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Hi
I wanted to install an application called qlandkartegt, bur I wasn’t able to find a package for in Yast. Some searching led me to the package search on software.opensuse.org, and I found the package i wanted here:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_12.2/i586/QLandkarteGT-1.7.1-1.1.i586.rpm. I also found all the other packages needed to resolve dependencies.

How can I set up Yast so that I can install this software from Yast?

Thanks,
Bjorn

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http://software.opensuse.org/package/QLandkarteGT

Just click on the one click install and follow the instructions (it will launch Yast and should drag in dependencies automatically).
In one of the screens there is a check box “remember this repository” (or something like that)
It is checked by default and will add that repository to your list of repositories for future use.

edit: btw you need to click on “show unstable packages”

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bkv1 wrote:
>
> Hi
> I wanted to install an application called qlandkartegt, bur I wasn’t
> able to find a package for in Yast. Some searching led me to the package
> search on software.opensuse.org, and I found the package i wanted here:
> http://tinyurl.com/q3hrhff. I also found all the other packages needed
> to resolve dependencies.
>
> How can I set up Yast so that I can install this software from Yast?
>
> Thanks,
> Bjorn
>
>

Use the “1 click” links to install the relevant packages from this page
http://software.opensuse.org/package/QLandkarteGT

Note:-
Use the 1 click link against the correct version of openSUSE you use
1 click mechanism works with firefox and not with chrome/chromium

GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

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You can add this repo with zypper via:

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_12.2/ GEO

I’m not familiar with Yast, but I’m sure there is an option for it.

Or you take software.opensuse.org/package/QLandkarteGT. You can use there the 1-click-install option. Yast will install the software provided all dependencies are met. It is possible that you must install other packages from other foreign repos.

But be careful. The 1-click-install will add the repo to the repo list and it can cause trouble in the future with packages from the other repos… I’m not a friend of it and don’t ever use it.

I download in such cases all needed packages to a local repo and install them from there. Saves trouble. lol!

Or you download all required RPMs to a folder, change to that folder with “cd” and install them with “rpm -ivh *”.

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I have used it quite a lot over a number of years and don’t recall ever having had trouble with it.
Adding the repo to the list is an option. If it is unlikely you will use that repo again then simply de-select the option to remember.

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Should only be a hint. Many people had/have problems with dozens off foreign repos added to the repo list.

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Thanks, guys. The 1-click install with Firefox did the trick!