Quick Start Guide

4 Click Install to start the patch installation.
5 In case you have started the patch installation for the rst time, you will be
asked to enter the root password in order to proceed. If you also check Re-
member authorization you will never be asked again to provide the password.
6 The updater performs the installation of the patches. You can monitor the in-
stallation status by hovering the mouse over the update applet icon. See the
system tray for status messages and a progress meter.
Figure 3.2 KDE Updater Applet: Detailed Update View
3.3.1.2 Installing New Software Versions
New software versions are available from software repositories provided by the
openSUSE community. By default, no such repositories are precongured. To add a
repository, right-click on the updater icon and choose Add/Remove Update Sources.
You need to enter the root password to start the Congured Software Repositories
module. A list from which you can choose popular community repositories is already
precongured (Add > Community Repositories). For even more community reposito-
ries refer to http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories.
WARNING: Trusting External Software Sources
Before adding external software repositories to your list of repositories make sure
this repository can be trusted. openSUSE is not responsible for any potential
problems arising from software installed from third party software repositories.
The updater applet does not monitor repositories for new software versions by default.
To enable this feature, open the conguration window as described in Section 3.3.1.3,
“Conguring the Updater Applet” (page 47) and activate the check box Show Available
Upgrades When Back-End Provides Them. When the updater icon indicates the
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