different WM,
though.  It'd sure be handy in this case... :)

--Danny