long story short, last year i forsook (is that a word?) linux for freebsd. goodbye fedora. fast forward a bit, i find i have an app i am unable to run in freebsd, even with linux_emulation, so im back to having one linux box on my network. after careful consideration of distros with all features i need, i end up on suse (i did all my testing from a desktop approach, using my ibm laptop... i figure if it will do a desktop im satisfied with, linux is linux, ill probably be happy with it as a server as well). ok time passes, and i have a linux server back in production (for vmware-server). my biggest pain, is performing system updates from a command line only. forgive me forgive me (for comparing suse to fedora), but in fedora what i want to accommplish is a simple as: yum -y update (wait, done, reboot if necessary). or if i want to pull down something that is not installed: yum -y install [packagename] (wait, done) how can i accomplish these tasks, as simply, in suse? even tho i feel uneasy about the recenent goings on, i still prefer to stay with suse rather than switch back to fedora. i know yast is quite powerful, but ive never learned the ins and outs, and each time i try to update the system with yast, im told to either insert my dvd, or that the media in the drive does not match my system. i must be taking a wrong turn somewhere. tips, links to definitive command line guides, or any general adivce would be truly apprecated. cheers, jonathan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* Jonathan Horne
ok time passes, and i have a linux server back in production (for vmware-server). my biggest pain, is performing system updates from a command line only. forgive me forgive me (for comparing suse to fedora), but in fedora what i want to accommplish is a simple as:
yum -y update (wait, done, reboot if necessary). or if i want to pull down something that is not installed: yum -y install [packagename] (wait, done)
how can i accomplish these tasks, as simply, in suse? even tho i feel uneasy about the recenent goings on, i still prefer to stay with suse rather than switch back to fedora. i know yast is quite powerful, but ive never learned the ins and outs, and each time i try to update the system with yast, im told to either insert my dvd, or that the media in the drive does not match my system. i must be taking a wrong turn somewhere. tips, links to definitive command line guides, or any general adivce would be truly apprecated.
since you appear comfortable with 'yum', and 'yum' is compatible with SUSE, why don't you use 'yum' instead of 'Yast'? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 10 December 2006 11:17, Jonathan Horne wrote: [...]
yum -y update (wait, done, reboot if necessary). or if i want to pull down something that is not installed: yum -y install [packagename] (wait, done)
how can i accomplish these tasks, as simply, in suse? even tho i feel uneasy about the recenent goings on, i still prefer to stay with suse rather than switch back to fedora. i know yast is quite powerful, but ive never learned the ins and outs, and each time i try to update the system with yast, im told to either insert my dvd, or that the media in the drive does not match my system. i must be taking a wrong turn somewhere. tips, links to definitive command line guides, or any general adivce would be truly apprecated.
cheers, jonathan
========== Just use "yum" as before! Or Kyum, if you desire a graphical interface. Works quite well for me and I much prefer it to Yast2. Just keep it simple. :-) bye, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2006/12/10 10:17 (GMT-0600) Jonathan Horne apparently typed:
ok time passes, and i have a linux server back in production (for vmware-server). my biggest pain, is performing system updates from a command line only. forgive me forgive me (for comparing suse to fedora), but in fedora what i want to accommplish is a simple as:
yum -y update (wait, done, reboot if necessary). or if i want to pull down something that is not installed: yum -y install [packagename] (wait, done)
Assuming you don't like yum or terminal mode yast, try: rug up rug in <packagename> man rug -- "Let your conversation be always full of grace." Colossians 4:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 10 December 2006 12:37, Felix Miata wrote:
Assuming you don't like yum or terminal mode yast, try:
rug up rug in <packagename> man rug
arg, i got the same problem as ive faced in yast in the past: polaris:~ # rug up Waking up ZMD...Done Resolving Dependencies... ERROR: Dependency resolution failed: Unresolved dependencies: Establishing script:libzypp-patch-zmdrestart.sh-2-1533-1.noarch[System packages] This would invalidate script:libzypp-patch-zmdrestart.sh-2-1533-1.noarch[System packages]. Marking this resolution attempt as invalid. how can i get around that error? cheers, jonathan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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