Apt-get

andywhoa · June 6, 2010, 4:36am

Hi,

I’ve just installed OpenSUSE. I’ve never used it before. I typically use apt-get to install applications when using Ubuntu; so I’d like to use it with OpenSUSE.

I’ve read some documentation saying that I need to go to YaST -> Software and search for “apt” or “synaptic.” However, both of these searches yield no results. Additionally, using the Software Manager to search for these yields no results.

What can I do?

Thank you for your help

P.S. When I search for something in OpenSUSE and there are 0 results, I get HTML bold tags around the search criteria where it says there are no results (as in, I can actually see the code for the bold tag).

http://i45.tinypic.com/2iuuqeh.png

malcolmlewis · June 6, 2010, 4:56am

Hi
Use the command zypper instead? The other option is to alias the
apt-get command to zypper.

apt has been built by some users on the openSUSE build service, but
doesn’t look like it’s done for 11.2

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andywhoa · June 6, 2010, 5:25am

Thank you for your response

I’ll give zypper a try

New problem:

Buttons in Eclipse do not work… Meaning exactly that… when I click on a button (any button) in Eclipse IDE, nothing happens. The button gains focus, but it would appear no functionality is executed.

caf4926 · June 6, 2010, 5:30am

SDB:Zypper usage - openSUSE

gogalthorp · June 6, 2010, 6:50pm

This may help

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Ansus · June 13, 2010, 5:33am

Even if you install apt, you could not use SUSE repositories with it. You only would be able to add repositories from apt rpm -based distributions, such as PCLinuxOS, Alt Linux, Fedora (Fedora in fact also has SUSE-compatible yum system, so apt is not needed for adding a Fedora repo).

Xilanaz · June 16, 2010, 7:47pm

this might be because I use KDE, so please correct me if I am wrong, but the screenshot you posted to me shows your searching in the wrong area.

Open Yast Control Center
Select Software management and search there

To me it seems like your searching for apt in the Yast control center and not in the Software management.

But as I said I only use KDE but would Gnome be so different ?

DenverD · June 16, 2010, 8:11pm

Xilanaz wrote:
> To me it seems like your searching for apt in the Yast control center
> and not in the Software management.

imo the ‘correct’ answer is: do not use apt with openSUSE, instead use
YaST or Zypper.

Xilanaz · June 17, 2010, 7:13pm

Maybe, but the original poster wrote: “P.S. When I search for something in OpenSUSE and there are 0 results, I get HTML bold tags around the search criteria where it says there are no results (as in, I can actually see the code for the bold tag).”

because he is not searching in the software section… as the screenshot shows

DenverD · June 17, 2010, 7:40pm

Xilanaz wrote:
> because he is not searching in the software section… as the
> screenshot shows

OH!, now i understand your post…thanks!!
(i must admit, i had not seen the screenshot!)