After conrming these messages, YaST will download and parse the metadata
and add the repository to the list of Congured Repositories..
6 If needed, adjust the repository Properties as described in Section 5.4.2,
“Managing Repository Properties” (page 92) or conrm your changes with OK
to close the conguration dialog.
Now you can install software from this repository as described in Section 5.2, “Using
the KDE Interface (Qt)” (page 80) or in Section 5.3, “Using the GNOME Interface
(GTK+)” (page 86).
YaST also oers a list of predened popular repositories available under Community
Repositories. Among others, it includes driver repositories for nVidia and ATI graphics
cards, and popular projects from the openSUSE® Build Service, such as the Mozilla
repository (containing packages with the most recent versions of Firefox and Thun-
derbird).
Procedure 5.1: Conguring Community Repositories
1 Start YaST and select Software > Software Repositories.
2 Click Add.
3 Choose Community Repositories and proceed with Next.
4 From the precongured list of repositories choose the ones you want to add
by ticking the respective check boxes. The Mozilla repository, for example, is
listed as openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla.
Conrm with OK.
5 Accept to Import the GPG key. You need to import a key for each repository
you have chosen.
6 The new software repositories are now listed in the Congured Software
Repositories overview. Click OK to leave the software repositories conguration.
5.4.2 Managing Repository Properties
The Congured Software Repositories overview of the Software Repositories lets you
change the following repository properties:
Status
The repository status can either be Enabled or Disabled. You can only install
packages from repositories that are enabled. To turn a repository o temporarily
click Disable. You can also double-click on a repository name to toggle its status.
If you want to remove a repository completely, click Delete.
Refresh
When refreshing a repository, its content description (package names, versions,
etc.) is downloaded to a local cache that is used by YaST. It is sucient to do this
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