I’m new to opensuse 11.2 / gnome. I’d like to install Stellarium from Stellarium. Their download button dumps a .tar.gz file on my hard drive. Can I use YaST to install it from there? I tried a command line install from a tutorial I read somewhere but I lack the make file or cmake or whatever. Can I do this through a GUI? I’ve only installed one other program and it was a fairly automated process. Thanks!
sbeyerkc wrote:
> I’m new to opensuse 11.2 / gnome. I’d like to install Stellarium from
> ‘Stellarium’ (http://www.stellarium.org).
may i suggest that you stop installing software the old fashioned way,
where you go to sites all over the net download who-knows-what kind of
evil might be inside…and, instead use the openSUSE repositories of
malware clean programs…
the M$ way is SO last century…
use YaST and its Software Management function instead and it will
fetch, unpack, install thousands of programs from our repos…
Stellarium is in the education repo…open YaST > Community
Repositories and enable these repos ONLY:
oss, non-oss, update, packman and education
some of those should already be enabled…if ANY others are enabled,
then disable those…normally you should only have the first four
enabled–for a stable, dependable system…
then, close the repo module and open Software Management, in the
search blank type stellarium and click search…when the list pops up
on the right side, right click (to install) stellarium and then click
the accept button at the bottom…done, you should find the new
program in your menu…
NOTE: our repos are housed in (for example) university, government and
donated servers all over the world…YaST will automatically be
directed to one close…but, even then traffic conditions and the
owners use of their machine may cause some delay in fetching all
needed data–BE PATIENT, do not abort the install process…doing so
is a great way to mess up your system…click accept and go make tea,
or something…plan on up to 30 minutes…but, i guess five will do
it… repeat: do NOT click the abort button or close the YaST window…
welcome to the new way of computing safely…and, do some reading
about your new system, this would be a good place to start:
http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts
one thing we have is LOTs of great documentation to get you going, see
this earlier posting of mine: http://tinyurl.com/3a5rong
again -=welcome=-
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The repository route is the way I wanted to go but didn’t know how to know the program was there. I’d already searched via Software Management and it didn’t show so I obviously (now) don’t have the education repo enabled. I’ll get them all enabled and install that method. Thanks!
BTW - the “Concepts” link is very good - don’t know how I missed that one.
sbeyerkc wrote:
> but didn’t know how to know the program was there. I’d already
> searched via Software Management and it didn’t show
here is the ‘trick’ i used to find the package:
http://software.opensuse.org/search
and, another place to look is
http://packages.opensuse-community.org/
i didn’t directly point you there because i’m kinda anti-oneclick
installs…
they are ok, but ONLY if you know you must not leave all the repos it
adds enabled…because i can’t count the number of folks who come here
with problems, and their only problem is they have more than the basic
four (oss, non-oss, update & packman) repos enabled…
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