Article: Using software.opensuse to find packages

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Finding and Installing Software for openSUSE

You can search for additional software (not available in the default or your current repository list)
Here: http://software.opensuse.org/search
You can see your current list of repos in Yast > Software > Repositories
Or open a terminal and do:

zypper lr -d

In our example, we are going to search for ‘Dropbox’. It has complications as a package because it’s desktop sensitive (KDE/Gnome). And actually there is an Article all about installing it:
Dropbox_KDE
Dropbox_Gnome

So it’s always worth looking in the Articles and Blog sections of the Forum first.

Back to our lesson: Searching for Applications (Dropbox)

  1. Visit: http://software.opensuse.org/search
  2. Type Dropbox
    in the search field:Searching for Dropbox

As shown, click Dropbox and see:
Condensed List

Expand the List and see:
All Packages and Repos

That concludes the Eg use of the software.opensuse search
However please note:

  1. Search the forum + Articles and Blog sections and or ask for help
  2. Don’t blindly follow the first thing you find
  3. For one off packages, you would typically disable the added repo/s post install
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Nice, compact info and it has all one needs to know.

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And if you don’t know the name of a package, but you are looking for a file sharing program, you can go to the German Wiki https://de.opensuse.org/Portal:Anwendungen and there https://de.opensuse.org/BitTorrent-Programme you can find more.