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zypper — SUSE & openSUSE package management utility. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <

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Problem

How to use the zypper command: SUSE & openSUSE package management utility. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta>. More information: <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_manual>.

Solution

zypper — SUSE & openSUSE package management utility. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta>. More information: <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_manual>.

Synchronize list of packages and versions available:

sudo zypper {{[ref|refresh]}}

Install a new package:

sudo zypper {{[in|install]}} {{package}}

Remove a package:

sudo zypper {{[rm|remove]}} {{package}}

Upgrade installed packages to the newest available versions:

sudo zypper {{[up|update]}}

Search package via keyword:

zypper {{[se|search]}} {{keyword}}

Show information related to configured repositories:

zypper {{[lr|repos]}} --sort-by-priority

Code Snippets

Synchronize list of packages and versions available

sudo zypper {{[ref|refresh]}}

Install a new package

sudo zypper {{[in|install]}} {{package}}

Remove a package

sudo zypper {{[rm|remove]}} {{package}}

Upgrade installed packages to the newest available versions

sudo zypper {{[up|update]}}

Search package via keyword

zypper {{[se|search]}} {{keyword}}

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