Questions tagged [yast]
YaST is "Yet another Setup Tool", a configuration manager in SuSE Linux.
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yast2 crashes on opensuse tumbleweed 20230911
i start yast2 from system menue: system/YaST Software
i get details for an application, e.g. thunderbird. when i press 'accept'
it starts up the installing packages screen, then just crashes. This ...
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Yast2 broken (after zypper dup ?)
Not sure if related to the last update (zypper dup) of my openSUSE Leap 15.0, but now all yast2 subcommands fail with this error (yast2 alone will bring up the screen but selecting any subcommand ...
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Yast2 Software Management crashes - openSUSE Leap 15
I am unable to open Software Management from the Yast2 ui.
Opening from the terminal, following su - I can see these errors:
penguin:\~ # yast2
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to ...
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Google Authenticator in Yast
I've successfully added 2FA with Google Authenticator package on openSUSE Leap 42.1 for Display Manager, login, sudo and su. I have to enter a verification code from Android app every time I use these ...
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Qt required by KDE but not needed because already installed
I'm on Opensuse 42 leap and I'm struggling with this problem:
I have installed Qt in /opt/mypath and I'm using it in ld.so.conf. The problem is that my KDE packages require qt5 so Yast has installed ...
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zypper or yast unable to install third-party RPM from local repository
I am using a SLES11 SP4 machine, and trying to install an RPM from local yum repository.
All other RPMs which are provided by SUSE and copied in my local repository installs fine like mysql, samba etc....
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Moving partitions with YaST Expert Partitioner: "already created on disk and cannot be moved"
I am currently trying to use the YaST partitioner tool (on openSUSE 13.2 under VirtualBox) to move the Linux swap partition on a VirtualBox virtual disk image. Upon trying to move any given partition ...
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 - Where is the official package repository?
I'd like to install nano on a virtual machine installed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4. There are no package repositories defined in YaST. What repo URL should I use? I can't find any on the ...
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How to rename a CUPS printer?
I do lot of printing in command line through lpr command, for which I need conveniently short destination names like lp1, lp2 etc. In past I could name the printers, but in opensuse 13.2, yast ...
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What is the difference between “Change hostname via DHCP” versus “Assign Hostname to Loopback IP” in SUSE Linux network configuration setup?
I am using SUSE Linux and would like to know, what’s the difference between:
││[ ] Change Hostname via DHCP ...
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How do I increase the font size in YaST2 on openSUSE 13.2?
The font size in that application is eyestrainingly small for me to work with. How do I set it to a size of my choice?
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yast network settings: print or log
I'm trying to configure a static ip address on OpenSuSe but don't know how to log or print the network settings to the console with Yast. How do I print out the yast settings? I've been reading the ...
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Installingl YaST on Fedora 17
Is it possible to install YaST or YasST2 on Fedora 17, or is it only working on Suse distro's? I have been looking for an rpm or even source, so that I can compile and install.
Any help would be ...
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Why does YaST now show lines as lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq?
Today my YaST started rendering lines like this:
It makes it difficult to read.. Any idea what this is about and how I can fix it? I tried rebooting, no dice.
Edit -- here's my PuTTY config:
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Suse 12.3 install tomcat
Hi i have a fresh suse 12.3 installation.
when i try to install python, i get a error.
Problems
patterns-openSUSE-minimal_base-conflicts-12.3-7.10.1.i586 conflicts with python provided by python-2.7....
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can't install php5-devel on SLES11
I'm runnig for the first time SLES11(SP2) nad I have to install php5-devel on it, my problem is that it doesn't work with yast, I've download the rpm file and tried to install it, but it some how ...
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suse broken? Can't find glibc
I wanted to install the new postgres beta which is only available from source. On my server there was no gcc installed so I wanted to install gcc. After running yast, gcc 4.3.3 could only be installed ...
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Upgrade subversion to 1.7 on opensuse other than build source code
I'm using openSUSE Linux 11.4, it has Subversion 1.6.15 bundled. However, I'd like to upgrade to Subversion 1.7 today. However, the auto software update feature in YaST seems to only allow me to ...
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Apply userdir to the APACHE_MODULES in OpenSuse 12.1
i am running opensuse 12.1
i have installed apache2 and all lampp-things via YAST. But i am not sure if all is done now!?
linux-r4qe:/home/martin # apache2ctl -M |grep userdir
httpd2: Syntax error ...
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Error in repository initialization
I am running opensuse 12.1. When I start up YaST software manager I get an error:
There was an error in the repository initialization.
Error refreshing service Synergy (http://synergy-foss.org/pm/...
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Yast default password
I was configuring accounts of users in Open Suse 11.3 from Yast. I knew the password of each one, but the problem is that when I went into Yast User and Group Management there was six asterisks in the ...
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Installing VirtualBox gives kernel, grub and graphics card errors
I just tried booting into a virtual os and I got some error saying that I needed to check the kernel driver for vbox or whatever. I tried doing a ps -ef | grep vbox and also searched for the file. I ...