3.4. Update from the Command Line with zypper

openSUSE comes with a new command line tool for installing and updating packages—zypper. zypper's syntax is similar to that of rug. In contrast to rug, zypper does not require the zmd daemon to run behind the scenes.

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For more information about zypper and available options, enter zypper --help. Check out http://www.opensuse.org/Using_zypper for an in-depth description of zypper.