6 Configure Online Software Repositories

Now we configure the online software repositories that our OpenSUSE 12.1 system will use to install further software. Go to Activities > Applications > YaST:

You will have to type in the root password. In YaST, select Software Repositories:

The Configured Software Repositories window opens. Click on the Add button:

Select Community Repositories:

You will get a list of predefined online repositories. Select them all to make sure your system can install all available OpenSUSE 12.1 packages if they are needed. Click on OK afterwards:

Now the lists of available packages are being downloaded from the repositories. It's possible that your system doesn't know the public keys of all repositories, so if you see a message like this, you can click on the Trust button:

You might as well have to accept a few licenses:

Afterwards, close YaST and open a terminal to install a few more repositories. Log in as root with:

su

Enter your password and use the following commands to add the needed repositories:

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/suse/
zypper ar -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/12.1/ libdvdcss
zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/sun:/Factory/openSUSE_Factory/Java:sun:Factory.repo
zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_12.1/mozilla.repo

Update the repositories with

zypper ref

7 Installing Additional Software

Now that we have added additional repositories, a lot more packages are available in our package manager for installation, especially a big deal of our needed packages. To install them, go to Activities > Applications > Install/Remove Software:

Type in the root password. The Software Manager window comes up. If there is a file that is signed with an unknown key, you will get the following prompt. Usually you can just use it anyway, so click Yes:

You can use the Find field to search the repositories for packages:

To mark a package for installation, check the checkbox in front of it:

Select the following packages for installation (* is a wildcard; e.g. xmms2* means all packages that start with xmms2; flashplayer should have been installed with your updates, if not, install it now):

• opera
• filezilla
• MozillaThunderbird
• MPlayer
• xmms2*
• dvdrip
• vlc
• vlc-mozillaplugin
• acroread
• gnucash
• scribus
• amarok
• audacity
• rhythmbox
• gtkpod
• sound-juicer
• xine-ui
• libxine1-codecs
• k3b
• libdvdcss2
• libdvdcss2-32bit (you don't need this on a 64 bit system)
• kompozer
• free-ttf-fonts
• fetchmsttfonts
• gstreamer-0_10
• gstreamer-0_10-32bit (you don't need this on a 64 bit system)
• gstreamer-0_10* (only those packages belonding to your architecture)
• java-1_6_0-openjdk
• java-1_6_0-sun-plugin
• lsb (needed by Helix Player)
• libqt4-devel (needed by Skype)
• virtualbox
• bluefish
• chromium
• ffmpeg
• lame
• w32codec-all
• libxine1
• libdvdplay0
• libmad0
• sox
• libxvidcore4
• xvidcore
• libavcodec52
• libavdevice52
• libvlccore4
• libvlc5
• libquicktime0

Click on the Apply button afterwards and confirm your selection by clicking on Apply again:

The packages are now being downloaded from the repositories and installed. This can take a few minutes, so please be patient. You might have to accept a few licenses: