Operation Manual
3.4.2 Managing Repository Properties
The Congured Software Repositories overview of the Software Repositories lets you
change the following repository properties:
Status
The repository status can either be Enabled or Disabled. You can only install
packages from repositories that are enabled. To turn a repository off temporarily
click Disable. You can also double-click on a repository name to toggle its status.
If you want to remove a repository completely, click Delete.
Refresh
When refreshing a repository, its content description (package names, versions,
etc.) is downloaded to a local cache that is used by YaST. It is sufcient to do this
once for static repositories such as CDs or DVDs, whereas repositories whose
content changes often should be refreshed frequently. Enable The easiest way to
keep a repository's cache up-to-date is to choose Automatically Refresh. To do a
manual refresh click Refresh and select one of the options.
Keep Downloaded Packages
Packages from remote repositories are downloaded before being installed. By de-
fault, they are deleted upon a successful installation. Activating Keep Downloaded
Packages prevents the deletion of downloaded packages. The download location
is congured in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf, by default it is /var/cache/zypp/
packages.
Priority
The Priority of a repository is a value between 1 and 200, with 1 being the highest
priority and 200 the lowest priority. Any new repositories that are added with
YaST get a priority of 99 by default. If you do not care about a priority value for
a certain repository, you can also set the value to 0 to apply the default priority to
that repository (99). If a package is available in more than one repository, then the
repository with the highest priority takes precedence. This is useful if you want to
avoid downloading packages unnecessarily from the Internet by giving a local
repository (for example, a DVD) a higher priority.
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