Zypper manuals

Where can I find a single-point manual on using zypper?

I am picking up some of the basic commands from the forum and wiki, but there are other pieces I haven’t run across yet.
For example:

  • remove a program and unused dependencies
  • copy a list of installed applications for backup pursposes
  • run a lsit of applications from a file
  • repository management
  • etc.

If found Portal: Zypper - openSUSE but it doesn’t have much information on using it. I found the Man page ( SDB:Zypper manual (plain) - openSUSE ) so I do have that to go through.

Any other locations or suggested sources? Otherwise I guess I get to poke, prod and try in the meantime.

If there is no other location, would this be a good idea to build in the Wiki?

On 02/24/2012 04:56 PM, dragonbite wrote:
> I found the Man page ( ‘SDB:Zypper manual
> (plain) - openSUSE’ (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_manual_(plain)) )
> so I do have that to go through.

that is not “the man page” that is a dead end on the wiki

to read the “the man page” (which i think will answer most of your
questions) just open a terminal and type


man zypper

and, don’t miss the information in the same terminal by typing


info zypper


DD
What does DistroWatch write about YOU?: http://tinyurl.com/SUSEonDW

I figured I would have to use the Man page for it (when I’m back in front of it). A webpage of the Man page may be easier for reading purposes, unless I output the man page to a text file of some sort.

I am not familiar with “info”. I’ll have to try that and see what I get as well.

Thanks.

And if you want to see it in a nicely formatted way


konqueror man:/zypper # on kde
yelp man:zypper # gnome 2 not sure about gnome 3


PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.8.0 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram

When you want a man page presented by a browser for better readability use Konqueror. Use

man:/zypper

or, even shorter

#zypper

in the address bar.

On 02/24/2012 05:46 PM, dragonbite wrote:
> A webpage of the Man page may be easier for reading
> purposes, unless I output the man page to a text file of some sort.

if i had known what desktop environment you were using, and if it were
KDE i would have offered:

  1. press Alt and then F2
  2. type #zypper and press enter

marvel at what happens!!

caution!! never go to the internet and search for (say) “man zypper”
because it will turn up a man page for zypper…but it may not be
the man page for your zypper (or whatever it was you looking for,
man top, man chroot, man whatever) because those utilities DO change
over time and by distro…you should never assume the man from any
source other than the drive the system is on is valid! never.


DD
What does DistroWatch write about YOU?: http://tinyurl.com/SUSEonDW

Yes, my bad… I’m using openSUSE 12.1 and KDE

You mentioned “by distro”, does another distribution run zypper? I always thought it was an openSUSE product (like Yast… open source and available but nobody else has decided to use it).

I thought you were going ot say to be careful about “man zypper” because it may be something completely unrelated to Linux… :embarrassed:

The warning about preferring the man pages on your system before those on the Internet is of course general. And done because you seem to look on the internet for a man page readily available on your own system fort your own version of installation.

There are other distros considering running zypper.

For easier reading, I usually export the man page to a nice PDF!

man -t zypper | ps2pdf - man.zypper.pdf

Voila.

I keep a printed copy of the zypper cheat sheet (1 and 2) on my desk always - it contains some of the most frequently used commands.

On 02/24/2012 07:36 PM, dragonbite wrote:
>
> DenverD;2443196 Wrote:
>> zypper (or whatever <********** SEE THIS LINE
>
> You mentioned “by distro”, does another distribution run zypper? I
> always thought it was an openSUSE product (like Yast… open source and
> available but nobody else has decided to use it).

a “man [whatever]” internet search might very easily pull up the man for
the 2011 (or 1998) [whatever] for Red Hat, Debian or any other distro
which has [whatever] and the one found may or may not match your
installed [whatever] in many ways, some of which might fry you system
and set your house on fire (see the caveat in my sig)

that is especially true if you happen on a man from 1998…

> I thought you were going ot say to be careful about “man zypper”
> because it may be something completely unrelated to Linux…

nope…i was right on topic.


DD
What does DistroWatch write about YOU?: http://tinyurl.com/SUSEonDW

a “man [whatever]” internet search might very easily pull up the man for
the 2011 (or 1998) [whatever] for Red Hat, Debian or any other distro

You might even get a man page belonging to HP-UX, Solaris, …

You guys are Blowing my mind! Both these tips are so good. Alt+F2 is killer, can you send the link to a different browser? Who knew ps2pdf was there? Thank you, I can pipe that right into pdf app on KDE?