Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 139

uation, some of the possible status flags may not be available for selection. For example,
a package that has not yet been installed cannot be set to "Delete." View the available
status flags with Help > Symbols.
The font color used for various packages in the individual package window provides
additional information. Installed packages for which a newer version is available on
the installation media are displayed in blue. Installed packages whose version numbers
are higher than those on the installation media are displayed in red. However, because
the version numbering of packages is not always linear, the information may not be
perfect, but should be sufficient to indicate problematic packages. If necessary, check
the version numbers.
Installing Packages
To install packages, select packages for installation and click Accept. Selected packages
should have the Install status icon. The package manager automatically checks the de-
pendencies and selects any other required packages (resolution of dependencies). To
view other packages required for installation before clicking Accept, choose Extras >
Show Automatic Package Changes from the main menu. After installing packages,
continue working with the package manager by clicking Install More or close it by
clicking Finish.
The package manager provides preselected groups for installation. You can select an
entire group instead of single packages. To view these groups, use Filter in the left
frame.
TIP: List of All Available Packages
To display all packages on your installation media, use the filter Package Groups
and select zzz All at the bottom of the tree. SUSE Linux Enterprise contains a
number of packages and it might take some time to display this long list.
Installing and Removing Patterns
The Patterns filter groups the program packages according to application purpose, such
as desktop or office application. The various groups of the Patterns filter are listed with
the installed packages preselected.
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