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   Carlos E.R. to bad sector   
   Re: zypper versus YaST   
   17 Mar 18 16:59:32   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2018-03-17 15:33, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 17/03/2018 08:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2018-03-16 22:49, Sidney_Kotic wrote:   
   >>> Are there any advantages, or disadvantages, to each?   
   >>>   
   >>> I do quite a bit of lightweight multimedia stuff and zypper seems to   
   >>> grab a lot more updates to the software that I use for that.   
   >>   
   >> Both use the same set of libraries to do the actual job. The difference   
   >> is how they present it to you. So just choose the one with which you are   
   >> more comfortable, the one that helps you better to get the work done   
   >> better or easier.   
   >>   
   >> For instance, the equivalent to "zypper up" is to display in yast the   
   >> view by repository, and on each repository right click and then all in   
   >> this list, update if newer. Which is many clicks, but you see what it is   
   >> going to do and adjust if wanted.   
   >   
   > This is what I do, but I would like not to have to click the radio   
   > button "do not install" all the time. I'd like a global switch at the   
   > outset: "in casde of conflict or dependancy issues neither alert me nor   
   > insatall the package in question".   
      
   Well, zypper can be used that way, but in YaST you have to click your   
   way. I prefer to read what the conflict is and decide on each case.   
   Sometimes it is neither install nor not install, but do something else   
   first.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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