On Thursday 06 May 2010 20:33:38, gladstein@gladstein.com wrote:
I've been spoiled by package managers that download and install everything for you, and I've forgotten how RPM works.
In particular, I want to install Haskell on suse, and I read that "RPMs are available from openSUSE. "
I followed the link, and found a bunch of folders of folders of RPM files.
What exactly should I do to install Haskell?
One possibility is to use zypper (man zypper should get you started). Another option (what I prefer) is to go to http://software.opensuse.org/search/ search for what you want and one-click install. Thirdly, open YaST, add the repository with the Haskell packages and do it via install or remove software.
Sorry about the newbicity of this request, but I'm totally stumped. If suse isn't a well-supported platform, I'll switch.
Thanks in advance.