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Zypper package installer for Suse/Opensuse
To verify whether all dependencies are still fulfilled and to repair missing dependencies, use:
# zypper verify
Updating the entire distribution
# zypper dist-upgrade
zypper list-patches
To list all patches regardless of whether they are needed, use the option –all additionally. For example, to list all patches with a CVE number assigned, use:
# zypper list-patches --all --cve
If a repository contains only new packages, but does not provide patches, zypper patch does not show any effect. To update all installed packages with newer available versions (while main- taining system integrity), use:
# sudo zypper update
To update individual packages, specify the package with either the update or install command:
# zypper update PACKAGE_NAME # zypper install PACKAGE_NAME
A list of all new installable packages can be obtained with the command:
# zypper list-updates
Note that this command only lists packages that match the following criteria: has the same vendor like the already installed package, is provided by repositories with at least the same priority than the already installed pack- age,is installable (all dependencies are satisfied). A list of all new available packages (regardless whether installable or not) can be obtained with:
# zypper list-updates --all
When patching, updating or removing packages, there may be running processes on the system which continue to use files having been deleted by the update or removal. Use zypper ps to list processes using deleted files. In case the process belongs to a known service, the service name is listed, making it easy to restart the service. By default zypper ps shows a table:
# zypper ps PID | PPID | UID | User | Command | Service | Files ------+------+-----+-------+--------------+--------------+------------------- 814 | 1 | 481 | avahi | avahi-daemon | avahi-daemon | /lib64/ld-2.19.s
# zypper ps --print "systemctl status %s" Show the commands to retrieve status information for services which might need a restart. systemctl status avahi-daemon systemctl status irqbalance systemctl status postfix systemctl status sshd
List repository
# zypper repos
List repository with more details
# zypper repos -d
zypper enables you to fetch changes in packages from configured repositories. To fetch the changes, run:
# zypper refresh
zypper removerepo 1
The following command will enable the repository named updates , turn on auto-refresh and set its priority to 20:
# sudo zypper modifyrepo -er -p 20 'updates'
To search for packages which provide a special capability, use the command what-provides . For example, if you want to know which package provides the Perl module SVN::Core , use the following command:
# zypper what-provides 'perl(SVN::Core)'
Simple search for a package name containing fire
# zypper search "fire"
Simple search for the exact package MozillaFirefox
# zypper search --match-exact "MozillaFirefox"
Also search in package descriptions and summaries
# zypper search -d fire
Only display packages not already installed
# zypper search -u fire
Display packages containing the string fir not followed be e
# zypper se "/fir[^e]/"
Zypper Rollback Feature on Btrfs File System
If the Btrfs filesystem is used on the root partition and snapper is installed, Zypper automati- cally calls snapper when committing changes to the filesystem to create appropriate filesystem snapshots. These snapshots can be used to revert any changes made by Zypper.
If not enable, you can activate snapshots using
# snapper -c root create-config /
Config files of snapper are located in /etc/snapper, snapshots will not take more than 50% of filesystem space
Keep in mind that snapshots require a Btrfs root filesystem with subvolumes set up as proposed by the installer and a partition size of at least 16 GB. Iinitially a snapshot does not occupy additional disk space. If data in the original filesystem is modified, changed data blocks are copied while the old data blocks are kept for the snapshot.
Suse 15
Add an additionnal repository, on register Suse 15, first list available repositories
prlnx01:~ # SUSEConnect --list-extensions AVAILABLE EXTENSIONS AND MODULES Basesystem Module 15 x86_64 (Installed) Deactivate with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-basesystem/15/x86_64 Containers Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-containers/15/x86_64 Desktop Applications Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-desktop-applications/15/x86_64 Development Tools Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-development-tools/15/x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-we/15/x86_64 -r ADDITIONAL REGCODE SUSE Cloud Application Platform Tools Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-cap-tools/15/x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-live-patching/15/x86_64 -r ADDITIONAL REGCODE SUSE Package Hub 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/15/x86_64 Server Applications Module 15 x86_64 (Installed) Deactivate with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-server-applications/15/x86_64 Legacy Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-legacy/15/x86_64 Public Cloud Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-public-cloud/15/x86_64 SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 x86_64 (BETA) Activate with: SUSEConnect -p ses/6/x86_64 -r ADDITIONAL REGCODE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-ha/15/x86_64 -r ADDITIONAL REGCODE Web and Scripting Module 15 x86_64 Activate with: SUSEConnect -p sle-module-web-scripting/15/x86_64 MORE INFORMATION You can find more information about available modules here: https://www.suse.com/products/server/features/modules.html
Add a new repository
prlnx01:~ # SUSEConnect -p sle-module-desktop-applications/15/x86_64 Registered sle-module-desktop-applications 15 x86_64 To server: https://scc.suse.com Successfully registered system.
List available repositories
prlnx01:~ # zypper lr Repository priorities are without effect. All enabled repositories share the same priority. # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+-------- … 6 | Desktop_Applications_Module_15_x86_64:SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Debuginfo-Pool | SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Debuginfo-Pool | No | ---- | ---- 7 | Desktop_Applications_Module_15_x86_64:SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Debuginfo-Updates | SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Debuginfo-Updates | No | ---- | ---- 8 | Desktop_Applications_Module_15_x86_64:SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Pool | SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Pool | Yes | (r ) Yes | No 9 | Desktop_Applications_Module_15_x86_64:SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Source-Pool | SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Source-Pool | No | ---- | ---- 10 | Desktop_Applications_Module_15_x86_64:SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Updates | SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications15-Updates | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes …
Install X11
prlnx01:~ # zypper install xorg-x11-server
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