YAST2(8) System configuration YAST2(8)NAME
YaST2 - universal configuration utility
SYNOPSISyast2 [ options ] [ module ] [ module specific options ]
yast2--install <package> [ <package> [ ... ] ]
DESCRIPTION
YaST2 is used to configure the system. It can configure a common hard‐
ware (sound cards, printers, keyboards, mice), network connections
(network cards, ISDN cards, modems, DSL connections), network clients
and services (NFS, NIS), as well as a general system options (language,
partitioning, software, bootloader).
YaST2 comes with three frontends: GTK , QT and ncurses. All frontends
are functionally equivalent. The correct frontend is selected automat‐
ically based on the available components and the current environment
(the DISPLAY variable).
Use yast2 alone to launch the YaST2 Control Center from which you can
select a particular configuration module or use yast2 <module> to
launch the module directly.
OPTIONS--qt Run YaST in the QT graphical frontend
--gtk Run YaST in the GTK graphical frontend
--ncurses
Run YaST in the ncurses text-mode frontend
-g, --geometry
Default window size (QT frontend only).
-h, --help
Print a usage and exit.
-i, --install <package> [ <package> [ ... ] ]
Install an RPM package. The package can be a single short pack‐
age name (e.g. gvim) which will be installed with dependency
checking, or the full path to an rpm package (e.g /tmp/gvim.rpm)
which will be installed without dependency checking.
--remove <package> [ <package> [ ... ] ]
Remove an RPM package. The package can be short package names
(e.g. gvim) which will be removed with dependency checking.
-l, --list
List all available modules. To obtain usage info about a module,
use "yast module help".
MODULES WITH COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
This is a list of YaST modules currently supporting command line inter‐
face:
answering_machine, bootloader, ca_mgm, dhcp-server, dns, dns-server,
fax, firewall, groups, host, http-server, idedma, inetd, irda, ker‐
beros-client, keyboard, lan, language, ldap, mail, mouse, nfs,
nfs_server, nis, nis_server, ntp-client, power-management, powertweak,
printer, profile-manager, proxy, remote, routing, runlevel, samba-
client, samba-server, security, sound, sysconfig, tftp-server, time‐
zone, tv, users
To obtain a list of basic commands for using a YaST module with support
for command line interface, use:
yast2 module help
To get more comprehensive information about the commands available for
a YaST module, use:
yast2 module longhelp
To get information about the commands available for a YaST module in a
XML formatted file, use:
yast2 module xmlhelp xmlfile= <filename>
To get information about a specific command of a YaST module, use:
yast2 module command help
To start an interactive console in which you can execute commands of a
YaST module, use
yast2 module interactive
FILES
/var/log/YaST2/*
Logs
/etc/sysconfig/yast2, $HOME/.yast2/yast2
Configures the preferred GUI.
EXIT STATUS
0 Successful program execution.
1 Too few arguments.
5 Error in arguments.
16 Generic module error.
> 16 Module specific error codes.
AUTHOR
Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> - manual page
Jakub Friedl <jfriedl@suse.cz> - manual page
SEE ALSO
Documentation in /usr/share/doc/packages/yast2*.
yast2 January 2003 YAST2(8)
