Operation Manual

NOTE: Installing Source Packages

Installing source packages with YaST Software Manager is not possible at the

moment. Use the command line tool zypper for this purpose. For more infor-

mation, see Section “Installing Source Packages” (page 98).

3.3.3 Updating Packages

Instead of updating individual packages, you can also update all installed packages or

all packages from a certain repository. When mass updating packages, the following

aspects are generally considered:

• priorities of the repositories that provide the package

• architecture of the package (for example, x86_64, i686, i586)

• version number of the package

• package vendor

Which of the aspects has the highest importance for choosing the update candidates

depends on the respective update option you choose.

To view the list of packages that can be updated (packages with higher versions

are available), select Upgradable in the bottom right box.

To update all packages listed there, click Upgrade All.

To install only upgradable packages for which an ofcial patch has been issued,

click Upgrade Patches. Those packages are marked by a patch tag next to their

version number. Choosing this option is equivalent to doing an online update

with YaST as described in Chapter 4, YaST Online Update (page 81).

If no patches have been issued since last applying patches, the button is disabled.

To make sure that the packages for a mass update derive from a certain repository:

Choose the repository from which to update as described in Section 3.3.1,

“Views for Searching Packages or Patterns” (page 70) .

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