yast4debian

Note from the developers

The YaST4Debian project is temporary stopped due to lack of time/resources.

If you think that you have the time and are willing and motivated to help contact any of the developers.

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Ramon Acedo (ramon at linux-labs dot net)

Introduction

This page contains information about the YaST2 for Debian (aka yast4debian) project. YaST2 for Debian tries to bring a simple and graphical administration tool to the Debian distribution. YaST2 from SuSE/Novell is released under the GNU GPL and consists of different modules for different administration tasks. We (currently Jaldhar, Ramon, Rumen, Pikota and Mario) are porting the YaST2 source code to the Debian system and its configuration files.

FAQ - Frequently asked questions about the yast4debian project

1. Where is the source?
2. How can I help?
3. Where are the debian packages?
4. Why are you doing this?
5. Are you in contact with SuSE/Novell?
6. Is there a roadmap?
7. When will I be able to install Debian with YaST2?
8. Which parts/modules are you porting to Debian?
9. What is YaST2?
10. License of YaST2?
11. Goal of the project?
12. What are the steps to go / things do to?
13. Main communication channel?
14. People involved?
15. Bugtracker?
16. Where do I find documentation about the project?
17. Can I view some screenshots?

1. Where is the source?

You find the current source on our anonymous ftp site. A tutorial explaining how to compile the sources is here and a Spanish version here.

2. How can I help?

There are different things you can do. Go and compile the sources and try to port a yast module to the debian system. Try to already ported modules if there are some mistake we've overlooked. And last but not least we need money and/or hardware to life and port. Contact us if you're interested to spend some money.

3. Where are the debian packages?

There are now preliminary packages available for sarge/i386. Simply add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

        deb http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ pool/
        deb-src http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ pool/

...and then do an apt-get update. Please note these are alpha-quality packages and are not fully compliant with Debian policy, have insufficient or wrong dependencies etc. They should only be used by people who are familiar with Debian development and intend to work on the project not by the general public.

4. Why are you doing this?

Debian is a very good GNU/Linux distribution but new users often don't like to configure the system by hand. On the other hand YaST2 is a well-known graphical administration tool from Novell/SuSE. That's why we want to bring the simple and easy administration tool to debian to attract more new users.