> -If you select a package and click 'Install this', YaST must know is just > have > to install without showing the big window.
Many users are used to the windows or macos way where you find an application,you download it and install it in some manner. Package management makes many things easier but is perhaps currently difficult for people to locate repositories containing programs they want, and add the repositories and then install the application. I propose that the user should not need to worry about these mechanics at all, and there is no need for them to have to do so. The package manager could provide two methods of installing software. 1: User can browse through "catalogues" of software, subscribe to projects he/she wants. It looks like this is well on the way to being implemented aside from a user interface for browsing available catalogues such as might be on software.opensuse.org. 2:User wants to install current version of $app, User visits $app's homepage, clicks "install on SUSE Linux" link and the program is automatically installed by the package management system. (after appropriate confirmation,authentication from user obviously) This second point seems relatively easy to implement, one has a file containing a selection of packages, description and a list of repositories where they can be found. The package management system can then interpret this file and add the repositories if required and install the packages with full dependency resolution. This method of installing packages would eliminate the user's need to know how to add package repositories, or what packages are on what repository. It would also enable users to easily install multimedia support by clicking a link on the packman website rather than having to follow instructions for adding a source and then installing the appropriate packages. Benjamin Weber --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
