Oddball schreef:
Well, thnx for this info :) I am going to try it rightaway...
Well, after refreshing i pasted the line and imediately began to argue, not giving me a chance to name a pkg, or hit enter.... I attached the output. If you look close at it, you will notice some very 'unfriendly' habits of zypper... -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.25-rc8-12-default x86_64 Current user: oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1 System: openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64) Alpha3 KDE: 4.00.68 (KDE 4.0.68 >= 20080402) "release 3.1" oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1:~> sudo zypper refresh root's password: * Downloading repository 'KDE4-stable-community' metadata. * Building repository 'KDE4-stable-community' cache * Downloading repository 'KDE4-unstable-desktop' metadata. * Building repository 'KDE4-unstable-desktop' cache * Downloading repository 'KDE4-Unstable-extra' metadata. * Building repository 'KDE4-Unstable-extra' cache * Downloading repository 'KDE4-stable-extra' metadata. * Building repository 'KDE4-stable-extra' cache * Downloading repository 'KDE4-stable-desktop' metadata. * Building repository 'KDE4-stable-desktop' cache * Downloading repository 'Factory' metadata. * Building repository 'Factory' cache * Downloading repository 'Non-oss' metadata. * Building repository 'Non-oss' cache * Downloading repository 'Mozilla' metadata. * Building repository 'Mozilla' cache * Downloading repository 'Debug' metadata. * Building repository 'Debug' cache All repositories have been refreshed. oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1:~> zypper lu -t package | awk -F\| '/yast2/ { print $3}' | xargs zypper in Too few arguments. At least one package name is required. install (in) [options] <capability|rpm_file_uri> ... Install resolvables with specified capabilities or RPM files with specified location. A capability is NAME[OP<VERSION>], where OP is one of <, <=, =, >=, >. Command options: -r, --repo <alias|#|URI> Install resolvables only from repository specified by alias. -t, --type <type> Type of resolvable (package, patch, pattern, product) Default: package -n, --name Select resolvables by plain name, not by capability -C, --capability Select resolvables by capability -f, --force Install even if the item is already installed (reinstall) -l, --auto-agree-with-licenses Automatically say 'yes' to third party license confirmation prompt. See 'man zypper' for more details. --debug-solver Create solver test case for debugging -R, --force-resolution <on|off> Force the solver to find a solution (even agressive) -D, --dry-run Test the installation, do not actually install oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1:~> oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1:~> zypper lu -t package | awk -F\| '/yast2/ { print $3}' | xargs zypper in Yast Root privileges are required for installing or uninstalling packages. oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1:~> su Password: AMD64x2-sfn1:/home/oddball # zypper lu -t package | awk -F\| '/yast2/ { print $3}' | xargs zypper in Too few arguments. At least one package name is required. install (in) [options] <capability|rpm_file_uri> ... Install resolvables with specified capabilities or RPM files with specified location. A capability is NAME[OP<VERSION>], where OP is one of <, <=, =, >=, >. Command options: -r, --repo <alias|#|URI> Install resolvables only from repository specified by alias. -t, --type <type> Type of resolvable (package, patch, pattern, product) Default: package -n, --name Select resolvables by plain name, not by capability -C, --capability Select resolvables by capability -f, --force Install even if the item is already installed (reinstall) -l, --auto-agree-with-licenses Automatically say 'yes' to third party license confirmation prompt. See 'man zypper' for more details. --debug-solver Create solver test case for debugging -R, --force-resolution <on|off> Force the solver to find a solution (even agressive) -D, --dry-run Test the installation, do not actually install AMD64x2-sfn1:/home/oddball # AMD64x2-sfn1:/home/oddball # zypper lu -t package | awk -F\| '/yast2/ { print $3}' | xargs zypper in yast Reading installed packages... Warning: package 'yast' not found Nothing to do. AMD64x2-sfn1:/home/oddball # zypper lu -t package | awk -F\| '/yast2/ { print $3}' | xargs zypper in yast2 Reading installed packages... skipping package 'yast2' (the newest version already installed) Nothing to do. AMD64x2-sfn1:/home/oddball #