Questions tagged [zypper]
Questions about zypper, the command-line interface of the ZYpp package manager.
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the installed python311-dbm-xxx requires 'python311 = 3.11.13', but this requirement cannot be provided
I'm trying to patch a SLES 15 SP 4 system. But every time I do it I'm prompted with the following error: Problem: 1: the installed python311-dbm-3.11.13-150400.9.60.1.x86_64 requires 'python311 = 3.11....
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Removing old kernels with zypper increases the disk usage
I have updated my Suse Tumbleweed system, and consequently a new kernel version has been installed. To reclaim space used by an ancient kernel, I decided to use the zypper purge-kernels command, and ...
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Zypper: How to change the type of GPG check used by a repository?
I added the desktop-applications and development-tools module with zypper manually after installing; by changing my mind as I found I needed these module to install something I needed from Development-...
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How to resolve system-key missing on disk error
While installing and running a processd using zypper am getting below error message, the processd is installed, unable to run as expected, Please help, error trying to compare the processd system key:...
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zypper - is there an option like --allowerasing for yum?
I am asking to install a package B that is replacing (and conflicting with) another package A. In order to do it without user input, in yum I use --allowerasing. Is there an option like that for ...
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Libsoup error encountered when updating openSUSE using zypper
I'm using openSUSE Leap 15.5 and zypper version 1.14.68 Upon startup, the system will attempt to run the updater, which fails. In order to get a more detailed error, I updated manually using: sudo ...
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The command "zypper --non-interactive --force-resolution update" fails with error: Unknown option '--force-resolution'
As per the zypper manual https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_manual_%28plain%29, the parameter "--force-resolution" is present in the zypper update command but when I am trying to use this ...
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Zypper: System management is locked
I am having trouble updating a SLES 12.5 server. Zypper is not working supposedly due to another zypper process already running: # zypper lu System management is locked by the application with pid ...
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Install additional Python on OpenSUSE (without breaking existing Pythons)
Situation Our company has an internal Server OpenSUSE Leap 15.5 Python 3.6(.15) Python 2.7(.18) see details for more information Task As Python 3.6 is already EOL we want to install a newer Python (...
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Inverse dependencies or, why a package was automatically installed?
On SUSE Tumbleweed, just updated (2023-08-20) and I have seen in the log a package that for sure I've never manually installed ... (343/370) Installing: trainwreck-5.109.0-1.1.x86_64 .......... [done] ...
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I uninstalled zypper in openSuse Tumbleweed by accident, how do I get it back?
I thought I'd do some cleaning up, so I ran: zypper packages --orphaned | awk -F'|' 'NR==0 || NR==1 || NR==2 || NR==3 || NR==4 {next} {print $3}' \ | grep -v Name | sudo xargs zypper remove --...
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zypper (and yast) no longer working after upgrade from openSUSE 15.3 to 15.4
I upgraded a laptop from openSUSE 15.3 to 15.4 today. During the process, there were many prompts related to requirements that could not be provided. After running the upgrade process, fixing a number ...
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Zypper | Quietly install Solution 1 for glib2-devel package
I want to install the package glib2-devel inside a sles15 SP4 docker container via some setup script. The script is failing due to zypper install -y glib2-devel is not getting installed quietly. Here ...
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How to do an in-place upgrade to the latest openSUSE Leap release
A major advantage of doing an in-place upgrade compared to doing a clean install, is that all accounts, configurations, and installed programs are kept intact. Using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), ...
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How to set zypper to detailed mode by default?
It is equal to type "d" here: 1 new package to install. Overall download size: 1.0 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 6.7 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows ...
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