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Replacing Alt with Esc
Alt shortcuts can be executed with Esc instead of Alt . For example, Esc – H replaces
Alt + H . (First press Esc , then press H .)
Backward and Forward Navigation with Ctrl + F and Ctrl + B
If the Alt and Shift combinations are occupied by the window manager or the ter-
minal, use the combinations Ctrl + F (forward) and Ctrl + B (backward) instead.
Restriction of Function Keys
The F keys are also used for functions. Certain function keys might be occupied
by the terminal and may not be available for YaST. However, the Alt key combina-
tions and function keys should always be fully available on a pure text console.

3.3 YaST Command Line Options

Besides the text mode interface, YaST provides a pure command line interface. To get
a list of YaST command line options, enter:
yast -h
3.3.1 Starting the Individual Modules
To save time, the individual YaST modules can be started directly. To start a module,
enter:
yast <module_name>
View a list of all module names available on your system with yast -l or yast
--list. Start the network module, for example, with yast lan.
3.3.2 Installing Packages from the Command
If you know a package name and the package is provided by any of your active instal-
lation repositories, you can use the command line option -i to install the package:
yast -i <package_name>
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