Install with yast

Once your installation has completed, and you select the option " Finish you will be taken back to the main "YAST Control Center" screen. Now if you go back into the " Software Management " option and add our package name into the "Search Phrase" box and press enter. This is indicated by the "small " i " located to the left of the package.

The procedure for " Deleting or Updating " a package is almost identical, however, from the menu screen you simply choose " Install " or " Update ". What is Yast? In the examples below, we will give a quick overview of some of the common uses of yast as a package management tool: YaST Control Center From the command line we issue the command " yast ", this will open up the following interactive menu.

Note: you need to be the "root" user to invoke the "yast" administration tool From this menu we can now use the cursor keys to highlight any of the selected menus. Once you have highlighted this option, press "Enter" to select. Social Media Links. All rights reserved. Remember that there's always a risk involved with updating, so think twice before doing this, especially if you already have a system that is working to your satisfaction.

When the contents of repository changes, it is important to re-fetch the list of packages from the installation repository. If the list of packages is not up to date, YaST will show errors while installing the package that package was not found. The wikis are now using the new authentication system. Jump to: navigation , search.

It's used to install additional software packages or to remove installed packages. Refer to Section This dialog presents all the hardware information YaST could obtain about your computer.

When called, the hardware detection routine is started. Depending on your system, this may take some time. Select any item in the list and click Details to see detailed information about the selected item. Use Save to File to save a detailed list to either the local file system or a floppy. Using kdump, you can save a dump of the kernel in case of a crash to analyze what went wrong.

Use this dialog to enable and configure kdump. Find detailed information at Chapter 18, kexec and kdump. After configuring all installation settings, click Install in the Installation Settings window to start the installation.

Some software may require a license confirmation. If your software selection includes such software, license confirmation dialogs are displayed. Click Accept to install the software package. When not agreeing to the license, click I Disagree and the software package will not be installed. In the dialog that follows, confirm with Install again. The installation usually takes between 15 and 30 minutes, depending on the system performance and the selected software scope. After having prepared the hard disk and having saved and restored the user settings, the software installation starts.

After the software installation has completed, the basic system is set up. Next YaST boots into the new Linux system to start the system configuration. If you install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on a machine with existing Linux installations, the installation routine automatically imports the SSH host key with the most recent access time from an existing installation.

In cases where an automatic reboot is not possible, YaST will show a dialog box containing information about from which device to do an IPL. Accept the shutdown option and perform an IPL after the shutdown. The procedure varies according to the type of installation:. Now start the loading process. Log in to the VM guest see Example 4. The parameter length is limited to eight characters. Longer numbers must be separated by spaces:. After IPLing the installed system, establish a connection with it to complete the installation.

The steps involved in this vary depending on the type of connection used at the outset. A message in the terminal asks you to connect to the Linux system using a VNC client.

This message is easily missed, however, because it is mixed with kernel messages and the terminal process might quit before you become aware of the message. If nothing happens for five minutes, try to initiate a connection to the Linux system using a VNC viewer. If you connect using a Java-capable browser, enter the complete URL, consisting of the IP address of the installed system along with the port number, in the following fashion:.

When IPLing the installed system, make sure that the X server used for the first phase of the installation is up and still available before booting from the DASD. YaST opens on this X server to finish the installation. Complications may arise if the system is booted up but unable to connect to the X server in a timely fashion.

Start SSH in an xterm. Other terminal emulators lack complete support for the text-based interface of YaST. A message in the terminal asks you to connect to the Linux system with an SSH client. Once the message appears, use SSH to log in to the Linux system as root. If the connection is denied or times out, wait for the login timeout to expire, then try again this time may vary depending on server settings. Just executing the command yast does not suffice in this case.

YaST then begins completing the installation of the remaining packages and creating an initial system configuration. The system is now installed, but not yet configured for use. The hardware, the network and other services are not yet set up. Having rebooted, the system starts the manual configuration.

If the configuration fails at one of the steps of this stage, it restarts and continues from the last successful step. Unlike regular users, who may or may not have permission to execute administrative commands on the system, root has unlimited command capacity, for instance changing the system configuration, installing programs, and setting up new hardware. If users forget their passwords or have other problems with the system, root can help.

The root account should only be used for system administration, maintenance, and repair. Logging in as root for daily work is rather risky: a single mistake could lead to the irretrievable loss of system files. For verification purposes, the password for root must be entered twice. Do not forget the root password.

Once entered, this password cannot be retrieved. When typing passwords, the characters are replaced by dots, so you do not see the string you are typing. If you are unsure whether you have typed the correct string, use the Test Keyboard Layout field for testing purposes. The default encryption type is Blowfish.

The root can be changed any time later in the installed system. The hostname is the computer's name in the network. The domain name is the name of the network. A hostname and domain are proposed by default. If your system is part of a network, the hostname has to be unique in this network, whereas the domain name has to be common to all hosts on the network. In many networks, the system receives its name over DHCP.

In this case it is not necessary to modify the proposed hostname and domain name. To be able to access your system using this hostname, even when it is not connected to the network, select Assign Hostname to Loopback IP.

Do not enable this option when your machine provides network services. If you often change networks without restarting the desktop environment e. For the IBM System z platforms, a working network connection is needed at installation time to connect to the target system, the installation source, and the YaST terminal controlling the process.

The steps to set up the network are discussed in Section 4. The YaST dialog simply displays the interface with its settings as already configured. Just confirm this dialog to continue. If desired, you can also use NetworkManager to manage all your network devices. However, the traditional method is the preferred option for server solutions. The network can also be configured after the system installation has been completed. If you skip it now, your system is left offline unable to retrieve any available updates.

To configure your network connection later, select Skip Configuration and click Next. Enable or disable the use of NetworkManager as described above. Also change the IPv6 support here. By default the IPv6 support is enabled. To disable it, click Disable IPv6. For more information about IPv6, see Section By default SuSEFirewall2 is enabled on all configured network interfaces. To globally disable the firewall for this computer, click on Disable.

If the firewall is enabled, you may Open the SSH port in order to allow remote connections via secure shell. To open the detailed firewall configuration dialog, click on Firewall. See Section All network cards detected by YaST are listed here. If you have already set up a network connection during the installation as described in Section 6.

A click on Network Interfaces opens the Network Settings dialog, where you can change existing configurations, set up networks cards not configured yet, or add and configure additional cards. Refer to Chapter 11, Accessing the Internet for further information. Choose Allow Remote Administration in the following dialog and adjust your firewall settings accordingly. If you have a proxy server controlling the Internet access in your network, configure the proxy URLs and authentication details in this dialog.

This discards any changes made. After having configured a network connection, you can test it. Read them at the end of the installation process. A successful test is also a prerequisite for the automatic addition of the default repositories and for updating online. If you have multiple network interfaces, verify that the desired card is used to connect to the Internet.

If not, click Change Device. In the following dialog, view the progress of the test and the results. Detailed information about the test process is available via View Logs. If the test fails, click Back to return to the network configuration to correct your entries. Proceed with Next. If the test was successful, the official software repositories for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and the update repository will be configured.

Downloading the repository data for the first time may take some time. This also skips downloading the release notes, configuring the customer center and updating online. These steps can be performed any time after the system has been initially configured.

To get technical support and product updates, you need to register and activate your product with the Novell Customer Center. The Novell Customer Center Configuration provides assistance for doing so. If you are offline or want to skip this step, select Configure Later. In Include for Convenience , select whether to send unsolicited additional information, such as your Hardware Profile or Optional Information when registering.

This simplifies the registration process. Click on Details to get in-depth information about how the data will be collected. In order to obtain information about which data will be sent for your specific product, the Novell server will be connected.

Tweak everything YaST includes modules to configure almost every aspect of a Linux system and provides a solid framework for further development. Unattended installation AutoYaST enables you to export system-configuration settings and install them on thousands of other systems automatically.