4.3.1 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.

4.3.2 Installing Packages from the Command Line

If you know a package name and the package is provided by any of your active installation repositories, you can use command line option -i to install the package:

yast -i <package_name>

or

yast --install <package_name>

package_name can be a single short package name, for example gvim which is installed with dependency checking or the full path to an rpm package, which is installed without dependency checking.

If you need a command-line based software management utility with functionality beyond what YaST provides, consider using zypper. This new utility uses the same software management library that is also the foundation for the YaST package manager. The basic usage of zypper is covered in Section 3.3, Update from the Command Line with zypper.

4.3.3 Command Line Parameters of the YaST Modules

To use YaST functionality in scripts, YaST provides command line support for individual modules. Not all modules have a command line support. To display the available options of a module, enter:

yast <module_name> help

If a module does not provide command line support, the module is started in text mode and the following message appears:

This YaST module does not support the command line interface.