SUSE Manager Documentation

14 Reference Guide
by repository alias and package name
zypper in mozilla:MozillaFirefox
In this example mozilla is the alias of the repository from which to install.
by package name using wildcards
The following command will install all packages that have names starting with
“Moz”. Use with care, especially when removing packages.
zypper in 'Moz*'
by capability
If you, for example, would like to install a perl module without knowing the name
of the package, capabilities come in handy:
zypper in 'perl(Time::ParseDate)'
by capability and/or architecture and/or version
Together with a capability you can specify an architecture (such as i586 or
x86_64) and a version. The version must be preceded by an operator: < (lesser
than), , >= (greater than or equal), > (greater
than).
zypper in 'firefox.x86_64'
zypper in 'firefox>=3.5.3'
zypper in 'firefox.x86_64>=3.5.3'
by path
Specify a local or remote path to a package:
zypper in /tmp/install/MozillaFirefox.rpm
zypper in
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/SUSE_Factory/x86_64/MozillaFirefox-3.5.3-1.3.x86_64.rpm
To install and remove packages simultaneously use the +/- modifiers. To install emacs
and remove vim simultaneously, use:
zypper install emacs -vim
To remove emacs and install vim simultaneously, use:
zypper remove emacs +vim
To prevent the package name starting with the - being interpreted as a command option,
always use it as the second argument. If this is not possible, precede it with --: