3.5 Adding Software Repositories
Add additional software repositories to your system to install
third-party software.
WARNING: Trusting External Software Sources
Before adding external software repositories to your list of repositories,
make sure this repository can be trusted. openSUSE is not responsible for
any potential problems arising from software installed from third-party
software repositories.
To add default product repositories, proceed as follows:
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Click to display the list of
default external repositories.
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In the list of repositories activate the items you are interested in.
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Click . It can take some time until YaST
has downloaded and parsed the metadata of the repository. Once done you
can install software from this repository as described in Section 3.1, Installing Software.
If you want to add a repository of the openSUSE® Build Service,
such as a version of GPhoto (https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GPhoto/), use the
configuration dialog of
YaST:
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Click to start the YaST repository
management.
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Click and begin adding the data provided
by the software vendor. First determine the protocol—in this case it
is http. Then click .
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In the dialog enter
download.opensuse.org as the server name and
repositories/GPhoto/VERSION/
as the directory on the server. Determine the
VERSION string by browsing the repository.
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Click . The new software repository is now
listed in the as one
of the media containing a software from where you can install additional
packages.
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Click . Now you can install software from
this repository as described in Section 3.1, Installing Software.
