Yast Repositories For 10.2

Also, once you installed a certain package, you might not need that installation source any more. For example, once you installed the nVidia driver, you might as well disable that source (and perhaps refresh as well).

Having too many of those will create delays when starting yast as it starts downloading the package databases etc... but some of them you probably won't need anymore after you used them for certain purposes. Such as nVidia, Wine, etc. ...

I agree. However, I don't remove one that I don't need anymore. I simply turn it off. That way, I can turn it back on later if needed again when a new version of something comes out. The more active repositories you have, the longer it takes to verify them each time you run it.


Darkelve. You beat me to my point.

Yes. Sometimes, very seldomly, I'm actually fast
The long time it sometimes takes for all repos to be verified is one of the few negative things I experienced about the Yast+Online Update Sources approach. Then again, 99% of the time it works just fine. And I haven't run into dependency problems for ages...


Edit: actually, I think it wasn't very wise of me to suggest to disable the nvidia repository... because, if there's a new kernel update, then it won't upgrade the nvidia drivers also, will it?

I agree. However, I don't remove one that I don't need anymore. I simply turn it off. That way, I can turn it back on later if needed again when a new version of something comes out. The more active repositories you have, the longer it takes to verify them each time you run it.
Darkelve. You beat me to my point.
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the vlc repository isn't worth adding, Guru already has vlc

May I ask why this is still not stickied?

This really saved me alot of searching time. Thank you very much..

i have downloaded the repositories for vlc player in windows xp. but i dont have internet connection in linux due to some problem. how can i include the repositories in yast list without internet connection

You will have to get the internet connection working before you can do this.

A fine list worth a sticky

I hope I can find TA Spring in there somewhere...

A fine list worth a sticky

I hope I can find TA Spring in there somewhere...
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Thats the dime i was looking for! But are these safe?

Nick.