Quick Start Guide

View a list of all module names available on your system with yast -l or yast --list.
Start the network module, for example, with yast lan.
12.3.2 Installing Packages from the Command Line
If you know a package name and the package is provided by any of your active in-
stallation repositories, you can use the command line option -i to install the package:
yast -i <package_name>
or
yast --install <package_name>
package_name can be a single short package name, for example gvim, which is installed
with dependency checking, or the full path to an rpm package, which is installed
without dependency checking.
If you need a command-line based software management utility with functionality
beyond what YaST provides, consider using zypper. This new utility uses the same
software management library that is also the foundation for the YaST package
manager. The basic usage of zypper is covered in Section 9.1, “Using Zyp-
per” (page 111).
12.3.3 Command Line Parameters of the YaST Modules
To use YaST functionality in scripts, YaST provides command line support for individ-
ual modules. Not all modules have command line support. To display the available
options of a module, enter:
yast <module_name> help
If a module does not provide command line support, the module is started in text
mode and the following message appears:
This YaST module does not support the command line interface.
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