install software by using terminal

[madanear]

I am new in the field of Linux. Please tell me how to install the software by using command window called as terminal.

[gogalthorp]

My advice

1) Look for the package in the Yast or Smart community repositories. This is the best and easiest way to install. The installer will resolve any dependencies.

2) Use RPM (type "man rpm" for all the command options) . With RPM you must resolve any dependencies by installing other required packages. This can be a real headache since the needed packages may have needs of there own.

3) Compile from source. You will still have the problems of 2 and in addition you will need to install gcc and possible other developers packages. Often there will be detailed instruction from the place you obtained the source. If there are no instructions I recommend you do not try this unless you really know what you are doing.

Because of small differences in how various Distros are put together 2 and 3 can lead to serious problems or failed installs and the results can be difficult to correct.

With 1 and 2 a detailed database is maintained of what you installed and where it was installed and packages can be easily uninstalled. With 3 no record is keeped and uninstalling can be a chore.

I highly recommend you stick to 1 above unless you find a package thet you absolutely must have that is not in the repositories. If so be sure you follow the instructions from the programmers or packagers to the letter.

What do you want to install??

[madanear]

Basically, I want to run the demo of Visual Serveillance Project. For this Project I requires the free softwares like ffmpeg (latest), opencv 1.0.0, All Packages of PHP, MySQL.
From which site, can I download this softwares and tell me procedure to install the software and After installation, How to check whether it is properly installed or not.

[valemon]

I think all of theses packages are in the official opensuse repositories. Check here how to add repositories. Here is a list with the official yast repositories. After you add these repositories you just go to yast->software->software management and you search for the packages you want. Dependencies will be auto resolved.