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These are the official openSUSE repositories. Well tested packages, security and bugfixes are provided. Online ones are convenient to use if you have good bandwidth. For information on how to add them, see Add package repositories.

On-disk official repositories

The first repositories that you may have seen are the DVDs. You can have several sorts of such repositories, with different contents. None of them, including the huge two layer DVD of the boxed version, includes all the openSUSE packages, so you will also need the online repositories if possible.

The downloadable DVD is one single layer 4.7 GB DVD. It hosts the most important packages, but this makes only a very small subset of the whole openSUSE.
The boxed DVD consist of a double layer DVD and is available from your dealer for a fee that includes installation support. But even this double DVD doesn't hold all the openSUSE packages.

Using online repositories

For YaST, there is no difference between online (internet) and on disk (DVD or hard drive) repositories, all the packages are seen as if they are on a very big drive.
If you keep your computer always connected via a broadband connection, you can remove the "repository" OSS DVD if you install the standard online repository below.
If you have enough disk space, you can also download a repository snapshot, but be advised that this can take up to 20 GB or even more.

Using openSUSE-repos

openSUSE-repos package simplifies openSUSE repository management by utilizing openSUSE:Standards_Repository_Index_Service for core distribution. Current version utilizes the new cdn.opensuse.org by default.

All new Leap 16.0 installations are using openSUSE-repos for repository management. This simplifies version upgrades as well as cross-distribution migrations.

Please be aware that files generated by openSUSE-repos in /etc/zypper/repos.d shall not be edited manually as they'll be overwritten. Users who want to modify repositories shall uninstall openSUSE-repos and maintain repository definitions manually.

Official Repositories

The following is a list of official repositories supported by openSUSE.

Note: You may have added one or more of the repositories below during installation, and the necessary repositories are added by default at the time of installation. Please check which repositories have already been added to your system to avoid running into problems.

OSS

The main repository: open source software only.

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/

Version: Leap 16.0 http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/

Non-OSS

Non-free (as in freedom) software, such as Opera and Steam.

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/

Version: Leap 16.0 http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss/

Update

Repository of official security and bugfix updates for OSS packages.

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/

Version: Leap 16.0 No dedicated update repository as we use repo-oss for updates as well.

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/oss/

Update Non-OSS

Repository of official security and bugfix updates for non-OSS packages.

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/non-oss/

Src-OSS

Source RPMs. Advanced users only.

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/src-oss

Version: Leap 16.0 http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/

Src-Non-OSS

Source RPMs. Advanced users only.

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/src-non-oss

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss/

Debug

Debuginfo packages. Advanced users only.

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/

Version: Leap 16.0 http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/ and updates http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/oss/

Backports Update

Update repository of openSUSE Backports.

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/backports/

Backports Debug-Update

Update repository with updates for openSUSE Leap debuginfo packages from openSUSE Backports.

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/backports_debug/

SLE Update

Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/sle/

SLE Debug-Update

Update repository with debuginfo for updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.

Version: Leap 15.6 http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/sle/

Semi official repositories

These are repositories available which are not officially supported by openSUSE, but they contain useful packages which you should feel free to use at your own risk.

Contrib

The Contrib repository is now obsolete.

OwnCloud

OwnCloud Server:

Version: Tumbleweed http://download.owncloud.org/download/repositories/10.0/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/

Version: Leap 15.6 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/server:/10/15.6/

Factory and Project repositories

When you encounter a bug in an openSUSE package and you cannot wait for your problem to be solved, there is a good chance that the bug does not appear in a recent version, either because it has been explicitly fixed or because it disappeared by itself. In order to test for this, you can try "bleeding edge" packages built by project developers. In order to get at the most recent version, go to the Software Portal and install the package with the most recent version number.

Warning: Those packages are unsupported and may introduce further bugs that may corrupt or destroy your data, so use caution and back up often!

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