Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote: > Finally, a R contributor suggested me to use Yast and > select from the "Package" drop-down menu the package > "development tools" > Surprisingly, if I click on "Packages" no list of > packages is shown. SuSE 9.3 would provide all > available packages listed by topic. SuSE 10.2 only > gives me the option to install all of them.
It seems that what the contributor referred to isn't "Package" but "Pattern", an option inside a drop-down menu you can locate in the YaST Online Update Module window. Once you select it, a list of patterns appears and you may choose the one called "Basic Development". Click accept, follow the instructions and you should have the required compilers installed. > I have to specify that SuSE 10,2 comes from a free s/w > download. I wonder whether I would experience the same > troubles by installing from the commercial SuSE PRO > 10.2 (they should be equivalent ... ?) The boxed version of openSUSE 10.2 is equivalent to the one available for downloading. > FInally, the reason why I did not install SuSE 10.3 is > because the IT person told me that the latest version > is not stable. It does not allow to customize the > partitions during the installation procedure ... openSUSE was officially released in Oct 4,2007. It is considered a stable version, although some bugs may eventually appear. Yes, it allows the customization of your partitions during installation procedure. > Is it any better than 10.2 ??? 10.3 does have a lot of added and improved resources, but this is a matter of opinion. Hope I could be of some help. CF -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
