Quick Start Guide

After conrming these messages, YaST will download and parse the metadata
and add the repository to the list of Congured Repositories..
6 If needed, adjust the repository Properties as described in Section 5.4.2,
“Managing Repository Properties” (page 92) or conrm your changes with OK
to close the conguration 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 oers a list of predened 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: Conguring Community Repositories
1 Start YaST and select Software > Software Repositories.
2 Click Add.
3 Choose Community Repositories and proceed with Next.
4 From the precongured 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.
Conrm 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 Congured Software
Repositories overview. Click OK to leave the software repositories conguration.
5.4.2 Managing Repository Properties
The Congured 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 sucient to do this
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