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NAME
zypper - Command-line interface to ZYpp system management library (libzypp)
SYNOPSIS
zypper [--global-opts] command [--command-opts] [command-arguments]
zypper subcommand [--command-opts] [command-arguments]
zypper help command
DESCRIPTION
zypper is a command-line interface to ZYpp system management library (libzypp). It can be used to
install, update, remove software, manage repositories, perform various queries, and more.
CONCEPTS
Most of the following concepts are common for all applications based on the libzypp package management
library, but there are some zypper specifics.
System Packages
The set of installed packages on a system is sometimes denoted as repository @System or System Packages.
In contrast to available repositories providing packages which can be installed, @System provides
packages which can only be deleted. Installed packages which are not also provided by at least one of the
available repositories are often denoted as being unwanted, orphaned or dropped.
Repositories
Libzypp works with repository metadata, this is information about packages and their relations extracted
from RPM packages and other data like patch information, pattern definitions, etc. These data are stored
together with the RPM files in folders called repositories. Repositories can be placed on various media
like an HTTP or FTP server, DVD, or a folder on a local disc.
There is a special set of commands in zypper intended to manipulate repositories. Also many commands and
options take a repository as an argument. See section COMMANDS, subsection Repository Management for more
details.
GPG checks
Disabling GPG checks is not recommended. Signing data enables the recipient to verify that no
modifications occurred after the data were signed. Accepting data with no, wrong or unknown signature can
lead to a corrupted system and in extreme cases even to a system compromise.
Zypp verifies the authenticity of repository metadata by checking their GPG signature. If the repository
metadata are signed with a trusted key and successfully verified, packages from this repository are
accepted for installation if they match the checksum provided in the metadata. Using unsigned
repositories needs to be confirmed.
If the repository metadata are not signed, the GPG signature of each downloaded rpm package is checked
before accepting it for installation. Packages from unsigned repositories need a valid GPG signature.
Using unsigned packages needs to be confirmed.
The above is the default behavior defined by settings in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf.
The addrepo and modifyrepo commands provide further options to tune the behavior per repository. It is
for example possible to relax the need to confirm installing unsigned packages for a specific repository.
But if you do so, you should be very certain that an attacker can hardly modify the package data within
the repository or on the way to your machine. See section COMMANDS for details about the command options.
Resource Identifiers (URI)
To specify locations of repositories or other resources (RPM files, .repo files) you can use any type of
URI supported by libzypp. In addition Zypper accepts a special URI identifying openSUSE Build Service
(OBS) repositories in the addrepo command. These URIs have the form of obs://project/[platform].
See section COMMANDS, subsection Repository Management for a complete list and examples of supported URI
formats.
Refresh
Refreshing a repository means downloading metadata of packages from the medium (if needed), storing it in
local cache (typically under /var/cache/zypp/raw/alias directory) and preparsing the metadata into .solv
files (building the solv cache), typically under /var/cache/zypp/solv/alias.
The metadata get refreshed either automatically or on user request. An automatic refresh takes place
right before reading metadata from the database if the auto-refresh is enabled for the repository and the
metadata is reported to be out of date. If the auto-refresh is disabled, the repository will only be
refreshed on user request. You can request a refresh by calling zypper refresh (see the documentation of
the refresh command for details).
The repository metadata are checked for changes before actually doing the refresh. A change is detected
by downloading one or two metadata index files (small files) and comparing the checksums of the cached
ones and the remote ones. If the files differ, the repository is out of date and will be refreshed.
To delay the up-to-date check (and thus the automatic refresh) for a certain number of minutes, edit the
value of the repo.refresh.delay attribute of ZYpp config file (/etc/zypp/zypp.conf). This means, zypper
will not even try to download and check the index files, and you will be able to use zypper for
operations like search or info without internet access or root privileges.
Services
Services are one level above repositories and serve to manage repositories or to do some special tasks.
Libzypp currently supports Repository Index Service (RIS) and Plugin Service.
Repository Index Service (RIS) is a special type of repository which contains a list of other
repositories. This list can be generated dynamically by the server according to some URI parameters or
user name, or can be static. Once such service is added to your system, zypper takes care of adding,
modifying, or removing these repositories on your system to reflect the current list. See section Service
Management and https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Standards_Repository_Index_Service for more details.
Package Types
Zypper works with several types of resource objects, called resolvables. A resolvable might be a package,
patch, pattern, product; basically any kind of object with dependencies to other objects.
package
An ordinary RPM package.
patch
A released patch conflicts with the affected/vulnerable versions of a collection of packages. As long
as any of these affected/vulnerable versions are installed, the conflict triggers and the patch is
classified as needed, or as unwanted if the patch is locked.
Selecting the patch, the conflict is resolved by updating all installed and affected/vulnerable
packages to a version providing the fix. When updating the packages zypper always aims for the latest
available version. Resolved patches are classified as either applied or not needed, depending on
whether they refer to actually installed packages.
So installation, update or removal of packages may change the classification of patches referring to
these packages. Since libyzpp-17.23.0 the /var/log/zypp/history remembers if a committed transaction
changes a patchs classification. If history data are available, patch tables show a column telling
since when the patch is in it’s current state.
Depending on the kind of defect, patches are classified by category and severity. Commonly used
values for category are security, recommended, optional, feature, document or yast. Commonly used
values for severity are critical, important, moderate, low or unspecified.
Note that the patch command does not apply optional patches (category optional or feature) by
default. If you actually want to consider all optional patches as being needed, say patch
--with-optional. Specific patches can be applied using the install command (e.g. zypper install
patch:openSUSE-2014-7).
If the issuer decides to retract a released patch, the patch status will be shown as retracted. The
packages provided by the retracted patch are still visible but also tagged as having been retracted
(R). The resolver will avoid selecting retracted packages automatically. If you are sure that a
retracted package should be installed on your system, you must explicitly select it.
pattern
A group of packages required or recommended to install some functionality.
product
A group of packages which are necessary to install a product.
srcpackage
Source code package (.src.rpm). This type works in search and install commands.
application
Legacy: Since libzypp-17.7.0 this type is no longer available.
Throughout this manual we will often refer to resolvables simply as packages and to resolvable types as
package type or kind. These type names can be used as arguments of --type option in several commands like
install, info, or search. Commands should also allow one to specify resolvables as KIND:NAME (e.g.
patch:openSUSE-2014-7).
Package Dependencies
Software packages depend on each other in various ways. Packages usually require or recommend other
packages, but they can also conflict with them. Packages may support specific hardware or language
settings. Zypper uses a dependency solver to find out which packages need to be installed to satisfy the
user’s request.
If you do not request a specific version of a package the solver will pick a reasonable one. The solvers
general attitude when resolving a job is to focus on installing the best version of the requested package
and to add or update dependencies as they are needed. Aside from this Focus on Job, which is the default,
two other focus modes are available:
In Focus on Installed mode the solver focuses on applying as little changes to the installed packages as
needed. Choosing an older version of a requested package is valid if it’s dependencies require less
changes to the system. The solver will try to avoid updating already installed packages.
In Focus on Update mode the solver focuses on updating the requested package and all its dependencies as
much as possible. Beware, installing a single package in this mode may easily lead to a mini system
update.
For a single command the focus mode can be set using the --solver-focus MODE switch. Valid modes are Job,
Installed or Update. If you want to change the default mode for your system, set
[/etc/zypp/zypp.conf:solver.focus] to the desired value.
Automatically installed packages
Packages added by the dependency solver in order to resolve a user’s request are remembered as having
been automatically installed. They may later be removed, if no more user installed packages depend on
them (e.g. by zypper remove --clean-deps).
In the Status column the search command distinguishes between user installed packages (i+) and
automatically installed packages (i).
Package File Conflicts
File conflicts happen when two packages attempt to install files with the same name but different
contents. This may happen if you are installing a newer version of a package without erasing the older
version, of if two unrelated packages each install a file with the same name.
As checking for file conflicts requires access to the full filelist of each package being installed,
zypper will be able to check for file conflicts only if all packages are downloaded in advance (see
--download-in-advance). If you are doing a --dry-run no packages are downloaded, so the file conflict
check will skip packages not available in the packages cache. To get a meaningful file conflict check use
--dry-run together with --download-only.
As the reason for file conflicts usually is a poor package design or lack of coordination between the
people building the packages, they are not easy to resolve. By using the --replacefiles option you can
force zypper to replace the conflicting files. Nevertheless this may damage the package whose file gets
replaced.
COMMANDS
zypper provides a number of commands. Each command accepts the options listed in the GLOBAL OPTIONS
section. These options must be specified before the command name. In addition, many commands have
specific options, which are listed in this section. These command-specific options must be specified
after the name of the command and before any of the command arguments.
Zypper also provides limited support for writing extensions/subcommands in any language. See section
SUBCOMMANDS for details.
General Commands
help [command]
Shows help texts. If invoked without any argument (just zypper or zypper help), zypper displays
global help text which lists all available global options and commands.
If invoked with a command name argument, zypper displays help for the specified command, if such
command exists. Long as well as short variants of the command names can be used.
For your convenience, zypper help can also be invoked in any of the following ways:
$ zypper -h|--help [command]
$ zypper [command] -h|--help
shell (sh)
Starts a shell for entering multiple commands in one session. Exit the shell using exit, quit, or
Ctrl-D.
The shell support is not complete so expect bugs there. However, there’s no urgent need to use the
shell since libzypp became so fast thanks to the SAT solver and its tools (openSUSE 11.0), but still,
you’re welcome to experiment with it.
Package Management Commands
info (if) [options] name...
Displays detailed information about the specified packages.
For each specified package, zypper finds the best available version in defined repositories and shows
information for this package.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
-t, --type type
Type of package (default: package). See section Package Types for list of available package
types.
--provides
Show symbols the package provides.
--requires
Show symbols the package requires.
--conflicts
Show symbols the package conflicts with.
--obsoletes
Show symbols the package obsoletes.
--recommends
Show symbols the package recommends.
--suggests
Show symbols the package suggests.
--supplements
Show symbols the package supplements.
Examples:
$ zypper info workrave
Show information about package workrave
$ zypper info -t patch libzypp
Show information about patch libzypp
$ zypper info -t pattern lamp_server
Show information about pattern lamp_server
install (in) [options] name|capability|rpm_file_uri...
Install or update packages.
The packages can be selected by their name or by a capability they provide.
A capability is formed by "NAME[.ARCH][ OP EDITION]", where ARCH is an architecture code, OP is one
of <, <=, =, >=, or > and EDITION is "VERSION[-RELEASE]". For example: zypper=0.8.8-2.
The NAME component of a capability is not only a package name but any symbol provided by
packages: /bin/vi, libcurl.so.3, perl(Time::ParseDate). Just remember to quote to protect the
special characters from the shell, for example: zypper\>0.8.10 or 'zypper>0.8.10'.
If EDITION is not specified, the newest installable version will be installed. This also means
that if the package is already installed and newer versions are available, it will get upgraded
to the newest installable version.
If ARCH is not specified, or the last dot of the capability name string is not followed by known
architecture, the solver will treat the whole string as a capability name. If the ARCH is known,
the solver will select a package matching that architecture and complain if such package cannot
be found.
Zypper is also able to install plain RPM files while trying to satisfy their dependencies using
packages from defined repositories. You can install a plain RPM file by specifying its location in
the install command arguments either as a local path or an URI. E.g.:
$ zypper install ~/rpms/foo.rpm http://some.site/bar.rpm
Zypper will report packages that it cannot find. Further, in interactive mode, zypper proceeds
with installation of the rest of requested packages, and it will abort immediately in
non-interactive mode. In both cases zypper returns ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_CAP_NOT_FOUND after finishing
the operation.
Zypper will collect the files in a temporary plaindir repository and mark the respective packages
for installation. If --download-only is used, the downloaded packages will be available in
/var/cache/zypper/RPMS until you actually install them or call zypper clean to clear the package
caches. They will not become part of the global package cache at /var/cache/zypp/packages (see
also the global --pkg-cache-dir option).
In the install command, you can also specify packages you wish to remove by prepending their names by
a - or ! character. For example:
$ zypper install \!Firefox
In contrast to zypper remove Firefox which removes Firefox and its dependent packages, the
install command will try to keep dependent packages installed by looking for Firefox
alternatives.
Note that if you choose to use - with the first package you specify, you need to write -- before
it to prevent its interpretation as a command option:
$ zypper install -- -boring-game great-game great-game-manual
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
Using --repo is discouraged as it currently hides unmentioned repositories from the resolver,
leading to inexpertly decisions. In the future --repo will become an alias for --from.
-t, --type type
Type of package to install (default: package). See section Package Types for list of available
package types. Use zypper se -t type [name] to look for available items of this type and zypper
info -t type name to display more detailed information about the item.
If patch is specified, zypper will install and/or remove packages to satisfy specified patch.
This is a way to ensure that specific bug fix is installed. Use zypper list-patches to look for
applicable patches.
If product or pattern are specified, zypper ensures that all required (and optionally
recommended) packages are installed.
-n, --name
Select packages by their name, don’t try to select by capabilities.
-f, --force
Install even if the item is already installed (reinstall), downgraded or changes vendor or
architecture.
--oldpackage
Allows one to replace a newer item with an older one. Handy if you are doing a rollback. Unlike
--force it will not enforce a reinstall, if the item is already installed with the requested
version.
--from alias|name|#|URI
Select packages from specified repository. If strings specified as arguments to the install
command match packages in repositories specified in this option, they will be marked for
installation. This option currently implies --name, but allows using wildcards for specifying
packages.
-C, --capability
Select packages by capabilities.
-l, --auto-agree-with-licenses
Automatically say yes to third party license confirmation prompt. By using this option, you
choose to agree with licenses of all third-party software this command will install. This option
is particularly useful for administrators installing the same set of packages on multiple
machines (by an automated process) and have the licenses confirmed before.
--auto-agree-with-product-licenses
Automatically accept product licenses only. This is used by tools like SUSEconnect, which ask for
confirmation before the product gets registered. So there’s no need to confirm the product
license again at install time.
--replacefiles
Install the packages even if they replace files from other, already installed, packages. Default
is to treat file conflicts as an error. --download-as-needed disables the file conflict check
because access to all packages file lists is needed in advance in order to perform the check.
-D, --dry-run
Test the installation, do not actually install any package. If used together with --download-only
a meaningful file conflict check can be performed (see section Package File Conflicts).
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
-y, --no-confirm
Don’t require user interaction. It’s recommended to use the --non-interactive global option
instead. Global options are passed before the command (zypper --non-interactive COMMAND ...).
Unlike the no-confirm command option, the global option can be used together with any zypper
command.
--allow-unsigned-rpm
Silently install unsigned rpm packages given as commandline parameters.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
--recommends
Install also recommended packages in addition to the required ones. The default behavior is
determined by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
--no-recommends
Do not install recommended packages, but only required ones. The default behavior is determined
by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
Download-and-install mode options:
-d, --download-only
Only download the packages for later installation (see also the global --pkg-cache-dir option).
If used together with --dry-run a meaningful file conflict check can be performed (see section
Package File Conflicts).
--download-in-advance
First download all packages, then start installing. This is the default.
--download-in-heaps
Download a minimal set of packages that can be installed without leaving the system in broken
state, and install them. Then download and install another heap until all are installed. This
helps to keep the system in consistent state without the need to download all packages in
advance, which combines the advantages of --download-in-advance and --download-as-needed. This is
the default mode.
Note
While the resolver is not capable of building heaps, this behaves the same as
--download-in-advance.
--download-as-needed
Download one package, install it immediately, and continue with the rest until all are installed.
--download mode
Use the specified download-and-install mode. Available modes are: only, in-advance, in-heaps,
as-needed. See corresponding --download-mode options for their description.
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
Examples:
$ zypper install -t pattern lamp_server
Install lamp_server pattern.
$ zypper install --no-recommends gv
Install GhostScript viewer, but ignore recommended packages.
$ zypper install virtualbox-ose-2.0.6
$ zypper install virtualbox-ose=2.0.6
$ zypper install virtualbox-ose = 2.0.6
Install version 2.0.6 of virtualbox-ose package.
source-install (si) name...
Install specified source packages and their build dependencies. If the name of a binary package is
given, the corresponding source package is looked up and installed instead.
This command will try to find the newest available versions of the source packages and uses rpm -i to
install them, optionally together with all the packages that are required to build the source
package. The default location where rpm installs source packages to is
/usr/src/packages/{SPECS,SOURCES}, but the values can be changed in your local rpm configuration. In
case of doubt try executing rpm --eval "%{_specdir} and %{_sourcedir}".
Note that the source packages must be available in repositories you are using. You can check whether
a repository contains any source packages using the following command:
$ zypper search -t srcpackage -r alias|name|#|URI
$ zypper search -t srcpackage -r alias|name|#|URI
-d, --build-deps-only
Install only build dependencies of specified packages.
-D, --no-build-deps
Don’t install build dependencies.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
--download-only
Only download the packages, do not install.
Examples:
$ zypper si -d dbus-1
Install build dependencies of dbus-1 source package.
verify (ve) [options]
Check whether dependencies of installed packages are satisfied.
In case that any dependency problems are found, zypper suggests packages to install or remove to fix
them.
-D, --dry-run
Test the repair, do not actually do anything to the system. If used together with --download-only
a meaningful file conflict check can be performed (see section Package File Conflicts).
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
-y, --no-confirm
Don’t require user interaction. It’s recommended to use the --non-interactive global option
instead. Global options are passed before the command (zypper --non-interactive COMMAND ...).
Unlike the no-confirm command option, the global option can be used together with any zypper
command.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
--recommends
Install also recommended packages in addition to the required ones. The default behavior is
determined by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
--no-recommends
Do not install recommended packages, but only required ones. The default behavior is determined
by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
This command also accepts the Download-and-install mode options described in the install command.
install-new-recommends (inr) [options]
Install newly added packages recommended by already installed ones. This command basically
re-evaluates the recommendations of all installed packages and fills up the system accordingly. You
don’t want to call this unconditionally on small or minimal systems, as it may easily add a large
number of packages.
Called as zypper inr --no-recommends, it restricts the command to just look for packages supporting
available hardware, languages or filesystems. Useful after having added e.g. new hardware or driver
repos. This is also the default behavior if you have set [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
-D, --dry-run
Test the installation, do not actually install anything. If used together with --download-only a
meaningful file conflict check can be performed (see section Package File Conflicts).
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
--recommends
Install also recommended packages in addition to the required ones. The default behavior is
determined by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
--no-recommends
Do not install recommended packages, but only required ones. The default behavior is determined
by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
This command also accepts the Download-and-install mode options described in the install command.
remove (rm) [options] name...
remove (rm) [options] --capability capability...
Remove (uninstall) packages.
The remove command will uninstall the selected and their dependent packages. It will not try to
install alternatives in order to keep dependent packages installed. If you want this, use zypper
install !name.
The packages can be selected by their name or by a capability they provide. For details on package
selection see the install command description.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
-t, --type type
Type of package (default: package). See section Package Types for list of available package
types.
Since patches are not installed in sense of copying files or recording a database entry, they
cannot be uninstalled, even though zypper shows them as installed. The installed status is
determined solely based on the installed status of its required dependencies. If these
dependencies are satisfied, the patch is rendered installed.
-n, --name
Select packages by their name (default).
-C, --capability
Select packages by capabilities.
-D, --dry-run
Test the removal of packages, do not actually remove anything.
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
-y, --no-confirm
Don’t require user interaction. It’s recommended to use the --non-interactive global option
instead. Global options are passed before the command (zypper --non-interactive COMMAND ...).
Unlike the no-confirm command option, the global option can be used together with any zypper
command.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
-u, --clean-deps
Automatically remove dependencies which become unneeded after removal of requested packages.
-U, --no-clean-deps
No automatic removal of unneeded dependencies.
purge-kernels [options]
Autoremoves installed kernels.
Automatically cleans up installed kernels according to the rules defined in
[zypp.conf:multiversion.kernels] which can be given as <version>, latest[-N], running, oldest[+N].
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
-D, --dry-run
Test the removal of packages, do not actually remove anything.
Update Management Commands
list-updates (lu) [options]
List available updates.
This command will list only installable updates, i.e. updates which have no dependency problems, or
which do not change package vendor. This list is what the update command will propose to install. To
list all packages for which newer version are available, use --all option.
-t, --type type
Type of package (default: package). See section Package Types for list of available package
types.
If patch is specified, zypper acts as if the list-patches command was executed.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
-a, --all
List all packages for which newer versions are available, regardless whether they are installable
or not.
--best-effort
See the update command for description.
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
update (up) [options] [packagename]...
Update installed packages with newer versions, where possible.
This command will not update packages which would require change of package vendor unless the vendor
is specified in /etc/zypp/vendors.d, or which would require manual resolution of problems with
dependencies. Such non-installable updates will then be listed in separate section of the summary as
"The following package updates will NOT be installed:".
To update individual packages, specify one or more package names. You can use the * and ? wildcard
characters in the package names to specify multiple packages matching the pattern.
-t, --type type
Type of package (default: package). See section Package Types for list of available package
types.
If patch is specified, zypper acts as if the patches command was executed.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
--skip-interactive
This will skip interactive patches, that is, those that need reboot, contain a message, or update
a package whose license needs to be confirmed.
--with-interactive
Avoid skipping of interactive patches when in non-interactive mode.
-l, --auto-agree-with-licenses
Automatically say yes to third party license confirmation prompt. By using this option, you
choose to agree with licenses of all third-party software this command will install. This option
is particularly useful for administrators installing the same set of packages on multiple
machines (by an automated process) and have the licenses confirmed before.
--auto-agree-with-product-licenses
Automatically accept product licenses only. This is used by tools like SUSEconnect, which ask for
confirmation before the product gets registered. So there’s no need to confirm the product
license again at install time.
--replacefiles
Install the packages even if they replace files from other, already installed, packages. Default
is to treat file conflicts as an error. --download-as-needed disables the fileconflict check
because access to all packages filelists is needed in advance in order to perform the check.
-D, --dry-run
Test the update, do not actually install or update any package. If used together with
--download-only a meaningful file conflict check can be performed (see section Package File
Conflicts).
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
--best-effort
Do a best effort approach to update. This method does not explicitly select packages with best
version and architecture, but instead requests installation of a package with higher version than
the installed one and leaves the rest on the dependency solver. This method is always used for
packages, and is optional for products and patterns. It is not applicable to patches.
-y, --no-confirm
Don’t require user interaction. It’s recommended to use the --non-interactive global option
instead. Global options are passed before the command (zypper --non-interactive COMMAND ...).
Unlike the no-confirm command option, the global option can be used together with any zypper
command.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
--recommends
Install also recommended packages in addition to the required ones. The default behavior is
determined by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
--no-recommends
Do not install recommended packages, but only required ones. The default behavior is determined
by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
This command also accepts the Download-and-install mode options described in the install command
description.
list-patches (lp) [options]
List all applicable patches.
This command is similar to zypper list-updates -t patch.
Note that optional arguments of some of the following options must be specified using = instead of a
space.
-b, --bugzilla[=#[,...]]
List applicable patches for all Bugzilla issues, or issues whose number matches the given string.
--cve[=#[,...]]
List applicable patches for all CVE issues, or issues whose number matches the given string.
--date YYYY-MM-DD[,...]
List only patches issued up to, but not including, the specified date.
-g, --category category[,...]
List only patches with this category. See section Package Types for a list of commonly used
category values.
--severity severity[,...]
List only patches with this severity. See section Package Types for a list of commonly used
severity values.
--issue[=string[,...]]
Look for issues whose number, summary, or description matches the specified string. Issues found
by number are displayed separately from those found by descriptions. In the latter case, use
zypper patch-info patchname to get information about issues the patch fixes.
-a, *--all
By default, only patches that are applicable on your system are listed. This option causes all
available released patches to be listed. This option can be combined with all the rest of the
list-updates command options.
--with-optional, --without-optional
Whether applicable optional patches should be treated as needed or be excluded. The default is to
exclude optional patches.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
patch-check (pchk)
Check for patches. Displays a count of applicable patches and how many of them have the security
category.
See also the EXIT CODES section for details on exit status of 0, 100, and 101 returned by this
command.
--updatestack-only
Check only for patches which affect the package management itself.
--with-optional, --without-optional
Whether applicable optional patches should be treated as needed or be excluded. The default is to
exclude optional patches.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Check for patches only in the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This
option can be used multiple times.
patch [options]
Install all available needed patches.
If there are patches that affect the package management itself, those will be installed first and you
will be asked to run the patch command again.
This command is similar to zypper update -t patch.
--updatestack-only
Install only patches which affect the package management itself and exit.
--with-update
Additionally try to update all packages not covered by patches. This is basically the same as
running zypper update afterwards.
The option is ignored, if the patch command must update the update stack first, thus it can not
be combined with the --updatestack-only option.
--with-optional, --without-optional
Whether applicable optional patches should be treated as needed or be excluded. The default is to
exclude optional patches.
-b, --bugzilla #[,...]
Install patch fixing a Bugzilla issue specified by number. Use list-patches --bugzilla command to
get a list of applicable patches for specific issues.
--cve #[,...]
Install patch fixing a MITRE’s CVE issue specified by number. Use list-patches --cve command to
get a list of applicable patches for specific issues.
--date YYYY-MM-DD[,...]
Install only patches issued up to, but not including, the specified date.
-g, --category category[,...]
Install only patches with this category. Use list-patches --category command to get a list of
available patches with a specific category. See section Package Types for a list of commonly used
category values.
--severity severity[,...]
Install only patches with this severity. Use list-patches --severity command to get a list of
available patches with a specific severity. See section Package Types for a list of commonly used
severity values.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
--skip-interactive
This will skip interactive patches, that is, those that need reboot, contain a message, or update
a package whose license needs to be confirmed.
--with-interactive
Avoid skipping of interactive patches when in non-interactive mode.
-l, --auto-agree-with-licenses
Automatically say yes to third party license confirmation prompt. By using this option, you
choose to agree with licenses of all third-party software this command will install. This option
is particularly useful for administrators installing the same set of packages on multiple
machines (by an automated process) and have the licenses confirmed before.
--auto-agree-with-product-licenses
Automatically accept product licenses only. This is used by tools like SUSEconnect, which ask for
confirmation before the product gets registered. So there’s no need to confirm the product
license again at install time.
--replacefiles
Install the packages even if they replace files from other, already installed, packages. Default
is to treat file conflicts as an error. --download-as-needed disables the fileconflict check
because access to all packages filelists is needed in advance in order to perform the check.
-D, --dry-run
Test the update, do not actually update. If used together with --download-only a meaningful file
conflict check can be performed (see section Package File Conflicts).
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
-y, --no-confirm
Don’t require user interaction. It’s recommended to use the --non-interactive global option
instead. Global options are passed before the command (zypper --non-interactive COMMAND ...).
Unlike the no-confirm command option, the global option can be used together with any zypper
command.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
--recommends
Install also recommended packages in addition to the required ones. The default behavior is
determined by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
--no-recommends
Do not install recommended packages, but only required ones. The default behavior is determined
by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
This command also accepts the Download-and-install mode options described in the install command
description.
dist-upgrade (dup) [options]
Perform a distribution upgrade. This command applies the state of (specified) repositories onto the
system; upgrades (or even downgrades) installed packages to versions found in repositories, removes
packages that are no longer in the repositories and pose a dependency problem for the upgrade,
handles package splits and renames, etc.
If no repositories are specified via the --from option, zypper will do a global upgrade with all
defined repositories. This global form of dup will also consider unchanged installed packages and
re-evaluate their dependencies. This can be a problem if the system contains conflicting
repositories, like repositories for two different distribution releases. This often happens if one
forgets to remove an older release repository after adding a new one, say openSUSE 13.1 and openSUSE
13.2.
For all repositories which have the distribution version within their URL (like
https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/oss) using the $releasever variable instead may
be helpful (https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/$releasever/repo/oss). The variable is per
default substituted by the current distributions version (13.1).
This value can be temporarily overwritten in the current zypper command by using the --releasever
global option. Calling zypper --releasever 13.2... will cause these repos to use the new location
(https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss) without the need to add/remove anything.
But you’ll need to use --releasever 13.2 with every zypper command until the distribution upgrade was
actually performed. Once the dup is done, $releasever will default to the new distribution version
13.2 and --releasever is no longer needed.
It might be less tedious to persistently set $releasever to the target distribution value, so
--releasever is not needed at all. See section Repository Management for more info about variable
substitution and the definition of custom variables.
Note: Performing a distribution upgrade will automatically create a solver test case at
/var/log/updateTestcase-YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss (the date and time the command was executed).
Note: distribution upgrades in openSUSE are currently only supported between consecutive releases. To
upgrade multiple releases, upgrade each consecutive release one at a time. For more details see
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade and the openSUSE release notes at
http://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/.
--from alias|name|#|URI
The option can be used multiple times and restricts the upgrade to the specified repositories
only. Nevertheless all enabled repositories are visible to the resolver and will be considered to
satisfy dependency problems.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI.
Using --repo is discouraged as it currently hides unmentioned repositories from the resolver,
leading to inexpertly decisions. This is because packages originally installed from the hidden
repos will now be treated as orphaned or dropped. They can be silently removed if involved in a
dependency conflict. In the future --repo will become an alias for --from.
-l, --auto-agree-with-licenses
Automatically say yes to third party license confirmation prompt. By using this option, you
choose to agree with licenses of all third-party software this command will install. This option
is particularly useful for administrators installing the same set of packages on multiple
machines (by an automated process) and have the licenses confirmed before.
--auto-agree-with-product-licenses
Automatically accept product licenses only. This is used by tools like SUSEconnect, which ask for
confirmation before the product gets registered. So there’s no need to confirm the product
license again at install time.
--replacefiles
Install the packages even if they replace files from other, already installed, packages. Default
is to treat file conflicts as an error. --download-as-needed disables the fileconflict check
because access to all packages filelists is needed in advance in order to perform the check.
-D, --dry-run
Test the upgrade, do not actually install or update any package. If used together with
--download-only a meaningful file conflict check can be performed (see section Package File
Conflicts).
-y, --no-confirm
Don’t require user interaction. It’s recommended to use the --non-interactive global option
instead. Global options are passed before the command (zypper --non-interactive COMMAND ...).
Unlike the no-confirm command option, the global option can be used together with any zypper
command.
--details
Show the detailed installation summary.
Solver related options:
--debug-solver
Create solver test case for debugging. Use this option if you think the dependencies were not
solved correctly. When using this option no packages will be installed or removed. Instead a
solver test case is written to /var/log/zypper.solverTestCase. You can pack the directory and
attach it to your bug report.
--force-resolution
Force the solver to find a solution by allowing to remove packages with unfulfilled requirements.
This is the default when removing packages (zypper remove). This option overrides
--no-force-resolution in case both are specified on the command line.
-R, --no-force-resolution
Do not force the solver to find a solution. Instead, report dependency problems and prompt the
user to resolve them manually. This is the default except when removing packages (zypper remove).
--solver-focus MODE
Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. Valid modes are Job, Installed or Update.
See section Package Dependencies for details.
--recommends
Install also recommended packages in addition to the required ones. The default behavior is
determined by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
--no-recommends
Do not install recommended packages, but only required ones. The default behavior is determined
by [zypp.conf:solver.onlyRequires].
Expert Options:
Don’t use them unless you know you need them.
--allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade
Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables.
--allow-name-change, --no-allow-name-change
Whether to allow changing the names of installed resolvables. Setting this to no will not replace
packages which have been renamed.
--allow-arch-change, --no-allow-arch-change
Whether to allow changing the architecture of installed resolvables.
--allow-vendor-change, --no-allow-vendor-change
Whether to allow changing the vendor of installed resolvables. Setting this to no might be useful
if you do not want packages from foreign repos being changed to the distributions version (or
vice versa).
This command also accepts the Download-and-install mode options described in the install command
description.
Examples:
$ zypper dup --from factory --from packman
Upgrade the system to the latest versions provided by the factory and packman repositories.
Query Commands
search (se) [options] [querystring|capability]...
Search for packages matching any of the given search strings. * and ? wildcard characters can be used
within search strings. If the search string is enclosed in / (e.g. /^k.*e$/) it’s interpreted as a
regular expression. See the install command for details about how to specify a capability.
Results of the search are printed in a table with columns Status, Name, Summary and Type of package.
In the detailed view (se -s) all available instances of matching packages are shown; each version in
each repository on a separate line, with columns Status, Name, Type, Version, Architecture and
Repository. For installed packages Repository shows either a repository that provides exactly the
installed version of the package, or, if the exact version is not provided by any known repo, (System
Packages) (or @System). Those installed packages not provided by any repo are often denoted as being
unwanted, orphaned or dropped.
The Status column can contain the following values:
i+
installed by user request
i
installed automatically (by the resolver, see section Automatically installed packages)
v
a different version is installed
empty
neither of the above cases
!
a patch in needed state
.l
is shown in the 2nd column if the item is locked (see section Package Locks Management)
.R
is shown in the 2nd column if the item has been retracted (see patch in section Package
Types)
The v status is only shown if the version or the repository matters (see --details or --repo), and
the installed instance differs from the one listed in version or repository.
This command accepts the following options:
--match-substrings
Matches for search strings may be partial words (default).
--match-words
Matches for search strings may only be whole words.
-x, --match-exact
Searches for an exact name of the package.
--provides
Search for packages which provide the search strings.
--requires
Search for packages which require the search strings.
--recommends
Search for packages which recommend the search strings.
--suggests
Search for packages which suggest the search strings.
--conflicts
Search for packages conflicting with the search strings.
--obsoletes
Search for packages which obsolete the search strings.
--supplements
Search for packages which supplement the search strings.
--provides-pkg
Search for all packages that provide any of the provides of the package(s) matched by the input
parameters.
--requires-pkg
Search for all packages that require any of the provides of the package(s) matched by the input
parameters.
--recommends-pkg
Search for all packages that recommend any of the provides of the package(s) matched by the input
parameters.
--supplements-pkg
Search for all packages that supplement any of the provides of the package(s) matched by the
input parameters.
--conflicts-pkg
Search for all packages that conflict with any of the package(s) matched by the input parameters.
--obsoletes-pkg
Search for all packages that obsolete any of the package(s) matched by the input parameters.
--suggests-pkg
Search for all packages that suggest any of the provides of the package(s) matched by the input
parameters.
-n, --name
Useful together with dependency options, otherwise searching in package name is default.
-f, --file-list
Search in the file list of packages. Note that the full file list is available for installed
packages only. For remote packages only an abstract of their file list is available within the
metadata (files containing /etc/, /bin/, or /sbin/).
-d, --search-descriptions
Search also in summaries and descriptions.
-C, --case-sensitive
Perform case-sensitive search.
-i, --installed-only
Show only installed packages.
-u, --not-installed-only
Show only packages which are not installed.
The old option name --uninstalled-only is still acceptable, but should be considered deprecated.
-t, --type type
Search only for packages of specified type. See section Package Types for a list of available
package types. Multiple --type options are allowed.
See also the type-specific query commands like packages, patterns, etc.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
--sort-by-name
Sort packages by name (default).
--sort-by-repo
Sort packages by repository, not by name.
-s, --details
Show all available versions of matching packages, each version in each repository on a separate
line.
-v, --verbose
Like --details with additional information where the search has matched (useful when searching
for dependencies, e.g. --provides).
Examples:
$ zypper se 'yast*'
Search for YaST packages (quote the string to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcard).
$ zypper se -s --match-exact kernel-default
Show all available versions of package kernel-default
$ zypper se -dC --match-words RSI
Look for RSI acronym (case-sensitively), also in summaries and descriptions.
packages (pa) [options] [repository]...
List all available packages or all packages from specified repositories. Similar to zypper search -s
-t package.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Just another means to specify repositories.
-i, --installed-only
Show only installed packages.
-u, --not-installed-only
Show only packages which are not installed.
The old option name --uninstalled-only is still acceptable, but should be considered deprecated.
--orphaned
Show packages which are orphaned (without repository).
--suggested
Show packages which are suggested.
--recommended
Show packages which are recommended.
--unneeded
Show packages which are unneeded.
patches (pch) [options] [repository]...
List all available patches from specified repositories, including those not needed. Short for zypper
lp -a.
-r, --repo alias|name_|#|URI
Just another means to specify repositories.
patterns (pt) [options] [repository]...
List all available patterns or all patterns from specified repositories. Similar to zypper search -s
-t pattern.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Just another means to specify repositories.
-i, --installed-only
Show only installed patterns.
-u, --not-installed-only
Show only patterns which are not installed.
The old option name --uninstalled-only is still acceptable, but should be considered deprecated.
products (pd) [options] [repository]...
List all available products or all products from specified repositories. Similar to zypper search -s
-t product, but shows also the type of the product (base, add-on).
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Just another means to specify repositories.
-i, --installed-only
Show only installed products.
-u, --not-installed-only
Show only products which are not installed.
The old option name --uninstalled-only is still acceptable, but should be considered deprecated.
--xmlfwd tag
XML output only: Literally forward the XML tag, if it is found in an installed products
.prod-file (in /etc/products.d).
Using this option, for each installed product an <xmlfwd> node will be created inside the
<product> output node of the product.
Tag defines the name (or /-separated path) of a xml-tag inside an installed products .prod-file.
If the tag is present inside the products .prod-file, the tag and it’s content is literally
forwarded into the products <xmlfwd> output node.
The option may be specified multiple times.
Examples:
$ zypper -x pd --xmlfwd name --xmlfwd register/target
what-provides (wp) capability
List all packages providing the specified capability (case-insensitive search). See also the install
command for info about specifying capabilities.
The command line is automatically transformed into the corresponding search command:
$ zypper what-provides 'zypper>1.6'
$ zypper search --provides --match-exact 'zypper>1.6'
For a case-sensitive search call
$ zypper search --provides --match-exact --case-sensitive 'zypper>1.6'
Repository Management
Zypper is able to work with YaST, RPM-MD (yum) software repositories, and plain directories containing
.rpm files (no symlinks).
Repositories are primarily identified using their URI or alias. Alias serves as a shorthand for the long
URI or name of the repository. The name of the repository should briefly describe the repository and is
shown to the user in tables and messages. The name is not required, and if not known, the alias is shown
instead. The alias is required and uniquely identifies the repository on the system.
The alias, name, URI, or the number from zypper repos list can be used to specify a repository as an
argument of various zypper commands and options like refresh, --repo, or --from.
Apart from the above, repositories have several other properties which can be set using the commands
described in this section below, or by manually editing the repository definition files (.repo files, see
section FILES).
Variable substitution:
You can use the following variables within a .repo or .service files name and URI values:
$arch
Use this variable to refer to the system’s CPU architecture.
$basearch
Use this variable to refer to the base architecture of the system. For example, iX86 machines have a
base architecture of i386, while AMD64 and Intel64 have x86_64.
$releasever, $releasever_major, $releasever_minor
Use this variable to refer to the version of your openSUSE or SUSE Linux. The value is obtained from
the /product/version XML-node in /etc/products.d/baseproduct.
This is useful for related repositories like packman
(http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/$releasever), which shall always fit the installed
distribution, even after a distribution upgrade.
To help performing a distribution upgrade, the value of $releasever can be persistently set to a user
defined value by creating a custom variable with that name (see below). This way you can easily
switch all repositories using $releasever to the new version (provided the server layouts did not
change and new repos are already available).
For a single zypper command the value of $releasever can be temporarily overwritten by using the
--releasever global option.
In addition $releasever_major will be set to the leading portion up to (but not including) the 1st
dot; $releasever_minor to the trailing portion after the 1st dot. If there’s no dot in $releasever,
$releasever_major is the same as $releasever and $releasever_minor is empty.
Custom Variables
A custom repository variable is defined by creating a file in /etc/zypp/vars.d. The variable name
equals the file name. The files first line (up to but not including the newline character) defines
the variables value. Valid variable(file) names consist of alphanumeric chars and underscore only.
This is how you can set a custom variable, e.g. $releasever to a value of 99.0:
echo "99.0" >/etc/zypp/vars.d/releasever
To remove the custom variable, simply delete its file in /etc/zypp/vars.d:
rm /etc/zypp/vars.d/releasever
To check where you already use $releasever call:
zypper --releasever @--HERE--@ lr -u
Remember to protect the $ when using these variables on a shell command line:
zypper ar -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/\$releasever packman
If a variable is followed by an alphanumeric character or underscore it needs to be enclosed in {}:
zypper ar -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/\${releasever}_packman
Bash style definition of default ${variable:-word} and alternate ${variable:+word} values:
SLE-${releasever_major}${releasever_minor:+-SP-$releasever_minor}
NOTE:
Variable substitution within an URIs authority is limited to host and port. Bash style definition of
default and alternate values is not supported. No variables can be used in an URIs scheme, user and
password.
Supported URI formats:
scheme:[//user[:password]@]host[:port]]/path[?query][#fragment]
Special characters occurring in URI components (like a '@' in a password) must be %-encoded ('%40').
CD or DVD drive
Optionally with devices list for probing.
• cd:///
dvd:/subdir?devices=/dev/sr0,/dev/sr1
FTP/HTTP/HTTPS directory tree
The ftp URL scheme supports absolute and relative paths to the default ftp server directory (RFC1738,
Section 3.2.2). To use an absolute path, you have to prepend the path with an additional slash, what
results in a /%2f combination (second / encoded to %2f) at the begin of the URL path. This is
important, especially in user authenticated ftp, where the users home is usually the default
directory of the server (except when the server chroots into the users home directory).
Explicit proxy settings may be passed via optional parameters proxy, proxyport, proxyuser and
proxypass.
HTTP authentication methods to use can be defined as comma separated list via optional parameter
auth. Valid methods are e.g. basic, digest, ntlm, negotiate. Note, that this list depends on the list
of methods supported by the curl library.
SSL verification behavior can be changed using the ssl_verify option (this should be used with care).
Valid values are yes (the secure default), host, peer or no. Host just checks that the "Common Name"
field or a "Subject Alternate Name" field in the servers certificate matches the host name in the
URL. Peer just verifies whether the certificate provided by the server is authentic against the chain
of digital signatures found in ssl_capath. No performs no checks at all. Yes is the secure default,
performing host and peer check.
For SSL client certificate authentication use the options ssl_clientcert to define the path to the
ssl client certificate and ssl_clientkey to define the path to the SSL client key. Use ssl_capath to
change the directory holding the CA certificates (default is /etc/ssl/certs).
• ftp://user:pass@server/path/to/media/dir
ftp://user:pass@server/%2fhome/user/path/to/media/dir
http://user:pass@server/path
https://user:pass@server/path?proxy=foo&proxyuser=me&proxypass=pw
https://server/path?ssl_clientcert=/entitlement/1234.pem&ssl_clientkey=/entitlement/1234-key.pem
Disk volume (partition)
Mandatory device parameter specifying the name of the block device to mount. The name of the optional
filesystem defaults to "auto".
• hd:/subdir?device=/dev/sda1&filesystem=reiserfs
Local directory tree
• dir:/directory/name
Media in an ISO image (loopback mounted)
Mandatory iso parameter specifying the name of the iso file. Optional url parameter specifying the
URL to the directory containing the iso file. Optional mnt parameter specifying the preferred attach
point for the source media url. Optional filesystem name of the filesystem used in the iso file.
Defaults to "auto".
• iso:/?iso=CD1.iso&url=nfs://server/path/to/media
iso:/?iso=CD1.iso&url=hd:/?device=/dev/hda
iso:/subdir?iso=DVD1.iso&url=nfs://nfs-server/directory&mnt=/nfs/attach/point&filesystem=udf
NFS exported directory tree
To use NFSv4 either use schema tnfsv4:// or pass an optional parameter type=nfs4. Additional
mountoptions can be passed as comma separated list. Defaults to "ro".
• nfs://nfs-server/exported/path
nfs://nfs-server/exported/path?mountoptions=ro&type=nfs4
nfs4://nfs-server/exported/path?mountoptions=ro
CIFS/SMB directory tree
There is no difference between cifs and smb scheme (any more). In both cases the cifs filesystem is
used. Additional mountoptions can be passed as comma separated list. Defaults to "ro,guest". Specify
"noguest" to turn off "guest". This is necessary if Samba is configured to reject guest connections.
Optional workgroup or domain parameter set the name of the workgroup. As alternative to passing
username:password in the URI authority the parameters user and pass can be used.
• smb://servername/share/path/on/the/share
cifs://usern:passw@servername/share/path/on/the/share?mountoptions=ro,noguest
cifs://usern:passw@servername/share/path/on/the/share?workgroup=mygroup
cifs://servername/share/path/on/the/share?user=usern&pass=passw
OpenSUSE Build Build Service (OBS) repositories
Zypper also accepts special URIs identifying openSUSE Build Service (OBS) repositories in the addrepo
command. These URIs have the form of obs://project/[platform], where project is the name of the OBS
project and platform is the target platform (OS) for which the repository is intended.
If platform is omitted, openSUSE_$releasever is used unless a value for obs.platform is defined in
zypper.conf. If you are following openSUSE_Factory or openSUSE_Tumbleweed you may need to set these
as your default platform. But we can only guess, how the directory containing the repository that
fits your distribution is named on the server. In case of doubt you need to look up the right URL in
a browser.
• obs://zypp:Head/
obs://zypp:Head/openSUSE_Factory
obs://zypp:Head/openSUSE_Factory_Staging_Gcc49_standard
Commands:
addrepo (ar) [options] URI alias
addrepo (ar) [options] FILE*.repo*
Add a new repository specified by URI and assign specified alias to it or specify URI to a .repo
file.
Newly added repositories have auto-refresh disabled by default (except for repositories imported from
a .repo, having the auto-refresh enabled). To enable auto-refresh use addrepo -f, or the --refresh
option of the modifyrepo command.
Also, this command does not automatically refresh the newly added repositories. The repositories will
get refreshed when used for the first time, or you can use the refresh command after finishing your
modifications with *repo commands.
-r, --repo file.repo
Read URI and alias from specified .repo file
-c, --check
Probe given URI.
-C, --no-check
Don’t probe URI, probe later during refresh.
-n, --name name
Specify descriptive name for the repository.
-e, --enable
Enable the repository (the default).
-d, --disable
Add the repository as disabled. Repositories are added as enabled by default.
-f, --refresh
Enable autorefresh of the repository. The autorefresh is disabled by default when adding new
repositories.
-F, --no-refresh
Disable auto-refresh for the repository.
-p, --priority positive-integer
Set the priority of the repository. Priority of 1 is the highest, the higher the number the lower
the priority. -p 0 will set the priority back to the default (99). Packages from repositories
with higher priority will be preferred even in case there is a higher installable version
available in the repository with a lower priority.
-k, --keep-packages
Enable RPM files caching for the repository.
-K, --no-keep-packages
Disable RPM files caching.
-g, --gpgcheck
Enable GPG check for this repository. The behavior as described in section GPG checks.
--gpgcheck-strict
Enable strict GPG check for this repository. Even packages from signed repositories need a valid
GPG signature and using unsigned packages must be confirmed.
--gpgcheck-allow-unsigned
Short hand for --gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-repo --gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-package
--gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-repo
Enable GPG check but allow the repository metadata to be unsigned.
--gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-package
Enable GPG check but allow installing unsigned packages from this repository.
-G, --no-gpgcheck
Disable GPG check for this repository.
Disabling GPG checks is not recommended. Signing data enables the recipient to verify that no
modifications occurred after the data were signed. Accepting data with no, wrong or unknown
signature can lead to a corrupted system and in extreme cases even to a system compromise.
--default-gpgcheck
Use the global GPG check settings defined in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf. This is the default.
Unless you have modified your zypp.conf settings, this is the same as --gpgcheck, the behavior as
described in section GPG checks.
Examples:
$ zypper ar -c -n 'Packman 11.1 repo' http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/11.1 packman
Add a HTTP repository, probe it, name it Packman 11.1 repo, and use packman as alias.
$ zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/zypp:/svn/openSUSE_Factory/zypp:svn.repo
$ zypper ar myreposbackup.repo
Add repositories from a .repo file.
removerepo (rr) [options] alias|name|#|URI...
Delete repositories specified by aliases, names, numbers, URIs or one of the aggregate options.
--loose-auth
Ignore user authentication data in the URI
--loose-query
Ignore query string in the URI
-a, --all
Apply changes to all repositories.
-l, --local
Apply changes to all local repositories.
-t, --remote
Apply changes to all remote repositories (http/https/ftp).
-m, --medium-type type
Apply changes to repositories of specified type. The type corresponds to the repository URI
scheme identifier like http, dvd, etc. You can find complete list of valid types at
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Libzypp_URIs.
repos (lr) [options] [repo]...
List all defined repositories or show detailed information about those specified as arguments
The following data can be printed for each repository found on the system: # (repository number),
Alias (unique identifier), Name, Enabled (whether the repository is enabled), GPG Check (whether GPG
check for repository metadata (r) and/or downloaded rpm packages (p) is enabled), Refresh (whether
auto-refresh is enabled for the repository), Priority, Type (repository meta-data type: rpm-md,
yast2, plaindir). Which of the data is shown is determined by command line options listed below and
the main.repoListColumns setting from zypper.conf. By default, #, Alias, Name, Enabled, GPG Check and
Refresh is shown.
Repository number is a unique identifier of the repository in current set of repositories. If you
add, remove or change a repository, the numbers may change. Keep that in mind when using the numbers
with the repository handling commands. On the other hand, using the alias instead of the number is
always safe.
To show detailed information about specific repositories, specify them as arguments, either by alias,
name, number from simple zypper lr, or by URI; e.g. fB zypper lr factory, or zypper lr 2.
-e, --export FILE.repo|-
This option causes zypper to write repository definition of all defined repositories into a
single file in repo file format. If - is specified instead of a file name, the repositories will
be written to the standard output.
-a, --alias
Add alias column to the output.
-n, --name
Add name column to the output.
-u, --uri
Add base URI column to the output.
-p, --priority
Add repository priority column to the output.
-r, --refresh
Add the autorefresh column to the output.
-d, --details
Show more information like URI, priority, type, etc.
-E, --show-enabled-only
Show enabled repositories only.
-U, --sort-by-uri
Add base URI column and sort the list it.
-P, --sort-by-priority
Add repository priority column and sort the list by it.
-A, --sort-by-alias
Sort the list by alias.
-N, --sort-by-name
Sort the list by name.
Examples:
$ zypper repos -e myreposbackup.repo
Backup your repository setup:
$ zypper lr -pu
List repositories with their URIs and priorities:
renamerepo (nr) alias|name|#|URI new-alias
Assign new alias to the repository specified by alias, name, number, or URI.
Examples:
$ zypper nr 8 myrepo
Rename repository number 8 to myrepo (useful if the repo has some dreadful alias which is not
usable on the command line).
modifyrepo (mr) options alias|name|#|URI...
modifyrepo (mr) options --all|--remote|--local|--medium-type
Modify properties of repositories specified by alias, name, number, or URI or one of the aggregate
options.
-n, --name name
Set a descriptive name for the repository.
-e, --enable
Enable the repository.
-d, --disable
Disable the repository.
-f, --refresh (legacy: -r)
Enable auto-refresh for the repository.
-F, --no-refresh (legacy: -R)
Disable auto-refresh for the repository.
-p, --priority positive-integer
Set the priority of the repository. Priority of 1 is the highest, the higher the number the lower
the priority. -p 0 will set the priority back to the default (99). Packages from repositories
with higher priority will be preferred even in case there is a higher installable version
available in the repository with a lower priority.
-k, --keep-packages
Enable RPM files caching.
-K, --no-keep-packages
Disable RPM files caching.
-g, --gpgcheck
Enable GPG check for this repository. The behavior as described in section GPG checks.
--gpgcheck-strict
Enable strict GPG check for this repository. Even packages from signed repositories need a valid
GPG signature and using unsigned packages must be confirmed.
--gpgcheck-allow-unsigned
Short hand for --gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-repo --gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-package
--gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-repo
Enable GPG check but allow the repository metadata to be unsigned.
--gpgcheck-allow-unsigned-package
Enable GPG check but allow installing unsigned packages from this repository.
-G, --no-gpgcheck
Disable GPG check for this repository.
Disabling GPG checks is not recommended. Signing data enables the recipient to verify that no
modifications occurred after the data were signed. Accepting data with no, wrong or unknown
signature can lead to a corrupted system and in extreme cases even to a system compromise.
--default-gpgcheck
Use the global GPG check settings defined in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf. This is the default.
Unless you have modified your zypp.conf settings, this is the same as --gpgcheck, the behavior as
described in section GPG checks.
-a, --all
Apply changes to all repositories.
-l, --local
Apply changes to all local repositories.
-t, --remote
Apply changes to all remote repositories (http/https/ftp).
-m, --medium-type type
Apply changes to repositories of specified type. The type corresponds to the repository URI
scheme identifier like http, dvd, etc. You can find complete list of valid types at
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Libzypp_URIs.
Examples:
$ zypper mr -kt
Enable keeping of packages for all remote repositories.
$ zypper mr -er updates
Enable repository updates and switch on autorefresh for the repo.
$ zypper mr -da
Disable all repositories.
refresh (ref) [alias|name|#|URI]...
Refresh repositories specified by their alias, name, number, or URI. If no repositories are
specified, all enabled repositories will be refreshed.
-f, --force
Force a complete refresh of specified repositories. This option will cause both the download of
raw metadata and parsing of the metadata to be forced even if everything indicates a refresh is
not needed.
-b, --force-build
Force only reparsing of cached metadata and rebuilding of the database. Raw metadata download
will not be forced.
-d, --force-download
Force only download of current copy of repository metadata. Parsing and rebuild of the database
will not be forced.
-B, --build-only
Only parse the metadata and build the database, don’t download raw metadata into the cache. This
will enable you to repair damaged database from cached data without accessing network at all.
-D, --download-only
Only download the raw metadata, don’t parse it or build the database.
-s, --services
Refresh also services before refreshing repositories.
clean (cc) [options] [alias|name|#|URI]...
Clean the local caches for all known or specified repositories. By default, only caches of downloaded
packages are cleaned.
-m, --metadata
Clean repository metadata cache instead of package cache.
-M, --raw-metadata
Clean repository raw metadata cache instead of package cache.
-a, --all
Clean both repository metadata and package caches.
Service Management
The services, addservice, removeservice, modifyservice, and refresh-services commands serve for
manipulating services. A service is specified by its URI and needs to have a unique alias defined (among
both services and repositories).
Standalone repositories (not belonging to any service) are treated like services, too. The ls command
will list them, ms command will modify them, etc. Repository specific options, like --keep-packages are
not available here, though. You can use repository handling commands to manipulate them.
addservice (as) [options] URI alias
Adds a service specified by URI to the system. The alias must be unique and serves to identify the
service.
Newly added services are not refreshed automatically. Use the refresh-services command to refresh
them. Zypper does not access the service URI when adding the service, so the type of the services is
unknown until it is refreshed.
-n, --name name
Specify descriptive name for the service.
-e, --enable
Enable the service (this is the default).
-d, --disable
Add the service as disabled.
-f, --refresh
Enable auto-refresh of the service.
-F, --no-refresh
Disable auto-refresh of the service.
removeservice (rs) [options] alias|name|#|URI...
Remove specified service from the system. Removing a service will also remove of all of its
repositories.
--loose-auth
Ignore user authentication data in the URI.
--loose-query
Ignore query string in the URI.
modifyservice (ms) options alias|name|#|URI
modifyservice (ms) options --all|--remote|--local|--medium-type
Modify properties of specified services.
Common Options
These options are common to all types of services and repositories.
-n, --name name
Set a descriptive name for the service.
-e, --enable
Enable a disabled service.
-d, --disable
Disable the service (but don’t remove it).
-f, --refresh (legacy: -r)
Enable auto-refresh of the service.
-F, --no-refresh (legacy: -R)
Disable auto-refresh of the service.
-a, --all
Apply changes to all services.
-l, --local
Apply changes to all local services.
-t, --remote
Apply changes to all remote services.
-m, --medium-type type
Apply changes to services of specified type.
RIS Service Specific Options
These options are ignored by services other than Repository Index Services.
-i, --ar-to-enable alias
Schedule an RIS service repository to be enabled at next service refresh.
-I, --ar-to-disable alias
Schedule an RIS service repository to be disabled at next service refresh.
-j, --rr-to-enable alias
Remove a RIS service repository to enable.
-J, --rr-to-disable alias
Remove a RIS service repository to disable.
-k, --cl-to-enable
Clear the list of RIS repositories to enable.
-K, --cl-to-disable
Clear the list of RIS repositories to disable.
services (ls) [options]
List services defined on the system.
-u, --uri
Show also base URI of repositories.
-p, --priority
Show also repository priority.
-d, --details
Show more information like URI, priority, type.
-r, --with-repos
Show also repositories belonging to the services.
-P, --sort-by-priority
Sort the list by repository priority.
-E, --show-enabled-only
Show enabled services only. If used together with --with-repos a disabled services owning
(manually) enabled repositories are shown as well.
-U, --sort-by-uri
Sort the list by URI.
-N, --sort-by-name
Sort the list by name.
refresh-services (refs) [options] alias|name|#|URI...
Refreshing a service means executing the service’s special task.
RIS services add, remove, or modify repositories on your system based on current content of the
repository index. A differing enabled/disabled state caused by manually calling modify-repo on a
service repository however will not be reverted unless the --restore-status option is used, or the
repository index explicitly requests the change.
Services only manage defined repositories, they do not refresh them. To refresh also repositories,
use --with-repos option or the refresh command.
-f, --force
Force a complete refresh of specified services. This option will cause both the download of raw
metadata and parsing of the metadata to be forced even if everything indicates a refresh is not
needed.
-r, --with-repos
Refresh also the service repositories.
-R, --restore-status
Also restore service repositories enabled/disabled state to the repository index default. Useful
after you manually changed some service repositories enabled state.
Package Locks Management
Package locks serve the purpose of preventing changes to the set of installed packages on the system. The
locks are stored in form of a query in /etc/zypp/locks file (see also locks(5)). Packages matching this
query are then forbidden to change their installed status; an installed package can’t be removed or
upgraded, not installed package can’t be installed. When requesting to install, upgrade or remove such
locked package, you will get a dependency problem dialog.
locks (ll)
List currently active package locks.
-m, --matches
Show the number of resolvables matched by each lock. This option requires loading the
repositories.
-s, --solvables
List the resolvables matched by each lock. This option requires loading the repositories.
addlock (al) [options] package-name...
Add a package lock. Specify packages to lock by exact name or by a glob pattern using * and ?
wildcard characters.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Restrict the lock to the specified repository.
-t, --type type
Lock only packages of specified type (default: package). See section Package Types for list of
available package types.
removelock (rl) [options] lock-number|package-name...
Remove specified package lock. Specify the lock to remove by its number obtained with zypper locks or
by the package name.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Restrict the lock to the specified repository.
-t, --type type
Restrict the lock to packages of specified type (default: package). See section Package Types for
list of available package types.
cleanlocks (cl)
Remove unused locks.
This command looks for locks that do not currently (with regard to repositories used) lock any
package and for each such lock it asks user whether to remove it.
Locale Management
These commands give information about requested locales and the possibility to manage those. A locale is
defined by a language code. For many packages there are locale dependent packages available which provide
translations or dictionaries. To get these installed, the locale for the desired language must be marked
as requested by the package manager library.
locales (lloc) [OPTIONS] [LOCALE] ...
List requested locales. Called without argument, lists the locales which are already marked as
requested. Specifying certain locale(s) prints information only for this(these).
-a, --all
List all available locales.
-p, --packages
Show corresponding packages.
addlocale (aloc) [OPTIONS] <LOCALE> ...
Add specified locale(s) to the list of requested locales..
-n, --no-packages
Do not install corresponding packages.
removelocale (rloc) [OPTIONS] <LOCALE> ...
Remove specified locale(s) from the list of requested locales..
-n, --no-packages
Do not remove corresponding packages.
Examples:
$ zypper locales
List requested locales.
$ zypper locales --packages de en
Get the lists of packages which are available for de and en (exact match).
$ zypper locales en_
Get all locales with lang code en that have their own country code, excluding the fallback en.
$ zypper locales en*
Get all locales with lang code en with or without country code.
$ zypper aloc --packages de_CH
Request de_CH and install language dependent packages.
Other Commands
versioncmp (vcmp) version1 version2
Compare the versions supplied as arguments and tell whether version1 is older or newer than version2
or the two version strings match.
The default output is in human-friendly form. If --terse global option is used, the result is an
integer number, negative/positive if version1 is older/newer than version2, zero if they match.
-m, --match
Takes missing release number as any release.
For example:
$ zypper vcmp -m 0.15.3 0.15.3-2
0.15.3 matches 0.15.3-2
$ zypper vcmp 0.15.3 0.15.3-2
0.15.3 is older than 0.15.3-2
targetos (tos)
Shows the ID string of the target operating system. The string has a form of distroname-architecture.
The string is determined by libzypp, the distroname is read from
(current-rootdir)/etc/products.d/baseproduct and the architecture is determined from uname and CPU
flags.
licenses
Prints a report about licenses and EULA’s of installed packages to standard output.
First, a list of all packages and their licenses and/or EULAs is shown. This is followed by a
summary, including the total number of installed packages, the number of installed packages with
EULAs that required a confirmation from the user. Since the EULAs are not stored on the system and
can only be read from repository metadata, the summary includes also the number of installed packages
that have their counterpart in repositories. The report ends with a list of all licenses uses by the
installed packages.
This command can be useful for companies redistributing a custom distribution (like appliances) to
figure out what licenses they are bound by.
download [OPTIONS]
Download rpms specified on the commandline to a local directory.
Per default packages are downloaded to the libzypp package cache (/var/cache/zypp/packages; for
non-root users $XDG_CACHE_HOME/zypp/packages), but this can be changed by using the global
--pkg-cache-dir option.
Parsable XML-output produced by zypper --xmlout will include a <download-result> node for each
package zypper tried to download. Upon success the location of the downloaded package is found in the
path attribute of the <localfile> subnode (xpath: download-result/localpath@path):
<download-result>
<solvable>
<kind>package</kind>
<name>zypper</name>
<edition epoch="0" version="1.9.17" release="26.1"/>
<arch>x86_64</arch>
<repository name="repo-oss-update (13.1)" alias="openSUSE:repo-oss-update"/>
</solvable>
<localfile path="/var/cache/zypp/pac.../zypper-1.9.17-26.1.x86_64.rpm"/>
</download-result>
--all-matches
Download all versions matching the commandline arguments. Otherwise only the best version of
each matching package is downloaded.
--dry-run
Don’t download any package, just report what would be done.
-r, --repo alias|name|#|URI
Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number or URI. This option can be
used multiple times.
--from alias|name|#|URI
Select packages from the specified repository only. This option can be used multiple times.
source-download [OPTIONS]
Download source rpms for all installed packages to a local directory.
-d, --directory dir
Download all source rpms to this directory. Default is /var/cache/zypper/source-download.
--delete
Delete extraneous source rpms in the local directory. This is the default.
--no-delete
Do not delete extraneous source rpms.
--status
Don’t download any source rpms, but show which source rpms are missing or extraneous.
ps [OPTIONS]
After each upgrade or removal of packages, there may be running processes on the system which
continue to use meanwhile deleted files. zypper ps lists all processes using deleted files, together
with the corresponding files, and a service name hint, in case it’s a known service. This gives a
hint which services may need to be restarted after an update. Usually programs which continue to use
deleted shared libraries. The list contains the following information:
PID
ID of the process
PPID
ID of the parent process
UID
ID of the user running the process
Login
Login name of the user running the process
Command
Command used to execute the process
Service
Service name, if command is associated with a system service
Files
The list of the deleted files
-s, --short
Create a short table not showing the deleted files. Given twice, show only processes which are
associated with a system service. Given three times, list the associated system service names
only.
--print format
For each associated system service print format on the standard output, followed by a newline.
Any %s directive in format is replaced by the system service name.
-d, --debugFile filename
Output a file with all proc entries that make it into the final set of used open files. This can
be submitted as additional information in a bug report.
Examples:
$ zypper ps -ss
Show only processes associated with a system service.
$ zypper ps -sss
Short for zypper ps --print "%s"; list services which might need a restart.
$ zypper ps --print "systemctl status %s"
Let zypper print the commands to retrieve status information for services which might need a
restart.
needs-rebooting
Checks if the reboot-needed flag was set by a previous update or install of a core library or
service.
The reboot-needed flag is set if a package that provides installhint(reboot-needed) is updated or
installed. Additionally there is a predefined list (/etc/zypp/needreboot) of well-known packages
which cause the reboot-needed flag being set unconditionally. Exit code ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_REBOOT_NEEDED
indicates that a reboot is needed, otherwise the exit code is set to ZYPPER_EXIT_OK.
Subcommands
subcommand
Lists available subcommands in /usr/lib/zypper/commands and from elsewhere on your $PATH. See section
SUBCOMMANDS for details.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
-h, --help
Help. If a command is specified together with --help option, command specific help is displayed.
-V, --version
Print zypper version number and exit.
-c, --config file
Use the specified zypper config file instead of the default zypper.conf. Other command line options
specified together with --config and having their counterpart in the zypper config file are still
preferred.
The order of preference with --config is as follows:
1. Command line options
2. --config file
3. [/etc/zypp/zypp.conf] (system-wide defaults for all libzypp based applications)
Note
Use and location of the system-wide /etc/zypp/zypp.conf can not be changed this way. It’s
mentioned here just because some zypper command line options allow one to overwrite system-wide
defaults defined in zypp.conf.
See also FILES section for more information.
-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity. For debugging output specify this option twice.
-q, --quiet
Suppress normal output. Brief (esp. result notification) messages and error messages will still be
printed, though. If used together with conflicting --verbose option, the --verbose option takes
preference.
--color, --no-color
Whether to use colors in output if tty supports it. For details see the [color] section in
zypper.conf.
-A, --no-abbrev
Do not abbreviate text in tables. By default zypper will try to abbreviate texts in some columns so
that the table fits the width of the screen. If you need to see the whole text, use this option.
-t, --terse
Terse output for machine consumption. Implies --no-abbrev and --no-color.
-s, --table-style integer
Choose among different predefined line drawing character sets to use when drawing a table. The table
style is identified by an integer number. Style 0 is the default, styles 1-9 use combinations of
different box drawing characters whose shape may depend on the font the terminal is using. Style 10
separates columns by a colon and style 11 draws no lines at all.
-n, --non-interactive
Switches to non-interactive mode. In this mode zypper doesn’t ask user to type answers to various
prompts, but uses default answers automatically. Those default answers also depend on other options
like --no-gpg-checks or --ignore-unknown.
--non-interactive-include-reboot-patches
In non-interactive mode do not skip patches which have the rebootSuggested-flag set. Otherwise these
patches are considered to be interactive, like patches including a licenses or some message to
confirm. NOTE: This option does not turn on non-interactive mode.
-x, --xmlout
Switches to XML output. This option is useful for scripts or graphical frontends using zypper.
-i, --ignore-unknown
Ignore unknown packages. This option is useful for scripts, because when installing in
--non-interactive mode zypper expects each command line argument to match at least one known package.
Unknown names or globbing expressions with no match are treated as an error unless this option is
used.
-D, --reposd-dir dir
Use the specified directory to look for the repository definition (.repo) files. The default value is
/etc/zypp/repos.d.
-C, --cache-dir dir
Use an alternative root directory for all caches. The default value is /var/cache/zypp.
--raw-cache-dir dir
Use the specified directory for storing raw copies of repository metadata files. The default value is
/var/cache/zypp/raw.
--solv-cache-dir dir
Use the specified directory to store the repository metadata cache database files (solv files). The
default value is /var/cache/zypp/solv.
--pkg-cache-dir dir
Use the specified directory for storing rpm packages downloaded from repositories (see addrepo
--keep-packages). The default value is /var/cache/zypp/packages. + Packages are stored in
subdirectories named after the repositories alias and using the same path as on the repositories
medium.
--userdata string
User data is expected to be a simple string without special chars or embedded newlines and may serve
as transaction id. It will be written to all install history log entries created throughout this
specific zypper call. It will also be passed on to zypp plugins executed during commit. This will
enable e.g. a btrfs plugin to tag created snapshots with this string. For zypper itself this string
has no special meaning.
Repository Options:
--no-gpg-checks
Ignore GPG check failures and continue. If a GPG issue occurs when using this option zypper prints
and logs a warning and automatically continues without interrupting the operation. Use this option
with caution, as you can easily overlook security problems by using it. (see section GPG checks)
--gpg-auto-import-keys
If new repository signing key is found, do not ask what to do; trust and import it automatically.
This option causes that the new key is imported also in non-interactive mode, where it would
otherwise got rejected.
-p, --plus-repo URI
Use an additional repository for this operation. The repository aliased tmp# and named by the
specified URI will be added for this operation and removed at the end. You can specify this option
multiple times.
--plus-content tag
Additionally use disabled repositories denoted by tag for this operation. If tag matches a
repositories alias, name or URL, or is a keyword defined in the repositories metadata, the repository
will be temporarily enabled for this operation. The repository will then be refreshed and used
according to the commands rules. You can specify this option multiple times.
If a disabled repositories metadata are not available in the local cache, they will be downloaded to
scan for matching keywords. Otherwise the keyword scan will use the metadata available in the local
cache. Only if used together with the refresh command, a keyword scan will refresh all disabled
repositories.
To refresh all disabled repositories metadata:
zypper --plus-content '' ref
To include a disabled repository repo-debug in a search:
zypper --plus-content repo-debug search ...
To search only in a disabled repository repo-debug:
zypper --plus-content repo-debug search -r repo-debug ...
To enable all repos providing the debug keyword:
zypper in --plus-content debug some -debuginfo or -debugsource package
--disable-repositories
Do not read metadata from repositories. This option will prevent loading of packages from
repositories, thus making zypper work only with the installed packages (if
--disable-system-resolvables was not specified).
--no-refresh
Do not auto-refresh repositories (ignore the auto-refresh setting). Useful to save time when doing
operations like search, if there is not a need to have a completely up to date metadata.
--no-cd
Ignore CD/DVD repositories. When this option is specified, zypper acts as if the CD/DVD repositories
were not defined at all.
--no-remote
Ignore remote repositories like http, ftp, smb and similar. This makes using zypper easier when being
offline. When this option is specified, zypper acts as if the remote repositories were not defined at
all.
--releasever version
For the current command set the value of the $releasever repository variable to version. This can be
used to switch to new distribution repositories when performing a distribution upgrade. See the
dist-upgrade (dup) command and section Repository Management for more details about using the
$releasever repository variable.
To check where you already use $releasever call:
zypper --releasever @--HERE--@ lr -u
Target Options:
-R, --root dir
Operates on a different root directory. This option influences the location of the repos.d directory
and the metadata cache directory and also causes rpm to be run with the --root option to do the
actual installation or removal of packages. See also the FILES section.
--installroot dir
Behaves like --root but shares the repositories with the host system.
--disable-system-resolvables
This option serves mainly for testing purposes. It will cause zypper to act as if there were no
packages installed in the system. Use with caution as you can damage your system using this option.
SUBCOMMANDS
Zypper subcommands are inspired by git(1). Subcommands are standalone executables that live in the
zypper_execdir (/usr/lib/zypper/commands). For subcommands zypper provides a wrapper that knows where the
subcommands live, and runs them by passing command options and arguments to them. If a subcommand is not
found in the zypper_execdir, the wrapper will look in the rest of your $PATH for it. Thus, it’s possible
to write local zypper extensions that don’t live in system space.
This is how to add your own subcommand zypper mytask:
• The executable must be named zypper-mytask.
• The executable must be located your $PATH.
• A manpage for zypper-mytask should be provided and explaining the commands options and return values.
It will be shown when calling zypper help mytask.
• Zypper built-in commands take precedence over subcommands with the same name.
• It’s fine to call zypper or use libzypp from within your subcommand.
You can use the built-in zypper subcommand command to get a list of all subcommands in zypper_execdir and
from elsewhere on your $PATH.
Using zypper global-options together with subcommands, as well as executing subcommands in zypper shell
is currently not supported.
FILES
/etc/zypp/zypper.conf, $HOME/.zypper.conf
Global (system-wide) and user’s configuration file for zypper. These files are read when zypper
starts up and --config option is not used.
User’s settings are preferred over global settings. Similarly, command line options override the
settings in either of these files. To sum it up, the order of preference is as follows (from highest
to lowest):
1. Command line options
2. $HOME/.zypper.conf
3. /etc/zypp/zypper.conf
4. [/etc/zypp/zypp.conf] (system-wide defaults for all libzypp based applications)
See the comments in /etc/zypp/zypper.conf for a list and description of available options.
Note
The system-wide /etc/zypp/zypp.conf is mentioned here just because some zypper command line
options allow one to overwrite system-wide defaults defined there. zypp.conf and zypper.conf have
different content and serve different purpose.
/etc/zypp/zypp.conf
ZYpp configuration file affecting all libzypp based applications. See the comments in the file for
description of configurable properties. Many locations of files and directories listed in this
section are configurable via zypp.conf. The location for this file itself can be redefined only by
setting $ZYPP_CONF in the environment.
/etc/zypp/locks
File with package lock definitions, see locks(5) manual page for details. The package lock commands
(addlock, removelock, etc.) can be used to manipulate this file.
This file is used by all ZYpp-based applications.
/etc/zypp/repos.d
Directory containing repository definition (*.repo) files. You can use the Repository Management
commands to manipulate these files, or you can edit them yourself. In either case, after doing the
modifications, executing *zypper refresh* is strongly recommended.
You can use the --reposd-dir global option to use an alternative directory for this purpose or the
--root option to make this directory relative to the specified root directory.
This directory is used by all ZYpp-based applications.
/etc/zypp/services.d
Directory containing service definition (*.service) files. You can use the Service Management
Commands to manipulate these files, or you can edit them yourself. Running *zypper refs* is
recommended after modifications have been done.
This directory is used by all ZYpp-based applications.
/usr/lib/zypper/commands
System directory containing zypper extensions (see section SUBCOMMANDS)
/var/cache/zypp/raw
Directory for storing raw metadata contained in repositories. Use the --raw-cache-dir global option
to use an alternative directory for this purpose or the --root option to make this directory relative
to the specified root directory.
This directory is used by all ZYpp-based applications.
/var/cache/zypp/solv
Directory containing preparsed metadata in form of solv files.
This directory is used by all ZYpp-based applications.
/var/cache/zypp/packages
If keeppackages property is set for a repository (see the modifyrepo command), all the RPM file
downloaded during installation will be kept here. See also the clean command for cleaning these cache
directories.
This directory is used by all ZYpp-based applications.
/var/log/zypper.log
Zypper log file. It should be attached to all bugreports. (see also zypper-log(8)).
/var/log/zypper.solverTestCase
Solver testcase created by using the --debug-solver option.
/var/log/updateTestcase-YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss
Solver testcase auto created when performing a zypper dup.
/var/log/zypp/history
Installation history log.
~/.zypper_history
Command history for the zypper shell (see the shell command).
/etc/zypp/needreboot
File with a list of packages that will set the reboot-needed flag when installed or upgraded.
/etc/zypp/needreboot.d
Directory that can be used to define packages that trigger the reboot-needed flag by adding
additional files containing the required package names.
EXIT CODES
There are several exit codes defined for zypper built-in commands for use e.g. within scripts. These
codes are defined in header file src/zypper-main.h found in zypper source package. Codes below 100 denote
an error, codes above 100 provide a specific information, 0 represents a normal successful run. Following
is a list of these codes with descriptions:
0 - ZYPPER_EXIT_OK
Successful run of zypper with no special info.
1 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_BUG
Unexpected situation occurred, probably caused by a bug.
2 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_SYNTAX
zypper was invoked with an invalid command or option, or a bad syntax.
3 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_INVALID_ARGS
Some of provided arguments were invalid. E.g. an invalid URI was provided to the addrepo command.
4 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_ZYPP
A problem is reported by ZYPP library.
5 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_PRIVILEGES
User invoking zypper has insufficient privileges for specified operation.
6 - ZYPPER_EXIT_NO_REPOS
No repositories are defined.
7 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ZYPP_LOCKED
The ZYPP library is locked, e.g. packagekit is running.
8 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_COMMIT
An error occurred during installation or removal of packages. You may run zypper verify to repair any
dependency problems.
100 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_UPDATE_NEEDED
Returned by the patch-check command if there are patches available for installation.
101 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_SEC_UPDATE_NEEDED
Returned by the patch-check command if there are security patches available for installation.
102 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_REBOOT_NEEDED
Returned after a successful installation of a patch which requires reboot of computer.
103 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_RESTART_NEEDED
Returned after a successful installation of a patch which requires restart of the package manager
itself. This means that one of patches to be installed affects the package manager itself and the
command used (e.g. zypper update) needs to be executed once again to install any remaining patches.
104 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_CAP_NOT_FOUND
Returned by the install and the remove command in case any of the arguments does not match any of the
available (or installed) package names or other capabilities.
105 - ZYPPER_EXIT_ON_SIGNAL
Returned upon exiting after receiving a SIGINT or SIGTERM.
106 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_REPOS_SKIPPED
Some repository had to be disabled temporarily because it failed to refresh. You should check your
repository configuration (e.g. zypper ref -f).
107 - ZYPPER_EXIT_INF_RPM_SCRIPT_FAILED
Installation basically succeeded, but some of the packages %post install scripts returned an error.
These packages were successfully unpacked to disk and are registered in the rpm database, but due to
the failed install script they may not work as expected. The failed scripts output might reveal what
actually went wrong. Any scripts output is also logged to /var/log/zypp/history.
Zypper subcommands (see section SUBCOMMANDS) may return different codes which should be described in the
commands man page. Call zypper help subcommand to see the subcommands man page if one is provided.
HOMEPAGE
https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper
AUTHORS
The zypper project was started by Martin Vidner, Jan Kupec, Michael Andres, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett, Josef
Reidinger and Stanislav Visnovsky. Many people have later contributed to it.
SEE ALSO
locks(5), zypper-log(8), YaST2(8)