Repositories

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There are a few third-party software repositories available that provide many more packages, as well as some non-free formats which may be of use. We recommend that you enable these to get a fuller Operating System experience with openSUSE.


We tend to recommend enabling:

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[edit] Enabling the Repositories

The following links below are guides on how to add the repositories in your respective openSUSE version:

After you have followed the guide there you will want to take a look at the Restricted Formats page for setting up the relevant codecs.

[edit] Mirrors

Throughout the tutorials/instructions on these pages we are going to be adding all package repositories using skynet's excellent mirror (http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/), so that you will get faster download rates. You can however choose a mirror closer to you for each package source, and there's a handy list available at the links above.

[edit] Build Service

Note also that there are many repositories available through the openSUSE Build Service. Information on adding package repositories from the build service can be seen at Build_Service/User.

[edit] Web Package Search

There is a complete and comprehensive search of:

  • the online openSUSE repositories
  • openSUSE Build Service
  • Packman repository

Visit: http://packages.opensuse-community.org