using YAST2 with a RPM package

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could someone please help with the installation of a printer driver which comes as “xyz-printer.tar” and contains:
something_or_other.rpm
yet_another.rpm
some_stuff.tar.gz

I stored them in
home/my_name/downloads/my_printer

How do I tell yast2 to install the stuff??

If I click on one of the rpm files it complains about unresolved dependencies, which are probably linked to contents of the .tar.gz file. I have unpacked it into a directory below …/my_printer.

thanks!

2

Are there not text files in there, usually there are, with instructions.

Yast will probably NOT install those. You need to run them from a su terminal.

rpm -ihv packagename.rpm

(Tab will auto complete by the way)

3

You can use yast, the following command will do the trick

yast -i package.rpm

But the above RPM command is also valid. Check for conflicts first using rpm -ivh --test package.rpm