Colin Carter wrote:
Thanks Ingo and Geoffrey. I cannot understand Yast - in particular: It seemed to do well on initial installation, but now I can't see how to 'interpret' the list of installed/not installed I can't 'point' it to a new package. and when I click install it whirs away and nothing seems to happen. I will try the apt route in future. Easier to learn/control (I hope), and I prefer keyboard to mouse any day (except for graphics).
Yast will work on a console as well. It doesn't make sense to use a non-standard app (apt) to update your packages on Suse. It won't keep your rpm database properly updated. It's really quite simple to use Yast. Simply type 'emacs' into the search window and you'll find what is installable. Select what you want and Yast will warn you about additional software necessary to meet dependencies. -- Until later, Geoffrey