zypper vs Gui (Yast)

Hi peoples

quick question…
I dunno whether this is a coincidence or what… but alot of the time, when using yast/or 1 click installer to install packages, I sometimes get alot of dependency errors…

for example today i reinstalled opensuse dvd, and tried the 1 click install multimedia codecs, and i got tons of errors, but then I tried it in the konsole using zypper, and I didn’t get any errors… it just installed what i needed no ifs or buts…

my question is… why the heck do these dependency problems happen using a gui, but it doesn’t happen in the konsole… zypper seems to be more reliable… dunno why though…

does this happen to any of you?

thanx

I never use the 1 click install myself, but my understanding is embedded in the one click install is the addition of extra repositories associated with the 1 click (where these repositories can be optionally removed at the end of the 1 click install process). Hence that means that there are different repositories associated when doing the 1 click install, as opposed to using zypper.

Different repositories can mean dependency’s are resolved differently, and with different repositories dependency conflicts can arise.

This may be another related reason why I always recommend ONLY the OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman repositories be left enabled in one’s software package manager and no others. None. Just those 4.

No, not to me.

P.S. Why is this thread located in “Network/Internet”?