Installing Software
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openSUSE has huge repositories (or package sources; which are added to with a few community repositories), with thousands and thousands of packages; and what's best is that they're all installable at the simple click of a button. Below we're going to go through an example of installing a package, in this case it will be the package libxine1 which is the Packman package that provides MP3/MPEG-4 support. Make sure that you have added the necessary Repositories before proceeding.
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[edit] Installing a Package
1. We're going to select the Software Management YaST module. So head over to Software -> Software Management.
2. Now this will start up, and you'll get a very nice package manager.
As you can see, you can enter a search term for a package, and the package results will be displayed on the right. Additional package information (such as Version and Changelog) is displayed on the bottom-right.
3. We now want to search for the package we want to install, and it's named libxine1, so enter that in the search term:
4. Now we're going to select the package for installation. Right-click on the package, and select Install.
The package will be selected to be installed:
5. Now simply hit Accept and the changes will be commited. The package will be automatically downloaded and then installed:
Once it's finished, you're done! MP3s can now be played with Amarok.
[edit] Other Methods
There are still other methods available for package management. Some of these might provide quicker use on the command-line, though YaST of course will work very well for all your package managing needs.
[edit] With Zypper
Zypper is the default commandline tool on openSUSE. Installing packages with Zypper is very easy. For example, to install libxine1, simply:
zypper in libxine1
If you want to get a little more information (such as download percentage, and the like), you can simply increase the verbosity. So something like:
zypper -v in libxine1
See zypper --help for more on the command usage, and be sure to check out the Zypper page on openSUSE.org.
[edit] Using Smart Package Manager
For installing packages with the Smart Package Manager, take a look at Installing_Software/Smart.