If I open YAST Software Manager, and simply click Accept, without having selected anything, over 2,000 texlive-xxxx packages are auto-selected for installation. Why? I can’t seem to install anything without letting these install.
Justin
Because something you have installed recommends texlive.
To prevent it from being installed, you could e.g. activate “Ignore recommended packages for already installed packages” in the “Options” menu.
Among possible candidates are LyX and Kile.