James Ogley

Installing using Smart

  1. On SUSE 10.1 install smart (and smart-gui if you plan to use the graphical interface) from Pascal's repository.
  2. Add the usr-local-bin channel by executing:
    smart channel --add http://usr-local-bin.org/rpms/usr-local-bin-yast2-smart.channel.txt
  3. Add the gnome channel by executing:
    smart channel --add http://usr-local-bin.org/rpms/gnome-yast2-smart.channel.txt
  4. Download the latest package information by executing:
    smart update
  5. Upgrade your current system:
    smart upgrade
  6. Install any specific package you want to add, e.g.:
    smart install banshee
  7. You can also use the Smart graphical interface to add channels, update, upgrade and install.