RE: [SLE] Suggestion for SuSE web site (and SuSE Linux)
Howdy! Actually, there is such functionality already in YaST. If you go to "Package Information" on the same menu as "change/create configuration" you will be able to search for packages by name. the coolest feature is that you can even install the packages from the list that pops up so you don't have to exit out and go to the series etc... One thing you have to keep in mind is that Yast hast to "scan" your install media before it can search it. For some reason this isnt done automaticaly when you go into "Package Information" so the first thing you have to do is hit F10 (i think...) to scan the install media. Then you can search for packages all day long. :) I do have to concede that this functionality is not very intuitive and I would expect that SuSE will vastly improve this with upcoming versions of Yast 2. -----Original Message----- From: wilson@claborn.net [mailto:wilson@claborn.net] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 4:55 PM To: suse-linux-e@ns2.suse.com Subject: [SLE] Suggestion for SuSE web site (and SuSE Linux) Sometimes I need to install just one RPM, and know that it's on the CD but can't find it. On Red Hat's web site they have a search engine so you can search for RPMs by name. Apparently it indexes all of the RPMs on their FTP server. It would be really cool if SuSE would have something like that, and also, if it's on the CD, if the search engine would report what series the designated RPM is in on the CD. For that matter, it would be handy if YaST had a search function in the "Change/Create Configuration" submenu that would search for included RPMs by name. Even cooler would be if it could also search for files by name and tell you what RPM it's in.. Just an idea.... ---------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com Central Texas IT http://www.centraltexasit.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
On Friday 05 January 2001 00:54, Seth Payne wrote:
Howdy!
Actually, there is such functionality already in YaST. If you go to "Package Information" on the same menu as "change/create
We get onto my pet subject again.. lol. Yast wins no awards for design or intuitiveness. It is however very very good. And it works. Yast2 is in comparison both an appalling piece of human engineering, is incredibly slow, and doesn't work half the time. I hate to say this but I believe yast2 is market driven, Yast is about as sexy as a dead fish, so someone decided something with brighter colours was needed. What looks good at presentations, neve mind the quality. If yast is to be frozen out in the cold by it's bright new but very dumb brother then Suse is putting even more writing on the wall over what it's real intentions are. Ah well, they are not the only fish, or even the most interesting one in the Linux sea. I don't suppose I will be counted as a loss to their customer base ... Cliff
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