Hi,
When i let my computer run the openSUSE update, is there some reason it download, installs, then downloads the next package. That just slows down my computer so is there a way to change that.
Thanks in advance and Happy New Years
what do you want it to do? download all then install all…or, what?
(there is a way to do that in 11.2, but i don’t remember just now how
to do it…i’d guess the forum’s search engine could find it…or,
someone else might know–if you confirm that is what you want)
and, when you say “slows down my computer” i wonder if you realize you
don’t have to sit and watch YaST do its work…just tell it to do it
and go back to your typing your doctoral dissertation in OpenOffice
Writer, or something…
and, i wonder if download install download install download install
etc is really faster than download download download install install
install…anyone know (because i figure both take exactly the same
amount of time)?
–
palladium
Yes, that is what i mean.
I do know that you can do that, but i only have 768 MB RAM so it slows down considerably.
Also, i think it would be faster because the download would not be interupted to do the install.
Thanks
On 01/01/2010 08:16 PM, vader95 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When i let my computer run the openSUSE update, is there some reason it
> download, installs, then downloads the next package. That just slows
> down my computer so is there a way to change that.
>
>
> Thanks in advance and Happy New Years
>
>
You can change zypper’s behavior in ~/zypper.conf or /etc/zypp/zypper.conf
The way it downloads and installs can be configured there in 11.2.
I just don’t have an 11.2 machine running, I can’t remember exactly and
don’t bother to boot one, sorry.
Have a look at those files.
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the file you want to alter is:
/etc/zypp/zypp.conf
there is also a “zypper.conf” but it deals with other things.
scan thru the well commented and self-explanatory file (kudos zypper team) and alter the appropriate line to:
commit.downloadMode = DownloadInAdvance
this should give you what you want, the next time you start yast2.
it’s possible to change other behaviors as well… i did.
