SUSE Package Hub

Community Project Repository for SLE

Features

• Community Driven
• Open Source
• SUSE Approved
• Free as in freedom and Money as well
• Always There!

Let's start with the basics!

• Set of instructions to do one task.
• Simple to code and understand.
• Easy to share and run.

• Set of programs to perform a set of tasks.
• Complex to code and understand.
• Difficult to share and run on different systems.

Why didn't I know that before?

Because:

• Software Packages
• Documentation
• Community of helpful developers

Software Package

• is an archive of all program binaries

• that consists of documentation for users

• installation instruction for package manager

• They keep all the relevant files for a software at one place

Project Repository

• Repositories are basically file servers
• That contains a set of packages
• And serves the package manager
• Like a directory where you keep all your pictures etc.

Package Manager

• Think of a package manager like a mobile app store.
• It finds, download and install software for you
• It makes the life of users easy

So, how does it all work?

• Query by Package manager
• Response from Repository
• Verification by package manager
• Download
• Unpack
• And Install

OBS

• Build Service used by openSUSE to build packages
• Available to all
• Free to use
• Can build for majority of systems and architecture
• Web Interface as well Command Line Interface

OSC, command line tool

Need help?

The best part of open source is "Community"

No matter what, community will always be there to help you out.

Resources

• https://rpm-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• https://openbuildservice.org/help/manuals/obs-beginners-guide/

Acknowledgements

• John Mertic
• Wolfgang Engel
• openSUSE community
• Local Communities like ILUGD and Pydelhi

Thank You!