Updating KDE and other applications via YaST

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Type: Howto, Application-Specific (YaST)

Tested Versions: 9.x,10.x

Written By: Burmeister

Further Modifications By: Kamatsu

The easiest way to update your software is via YaST. To do so, add the sources for the software, as described in Adding YaST Sources

Refreshing YaST's installation sources

If you have added the sources some time in the past, you have to refresh them. To do so go into YaST > Software > Change installation source, select the source you want to refresh and click on the button "Edit" below the source-list. Click on "Refresh Source". After the source got refreshed, make sure to move it to a position above the SuSE installation CDs.

Updating packages

Now close the window and open YaST > Install or remove software. From the drop-down list at the top-left choose "Package-groups", go to the bottom of the list on the left-hand side and click on "zzz All".

In the list on the right-hand side you should now see all available packages. From the menus at the top of the window choose: Package > All packages in list > Refresh if updated package available. To check which packages have been scheduled for update you can choose "Summary" from the drop-down menu at the top-left of the window.

If you do not want to update all packages available for update, you should not use the Package > All Packages in list..., but rather click on the column-header "Available version" of the list displaying all available packages, in order to sort it. What you get is a group of packages in red, a group of packages in blue and one in black. The red packages have a higher version than those available to YaST, e.g. security-patches installed via YOU. The blue packages are those that a more recent version is available for. You can use the spacebar or the mouse to alter the icon in front of the package to set it to "update".

As I do not use the English GUI, please feel free to change the menu- and button-labels to the actual words used for the English GUI.