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8.3.2 Installing Add-On Products
Add-on products are extensions for your system. You can install a third party add-on
product or a special extension of your SUSE Linux Enterprise, for example, the SDK
add-on or a CD with binary drivers. To install a new add-on, use Software > Add-On
Product. You can select various types of product media, like CD, FTP or local directory.
You can work also directly with ISO files. To add an add-on as ISO file media, select
Local Directory then choose ISO Images.
After successfully adding the add-on media, the package manager window appears. If
the add-on provides a new pattern, see the new item in the Patterns filter. To view the
list of all packages from the selected installation source, select the filter Installation
Sources and choose the installation source to view. To view packages from a selected
add-on by package groups, select the secondary filter Package Groups.
TIP: Creating Custom Add-On Products
Create your own add-on products with YaST Add-On Creator. Read about the
YaST add-on creator at
.php/Creating_Add-On_Media_with_YaST. Find technical background
information at
http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/
Creating_Add-Ons.
8.3.3 Selecting the Installation Source
You can use multiple installation sources of several types. Select them and enable their
use for installation or update using Software > Installation Source. For example, you
can specify SUSE Software Development Kit as an installation source. When started,
it displays a list of all previously registered sources. Following a normal installation
from CD, only the installation CD is listed. Click Add to include additional sources in
this list. Sources can be CDs, DVDs, or network sources, such as NFS and FTP servers.
Even directories on the local hard disk can be selected as the installation medium. See
the detailed YaST help text for more details.
All registered sources have an activation status in the first column of the list. Enable
or disable individual installation sources by clicking Activate or Deactivate. During
the installation of software packages or updates, YaST selects a suitable entry from the
list of activated installation sources. When you exit the module with Close, the current
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