Package manager

zypper in a sentence

openSUSE Tumbleweed uses zypper to manage software from its repositories. It is a rolling release, so system updates move it to the latest snapshot.

The commands you’ll use most

Update openSUSE Tumbleweed

Update the whole system to the latest snapshot. Use dup for routine Tumbleweed updates.

sudo zypper dup

Find a package

Search the repositories by name or description.

zypper search package-name

zypper info

See a package’s details before installing it.

zypper info package-name

Install a package

Install a package by its name.

sudo zypper install package-name

Remove a package

Remove a package you no longer need.

sudo zypper remove package-name