Need help with install

[tahuhali]

I'm kinda annoyed right now, so here is the nutshell version.

I want to install Wine in Suse 11.2.
I went to the 'add applications' thing and found their outdated wine installation, and after 'installing' I did have wine.

I went to Wine HQ to see if i could get it directy from them. I went to the Open SuSe page.
"so you want to download wine for suse? okay, here are some repositories. We're going to assume you know what that is and how to use it."

All i can guess is that a repository is the location where the files required for installation are.
I also saw some stuff some stuff about "yast" and "packages" with no explanation whatsoever.

Now I'm not a computer illiterate. Today i was working for a Tax company in setting up thier new computer system. I am a master at Windows, but without their nice installation wizards i am just lost. Apparently i know next to nothing about using linux.

Can someone point me to some introductory material so i can learn how to use this stuff?

guess there can't be customer service is there is no customer.

[gogalthorp]

Yast (Yet Another Setup Tool) is the main GUI setup and install program. You will find it in the menu.
YaST/About - openSUSE

Repositories are just web servers that contain pre-compiled packages (program, libraries, data whatever) for download and installation for your OS version. You can setup which you want to pull from in Yast. It is best to limit the number of repositories to just those that you need and set inactive you only need one or 2 packages from once you got the packages.

The primary install file type for Suse is .RPM. This normally contains the binary and install instructions for the package. You can bypass Yast and install RPM packages by the RPM program. (type man rpm at a command line for more then you want to know about rpm). If you install via Yast or RPM the installs are pretty much managed by the system (ie it is easy to update and uninstall). But if you install by compileing from the source you must manage things yourself.

BTW typing info, man, help plus a command name will get you help on that command.

If you have further question fell free to ask.

[tahuhali]

Thanks, that makes a lot more sense now. I'll try to find Yast in the vast amount of programs in Open Suse.

[gogalthorp]

It is also called Administrator settings.

Unless you have a good reason not to you should always use Yast-Software-Software Administration to install from a Suse based repository.

Good luck