On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I have inherited an OpenSuSE box and I want to update it using the > command line. As odd as this may sound, I can't seem to figure it out, > and Google is just polluted with lame "Cool Solutions" articles that > don't really help. I *did* manage to install a package (logwatch) from > the online repository using yast --install, but now I want to update all > my packages. How do I do that?
What version is it? > > Just for clarity, this is what I would do on Debian/Ubuntu: > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade That would be: zypper ref zypper up Unless it is an old version that predates zypper. If that's the case, it's probably not maintained anymore, and you should install the latest version. > > What is the OpenSuSE equivalent? > > Also, what is the equivalent of /etc/redhat-release in OpenSuSE? /etc/SuSE-release /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
