OpenSUSE 11.1: enable the KDE4.2 repos When you're running openSUSE 11.1, and you want to use the KDE 4.2, just add these repo's and do a full update: zypper ar --refresh  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/42/openSUSE_11.1/  kde42 zypper ar --refresh  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42/  kde42-community zypper ar --refresh  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Playground/openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42/  kde42-playground After that you can do a full refresh and update all: zypper ref -f && zypper up -t package Sometimes a distro upgrade is needed (only in rare cases) zypper dup Overview of repos At this moment the collection of repos is as follows. Remember that this may change over time. # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service ---+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------- 1 | Libdvdcss repository | Libdvdcss repository | Yes | No | 99 | rpm-md |  http://suse.linuxin.dk/repo/11.1/ | 2 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/ | 3 | Wine | Wine | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_11.1/ | 4 | openSUSE_BuildService_-_OpenOffice.org | openSUSE BuildService - OpenOffice.org | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org%3a/UNSTABLE/openSUSE_11.1/ | 5 | pvdm-games | pvdm-games | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.1/ | 6 | pvdm-kde4.2 | pvdm-kde4.2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/42/openSUSE_11.1/ | 7 | pvdm-kde42-community | pvdm-kde42-community | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE4%3a/Community/openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42/ | 8 | pvdm-kde42-playground | pvdm-kde42-playground | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE4%3a/Playground/openSUSE_11.1_KDE_42/  | 9 | pvdm-localopensuse11.1 | pvdm-localopensuse11.1 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 |  http://pvdm.xs4all.nl/opensuse11.1_32/ | 10 | pvdm-localupdate_1 | pvdm-localupdate | YES | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://pvdm.xs4all.nl/update/11.1 | 11 | pvdm-openftd | pvdm-openftd | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://www.openftd.org/releases/openSUSE_11.1 | 12 | pvdm-qt44 | pvdm-qt44 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt44/openSUSE_11.1/ | 13 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | No | 100 | yast2 |  http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss/ | 14 | vlc | vlc | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |  http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.1 |