Libzypp

General Information about ZYpp.

• Built on top of SAT solver which makes libzypp fast, light and with a simple and powerful dependency solving algorithm.
• Supports rpm-md, YaST2 and Novell Update, and plain directories as repository types.
• Stores known repositories in .repo files compatible with YUM.
• Powers the awesome package management tool Zypper.
• Supports Metalink for reliable downloads.
• Supports signed repositories, delta packages, package updates, and much more features.

Specifications and information about software repository creation and other ZYpp concepts.

Introduction – FAQ – Repository metadata documentation – Supported Media Types and URIs – Dependencies – Solver documentation – Signed Metadata – Locksfile format – Package History

Get in touch with the ZYpp community.

Mailing Lists – Issues

First steps to build your own ZYpp!

Get the source – Design and Organization – Programmer's guide – Development branches – Building – API – Testsuite_solver – Testsuite_repo – Refactoring – Sat-Solver – Application Layer

Tools using ZYpp.

ZYpper – Qdialogsolver-widget – Updates notifier applet – ZENworks Linux Management Client