This manual will see you through your initial contact with openSUSE® Leap. Learn how to install, use and enjoy your system.
Guides you through the installation process and the basic configuration of your system. The Quick Start section shows a quick walkthrough of the installation using default values. The second part of this chapter provides details for every installation step.
Introduces YaST, the central tool for installation and configuration of your system. Learn how to initially set up your system and how to modify key components of your system.
Understand how to install or remove software with either YaST or using the command line, how to use the 1-Click Install feature, and how to keep your system up-to-date.
Learn how to work with the bash shell, the default command line interpreter on openSUSE Leap. Get to know the most commonly used Linux commands and understand basic concepts of a Linux system.
Provides an overview of where to find help and additional documentation in case you need more information or want to perform specific tasks with your system. Also find a compilation of the most frequent problems and annoyances and learn how to solve these problems on your own.
The online documentation for this product is available at http://doc.opensuse.org/. Browse or download the documentation in various formats.
The latest documentation updates are usually available in the English version of the documentation.
For offline use, find documentation in your installed system under
/usr/share/doc
. Many commands are also described in
detail in their manual pages. To view them, run
man
, followed by a specific command name. If the
man
command is not installed on your system, install it
with sudo zypper install man
.
Your feedback and contributions to this documentation are welcome. The following channels for giving feedback are available:
Report issues with the documentation at https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/. To simplify this process, you can use the links next to headlines in the HTML version of this document. These preselect the right product and category in Bugzilla and add a link to the current section. You can start typing your bug report right away. A Bugzilla account is required.
To contribute to this documentation, use the
links next to headlines in the HTML version of this document. They take you to the source code on GitHub, where you can open a pull request. A GitHub account is required.The
links are only available for the English version of each document. For all other languages, use the links instead.For more information about the documentation environment used for this documentation, see the repository's README at https://github.com/SUSE/doc-sle/blob/main/README.adoc
You can also report errors and send feedback concerning the documentation to <doc-team@suse.com>. Include the document title, the product version, and the publication date of the document. Additionally, include the relevant section number and title (or provide the URL) and provide a concise description of the problem.
If you need further help on openSUSE Leap, see https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Support.
The following notices and typographical conventions are used in this documentation:
/etc/passwd
: directory names and file names
PLACEHOLDER: replace PLACEHOLDER with the actual value
PATH
: the environment variable PATH
ls
, --help
: commands, options, and
parameters
user
: users or groups
package name : name of a package
Alt, Alt–F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard
, › : menu items, buttons
Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a chapter in another manual.
Commands that must be run with root
privileges. Often you can also
prefix these commands with the sudo
command to run them
as non-privileged user.
#
command
>
sudo
command
Commands that can be run by non-privileged users.
>
command
Notices
Vital information you must be aware of before proceeding. Warns you about security issues, potential loss of data, damage to hardware, or physical hazards.
Important information you should be aware of before proceeding.
Additional information, for example about differences in software versions.
Helpful information, like a guideline or a piece of practical advice.
The source code of openSUSE Leap is publicly available. Refer to https://en.opensuse.org/Source_code for download links and more information.
With a lot of voluntary commitment, the developers of Linux cooperate on a global scale to promote the development of Linux. We thank them for their efforts—this distribution would not exist without them. Special thanks, of course, goes to Linus Torvalds.