Quick Start Guide

zypper patch --bugzilla= number
or
zypper patch --cve= number
For example, to install a security patch with the CVE number CVE-2010-2713, execute:
zypper patch --cve=CVE-2010-2713
9.1.3.2 Installing Updates
If a repository contains only new packages, but does not provide patches,
zypper patch does not show any eect. To update all installed packages with newer
available versions, use:
zypper update
To update individual packages, specify the package with either the update or install
command:
zypper update package_name
zypper install package_name
A list of all new installable packages can be obtained with the command:
zypper list-updates
Note that this command only packages lists packages that match the following criteria:
• has the same vendor like the already installed package,
• is provided by repositories with at least the same priority than the already in-
stalled package,
• is installable (all dependencies are satised).
A list of all new available packages (regardless whether installable or not) can be
obtained with:
zypper list-updates --all
To nd out why a new package cannot be installed, just use the zypper install or
zypper update command as described above.
9.1.3.3 Upgrading to a New Product Version
To easily upgrade your installation to a new product version (for example, from
openSUSE 11.4 to openSUSE 12.1), rst adjust your repositories to match the current
openSUSE repositories. For details, refer to Section 9.1.4, “Managing Repositories
with Zypper” (page 117). Then use the zypper dist-upgrade command with the re-
quired repositories. This command ensures that all packages will be installed from
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