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Apt instructions

Apt is a nice system to download and install packages. You can use it to 'escape' openSUSE's package system by providing an alternative (better?) way of managing your RPM packages. It is part of the openSUSE 10 distribution but you will need to select it when you install openSUSE.

You can use Install-apt4suse to setup your configuration. Install that package using Konqueror or by downloading it manually and issuing rpm -i filename as root.

• if you haven't yet, install the package apt4rpm. Then, you only need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list as root. Make sure you have at least in there:

rpm ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/10.0-i386 base update security rpmkeys extra java
rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/10.0-i386 base update security rpmkeys extra java

Installing using apt

• install several 'extra' packages such as Realplayer and amarok-helix to be able to play mp3s and acroread for extended Acrobat Reader PDF support. note that KPdf is also excellent and fast but may fail to print properly

# apt update 
# apt install Realplayer amarok-helix amarok-helix-backend acroread

• you may also want to install the Java Runtime Environment this way:

# apt install java-1_5_0-sun java-1_5_0-sun-alsa

• and possibly the Delelopers Edition:

# apt install java-1_5_0-sun-devel java-1_5_0-sun-jdbc

• you might want to install the 'nongpl' kernel (which uses some code that is not licensed under the GPL, but that's not important at all) because it is rumored to provide support for wireless networking by issuing

apt-get install kernel-default-nongpl

More packages to install:

• gtk-qt-engine GTK-style Engine for Use with Qt Plugins and Settings: gives GTK apps a Qt look in KDE.

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