Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
Finally, a R contributor suggested me to use Yast and select from the "Package" drop-down menu the package "development tools" Surprisingly, if I click on "Packages" no list of packages is shown. SuSE 9.3 would provide all available packages listed by topic. SuSE 10.2 only gives me the option to install all of them.
It seems that what the contributor referred to isn't "Package" but "Pattern", an option inside a drop-down menu you can locate in the YaST Online Update Module window. Once you select it, a list of patterns appears and you may choose the one called "Basic Development". Click accept, follow the instructions and you should have the required compilers installed.
I have to specify that SuSE 10,2 comes from a free s/w download. I wonder whether I would experience the same troubles by installing from the commercial SuSE PRO 10.2 (they should be equivalent ... ?)
The boxed version of openSUSE 10.2 is equivalent to the one available for downloading.
FInally, the reason why I did not install SuSE 10.3 is because the IT person told me that the latest version is not stable. It does not allow to customize the partitions during the installation procedure ...
openSUSE was officially released in Oct 4,2007. It is considered a stable version, although some bugs may eventually appear. Yes, it allows the customization of your partitions during installation procedure.
Is it any better than 10.2 ???
10.3 does have a lot of added and improved resources, but this is a matter of opinion. Hope I could be of some help. CF -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org