Installing Add-On Products

Contents

6.1. Add-Ons
6.2. Binary Drivers

Abstract

Add-on products are system extensions. You can install a third party add-on product or a special system extension of openSUSE (for example, a CD with support for additional languages or a CD with binary drivers). To install a new add-on, use Software+Add-On Products. You can select various types of product media, like CD, FTP, USB mass storage devices (such as USB flash drives or disks) or a local directory. You can work also directly with ISO files. To add an add-on as ISO file media, select Local ISO Image then enter the Path to ISO Image. The Repository Name is arbitrary.

Add-Ons

To install a new add-on, proceed as follows:

  1. Click Software+Add-On Products to see an overview of installed add-on products.

  2. Select the Add-On repository type and click Next.

  3. Either provide the necessary data or insert the medium. Confirm with Continue. It will take some time until YaST has downloaded and parsed the metadata of the repository.

  4. After having successfully added the add-on media, the software manager starts and you can install packages. Please refer to Chapter 3, Installing or Removing Software for details.

Binary Drivers

Some hardware needs binary-only drivers to function properly. If you have such hardware, refer to the release notes for more information about availability of binary drivers for your system. To read the release notes, open YaST and select Miscellaneous+Release Notes.