Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 17-03-2009 Deployment Manual page 77

1 Click Software > Software Management to start the YaST package manager.
2 In the search field enter the name of the software you want to install (for example,
xpdf, a lightweight PDF viewer) and press Enter .
3 The package is listed in the right frame. Select it for installation. Once done, you
can search for more packages and select them for installation in one go.
4 Click Accept.
5 When all selected packages are installed, YaST asks you whether you want to
install or remove additional packages. Press No to close YaST.
By specifying various search criteria, you can restrict the search to display a few or
even only one package. You can also define special search patterns using wild cards
and regular expressions in Search Mode.
TIP: Quick Search
In addition to the Search filter, all lists of the package manager feature a quick
search. Click the respective list to gain focus (for example, the Package list)
and enter a letter to move the cursor to the first package in the list whose
name begins with this letter.
If you do not know the name of the software you are interested in, you can browse
through the software catalog in various ways. For example, you can filter by patterns,
package groups, languages, repositories, or installation summary. Filter by patterns, if
you are looking for software for a specific task:
1 From the filter list in the upper left corner, select Patterns. Now you see various
pattern sets listed in the area below.
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