Question regarding yum/yast

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#1

I am using debian and wanted to try opensuse. When I wanted to get something like XMMS (MP3 Player) I would do apt-get install xmms. I tried doing this using yum but it doesn’t do anything. Is there something similar to apt-get in opensuse?
It seems like yast/yum only pull packages from the CD.

#2

Try zypper. Syntax is very similar to apt-get.

#3

encino wrote:
> I am using debian and wanted to try opensuse. When I wanted to get
> something like XMMS (MP3 Player) I would do apt-get install xmms. I
> tried doing this using yum but it doesn’t do anything. Is there
> something similar to apt-get in opensuse?
> It seems like yast/yum only pull packages from the CD.
>
>
Although yum works, the command line package management really is
zypper. If you wanted xmms you would run zypper in xmms.

#4

so it would be zypper install xmms ?
cause that doesnt work so obviously I am doing something wrong.
do i need to add an additional repo?

#5

Package Repositories - openSUSE

Add Package Repositories to YaST - openSUSE

#6

What version of openSUSE are you using and what is the output to zypper lr?

#7

opensuse 11

zypper install xmms
Reading installed packages…
‘xmms’ not found
Nothing to do.

I d/led the RPM and tried to install that way but it tells me its missing a dependency gtk+ but when I do a zypper install gtk+ it tells me its already installed.
I am doing rpm -i xmms-1.2.10-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
gtk+ >= 1:1.2.2 is need by xmms-1.2.10-1.i386.rpm
then I do zypper install gtk+ I get:
Reading installed packages…
‘gtk’ providing ‘gtk+’ is already installed.
Nothing to do.

#8

There are two things you should check:

  1. Check if you have added all the needed Repositories. You can do this very simple by using YAST. I think adding the Packman Repository should do it, if it is XMMS you are looking for. Try

zypper lr

and post your output here, so we can see if everything is right with your repositories.

  1. zypper is case-sensitive and it is a fundamential requirement, that the package you want to install is written in the right way. So, if you want to install a package from a repository, you should start searching it:

zypper search xmms

Doing this, you will get a list of all packages containing xmms (for looking up also in descriptions and more stuff about zypper head for the man-page) and you can install the package you want.