search package names and summaries. Press the search item to change this lter
and search the le lists, for example.
The software manager also oers dierent views and lters for displaying package
lists. These are available from the pull-down menu in the upper left corner:
Groups
The default view lists all packages sorted by groups such as Admin Tools,
Graphics, Programming, or Security.
RPM Groups
Lists all packages sorted by functionality with groups and subgroups. For example
Networking > Email > Clients.
Repositories
Filter to list packages by repository. In order to select more than one repository,
hold the [Ctrl] key while clicking on repository names. The “pseudo repository”
@System lists all packages currently installed.
To add, edit, or remove available repositories, click Edit Repositories.
Patterns
Lists all patterns available for installation on your system.
Languages
Filter to list all packages needed to add a new system language.
The box in the lower right corner of the dialog also allows to lter for packages that
are Installed, Not Installed or Upgradable. If you select the No Status entry, all
available packages from the congured repositories are displayed, independent of
their status.
5.3.2 Installing and Removing Packages or Patterns
Certain packages are dependent on other packages, such as shared libraries. On
the other hand, some packages cannot coexist with others on the system. If possible,
YaST automatically resolves these dependencies or conicts. If your choice results
in a dependency conict that cannot be automatically solved, you need to solve it
manually as described in Section 5.2.4, “Checking Software Dependen-
cies” (page 85).
1 Search for packages as described in Section 5.3.1, “Views for Searching
Packages or Patterns” (page 86).
2 The packages found are listed in the right pane. To further lter the search
results according to package status (Any Status, Not Installed, Installed,
Upgradable), select one of the entries in the box at the lower left corner of
the dialog. For details about a package, click the package in the list. Informa-
tion like available versions, authors and changelog of the package are dis-
played in the lower right corner of the window.
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