To install a package:

zypper install packagename

To search for a package:

zypper search packagename


If you haven't enabled the main community repositories, I recommend
you do so, to have more packages available. You can go into Yast2 and
click "Community Repositories", or "yast2 inst_productsources" in a
terminal. You'll probably want to tick "Main Repository (OSS)", "Main
Repository (NON-OSS)" and "Packman Repository".

As for the nvidia drivers, the manual ones from the nvidia website
technically work, but as on any distro, you need to have the kernel
sources installed so it can build the module, and it breaks when you
upgrade your kernel. It's much easier just to use the "one-click
install", which opens with yast metapackage handler:

http://opensuse-community.org/nvidia.ymp

That automatically adds the NVIDIA repository and installs the latest
version from there. It's much simpler, you don't need the kernel
sources, and it still works when you upgrade your kernel. There's also
a one-click install for the legacy nvidia drivers, if you have a
really old card. http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA is a good page to check
out.


David



On Feb 1, 2008 8:23 PM, Lee Isaacson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry to bother you all again.
>
> I have been searching on the net and would like to know the yast commands
> that one can use in a terminal basically to install a program and to
> search for a program in the Yast repositories.
>
> Aslo can I use the nvidia drivers from the nvidia web-site on Open Suse 10.3?
>
> Thanks,
> Lee
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