More Information: Page 1 Zypper Cheat Sheet https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_usage or type m an zypper on a terminal For Zypper version 1.0.9 Package Management Source Packages and Build Dependencies Basic Help Selecting Packages zypper source-install or zypper si Examples: zypper #list the available global options and commands By capability name: zypper si zypper zypper help [command] #Print help for a specific command zypper in 'perl(Log::Log4perl)' Install only the source package zypper shell or zypper sh #Open a zypper shell session zypper in qt zypper in -D zypper By capability name and/or architecture and/or version Install only the build dependencies zypper in 'zypper<0.12.10' Repository Management zypper in -d zypper zypper in zypper.i586=0.12.11 Listing Defined Repositories By exact package name (--name) Updating Packages zypper in -n ftp zypper repos or zypper lr By exact package name and repository (implies --name) zypper update or zypper up Examples: zypper in factory:zypper Examples: zypper lr -u #include repo URI on the table By package name using wildcards zypper up #update all installed packages zypper lr -P #include repo priority and sort by it zypper in yast*ftp* with newer version as far as possible By specifying a .rpm file to install zypper up libzypp zypper #update libzypp Refreshing Repositories zypper in skype-2.0.0.72-suse.i586.rpm and zypper zypper refresh or zypper ref zypper in sqlite3 #update sqlite3 or install Installing Packages Examples: if not yet installed zypper ref packman main #specify repos to be updated zypper install or zypper in zypper ref -f upd #force update of repo 'upd' Examples: zypper install git Zypper in Scripts and Applications Modifying Repositories By capability they provide Non Interactive Mode zypper modifyrepo or zypper mr zypper in MozillaFirefox \< 3 Others zypper --non-interactive Examples: zypper in yast* #install all yast modules Examples: zypper mr -d 6 #disable repo #6 zypper in -t pattern lamp_server #install lamp_server zypper --non-interactive patch #skips all interactive zypper mr -rk -p 70 upd #enable autorefresh and rpm pattern (packages needed for a LAMP server) patches which would require user confirmation files 'caching' for 'upd' repo and set its priority to 70 zypper in vim -emacs #install vim and remove emacs zypper mr -Ka #disable rpm files caching for all repos zypper in amarok upd:libxine1 #install libxine1 from upd No GPG Checks Mode zypper mr -kt #enable rpm files caching for remote repos zypper --no-gpg-checks Removing Packages Adding Repositories zypper remove or zypper rm Auto-agree with Licenses zypper addrepo or zypper ar #followed by the repo url and alias Examples: zypper --auto-agree-with-licenses Example: zypper remove sqlite zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/ update Quiet Output Export/Import Repositories zypper --quiet Removing Repositories Renaming Repositories (for the alias only) zypper repos --export or zypper lr -e XML Output zypper removerepo or zypper rr zypper namerepo or zypper nr Examples: Examples: Examples: zypper lr --export backups/repos/foo.repo zypper --xmlout zypper rr packman main zypper nr 3 upd zypper ar backups/repos/foo.repo #import.