What is YaST Control Center?

What is YaST Control Center?

YaST is an acronym for Yet another Setup Tool. It is a handy tool for administrators to install software, configure hardware, connect to a network, etc. It is written in Ruby. It has both a GUI and is available as a command-line utility through a text-based user interface using ncurses.

How do I use YaST in openSUSE?

Start YaST by selecting it from the menu under System, or by using the run command dialog (press Alt+F2) and typing yast. You will be required to enter your root password. Start the Software Management-module by selecting it from the Software tab in the YaST Control Center.

What is the purpose of YaST in openSUSE Linux distribution?

YaST (yet another setup tool) is the configuration tool for the openSUSE Linux operating system (OS). YaST is a Ret Hat package manager-based OS setup. Administrators can install software, configure hardware and set up networks and servers.

Which is better openSUSE or Fedora?

Fedora has overall good performance as well as easy, one-click installation of multimedia codecs. openSUSE is a good alternative to Ubuntu, with some extra applications, and it’s more stable than Fedora.

How do you list the available YaST modules?

When you start the YaST control center, the category Software is selected automatically. Use ↓ and ↑ to change the category. To select a module from the category, activate the right frame with → and then use ↓ and ↑ to select the module. Keep the arrow keys pressed to scroll through the list of available modules.

How do you navigate YaST?

Use the arrow keys (↑ and ↓) to navigate among the individual elements in an active frame containing a selection list. If individual entries within a frame exceed its width, use Shift–→ or Shift–← to scroll horizontally to the right and left. Alternatively, use Ctrl–E or Ctrl–A.

How do you run YaST?

To start YaST from the command line, enter the commands sux (for changing to the user root) and yast2. To start the text version of YaST enter yast instead of yast2. Also use the command yast to start the program from one of the virtual consoles.

How do I open YaST Control Center?

How do I run YaST from terminal?

How do I run yast2 as root?

First, open a console on the host on which to display YaST and enter the command ssh -X root@> to log in to the system to configure root and redirect the X server output to your terminal. Following the successful ssh login, enter yast2 to start YaST in graphical mode.