YaST

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YaST is free software that SUSE has made available under the GPL in 2004.[https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/YaST-wird-freie-Software-95583.html heise.de:] YaST wird freie Software (in German){{cite web|title=Novell Launches Open Source Systems Management Project|url=http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2004/suse_archive/yast.html|publisher=Novell|access-date=2008-03-01}}

It is a tool for administering and maintaining a SUSE Linux installation. It allows administrators to install software, configure hardware, set up networks and servers, and more.

A feature of YaST is that it contains both Graphical user interface (GUI) and Text-based user interface (TUI) (with ncurses) front ends. This is especially useful for non-GUI installations such as servers, for system administration over slow Internet connections, and for when one is unable to boot into a graphical X server but still requires an advanced user interface to the package manager (for example, a novice user trying to downgrade an Xorg package to fix a graphical installation).

YaST offers package management functionality through the ZYpp project.{{cite web|title=Libzypp |url=http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp |publisher=opensuse.org |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330222935/http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp |archive-date=March 30, 2008 }} The first ZYpp enabled package management YaST applications had performance problems and long start up times, but was improved in the 10.2 and 10.3 releases. Starting with openSUSE 11.0 alpha 3, ZYpp was integrated with the SAT solver project, making YaST and Zypper faster than other rpm based package managers.{{cite web|title=fast package management|url=http://duncan.mac-vicar.com/2008/02/07/fast-package-management/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908215859/http://duncan.mac-vicar.com/2008/02/07/fast-package-management/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2013|publisher=duncan.mac-vicar.com|access-date=2008-04-27}}

YaST used to include SaX and SaX2, the Suse Advanced X configuration. SaX was re-written as SaX2 in SuSE Linux 6.4. SaX1 was removed in SuSE Linux 8.1 and SaX2 was removed from the YaST Control Center in openSUSE 11.2. SaX2 was removed completely in openSUSE 11.3. The GTK interface was removed in openSUSE Leap 42.1.

YaST often receives updates and improvements in Tumbleweed and between versions of Leap. openSUSE Leap 15.1, for example, saw improvements to the YaST interface for managing firewalls including the addition of an interface in the command line version of YaST. In this same release of openSUSE Leap, YaST now has an updated logo and improved partition management module.{{cite web|url=https://news.opensuse.org/2019/05/22/opensuse-community-releases-leap-15-1-version/|title=openSUSE Community Releases Leap 15.1 Version|website=openSUSE News|date=22 May 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-05-31}}

YaST formerly utilized a bespoke scripting language known as YCP; in OpenSUSE 13.1, YaST was rewritten in Ruby.

On OpenSUSE Leap 16.0, YaST will be deprecated. The web-based Cockpit project is being adopted to supplant the YaST Control Center, a web-based installer known as Agama will replace the YaST installer, and Myrlyn will be introduced as a new Qt-based ZYpp front end with no dependency on YaST.{{Cite web |title=SUSE's D-Installer Taking Shape As New Web-Based Linux Distro Installer |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/D-Installer-0.4 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.phoronix.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Formerly Known As YQPkg, Myrlyn Package Manager GUI Adds Repository Configuration |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/Myrlyn-Repo-Configuration |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.phoronix.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=SUSE's YaST Team Drops Cockpit With New Installer Code |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Agama-Ditches-Cockpit |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Phoronix.com |language=en}}

AutoYaST is a system for installing one or more openSUSE systems automatically without user intervention. AutoYaST installations are performed using a control file with installation and configuration data.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

The profile of each current system is stored in /root/autoyast.xml.{{cite book|title=openSUSE 10.3 Startup|publisher=Novell|date=September 7, 2007|pages=32}}

WebYaST is a web interface for YaST that can be used to check the status of the current machine. It can check on the installation of packages, shutdown or reboot the system, change some system settings (such as the time), and change the status of system services or daemons.{{cite web|last=Friedl|first=Jakub|title=WebYaST User Guide|url=http://doc.opensuse.org/products/other/WebYaST/webyast-user_sd/index.html|work=Novell|access-date=2014-05-17|archive-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929145203/http://doc.opensuse.org/products/other/WebYaST/webyast-user_sd/index.html|url-status=dead}}

The change of license of YaST from a previous rather restrictive license to the GPL in 2004 made it possible to port YaST to other Linux distributions.

As a consequence of this, the project YaST4Debian was launched, which worked on a port of YaST to Debian.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

The project, which was in contact with the YaST team of Novell/SuSE, reached some important milestones, such as the port of the modules yast2-ncurses and yast2-qt.[http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/modules-status.html yast4debian.alioth.debian.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064259/http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/modules-status.html |date=2016-03-04 }} YaST4Debian project status Currently, the project is dormant, searching for a new voluntary project maintainer.[http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ yast4debian.alioth.debian.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085415/http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ |date=2016-03-04 }} YaST4Debian project website

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• Webmin
• GAdmintools
• Calamares
• APT (software)
• RPM Package Manager

{{Reflist|30em}}

• [https://github.com/yast YaST on GitHub]
• [https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:YaST YaST at openSUSE]
• [https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_sle_admin/data/book_sle_admin.html SUSE Linux Enterprise Administration Guide] – contains many YaST usage examples
• [http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/autoyast.html YaST, AutoYast and ZENworks Linux Management]
• [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/ECBQ3E63DI4AP4G3A6IJEFK5FPI3S573/ YAST for Fedora?]
• [https://oss.oracle.com/projects/yast/ Project: Yast - oss.oracle.com]
• [http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ YaST4Debian Project website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085415/http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ |date=2016-03-04 }}

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Category:SUSE Linux

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Category:Software using the GNU General Public License

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