In LEAP 16, yast2 won't run in graphical mode

SDB:System_upgrade_to_Leap_16.0#Major_changes

Most of YaST stack was removed from SLES 16 and therefore Leap

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  • The traditional YaST stack is retired in favor of:
  • Cockpit for system management
  • Myrlyn as a drop-in replacement for the YaST Software GUI (Note: YaST is still available in Tumbleweed but will no longer be developed. YaST has been removed from Leap 16 and Myrlyn takes on this role of software installation like YaST. If someone is interested in the maintanece of YaST for further development and bugfixes, the sources are available on github.)

As of Leap 16, Yast2 is dead and buried. So you don’t have much choice:

  • Tumbleweed, while yast is still available (not for long)

  • Use Cockpit, even if it’s much less complete

  • switch to mageia and its control center (draktools)