No one likes ZMD. Heck, I don’t think the people who wrote ZMD like it. Luckily for us, the OpenSuse maintainers are getting rid of it for 10.3. Unfortunately, 10.3 isn’t here yet, so we need to get rid of it ourselves. This is how to do that.
There’s two ways to do it: The Easy Way, and the Easier Way.
The Easy Way:
rpm -e zen-updater
rpm -e rug
rpm -e zmd
rpm -e libzypp-zmd-backend
rpm -e sqlite-zmd
And the Easier Way:
rpm -e zen-updater rug zmd libzypp-zmd-backend sqlite-zmd
Now you may have a few questions, such as how are you easially going to update your system? Can I use something else to manage my packages? How old are you? Well, the answers to these questions are simple: Yes, Yes, and 31. The simplest way to update your system is to use the built in OpenSuseUpdater utility. You can launch OpenSuseUpdater by doing the following from a terminal:
opensuseupdater
Don’t be discouraged if it doesn’t run the first time you start it. I had to launch it, launch it again, exit my X session, and launch it one last time to get it to run properly on two of my systems. After that, it’s run perfectly for me. You should also be able to force it to launch on login by doing the following:
Computer->Sessions->Startup Programs->Add->opensuseupdater
As far as managing packages goes, I prefer to use the Smart system. The OpenSuse wiki has a page dedicated to setting that up, but that’s not going to stop me from typing up what I had to do to get it working. But that’s for another time.
