YAST2(8)						       System configuration							  YAST2(8)

NAME

       YaST2 - universal configuration utility

SYNOPSIS

       yast2 [ options ] [ module ] [ module specific options ]
       yast2 --install <package> [ <package> [ ...  ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       YaST2  is  used	to  configure the system. It can configure a common hardware (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  (lan-
       guage, partitioning, software, bootloader).

       YaST2 comes with three frontends: GTK , QT and ncurses.	All frontends are functionally equivalent.  The correct frontend is selected auto-
       matically 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 package 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 interface:

       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,  timezone,
       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)