[sles-beta] php disappeared in beta6?

[Simon Flood]

On 20/05/2014 16:18, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:

> Just in case you have the chance to register at
> installation time: in this case you will see a
> check-box asking you, if you want to update directly
> at installation time or not.

Once I fixed my VM kernel panic (note to self - don't pick SLES 64-bit 
as Guest OS in VMware Player but use SLES11 64-bit instead) that worked 
as outlined.

> The access to the modules is _independent_ of your
> choice there. Once you have registered, you have access
> to the modules, the update channels, as well as the SDK
> and extensions.  You are free to chose and skip those
> independently of each other. -- If this is not
> independent, you found a bug, and we'd appreciate a
> Service Request.
>
> If you register in an already installed system, the
> process includes calling the repository management (YaST
> or zypper) afterwards, to enable / disable the
> respective channels.
>
> And yes, agreed, documentation about this is due.

What hasn't worked is access to PHP which is where I started today - I 
registered during install but didn't select any extensions or modules 
during install (because I didn't want all web tools).

So post-install I expected "zypper se php" to find php. It doesn't. 
"zypper lr -u" and "zypper ca" don't reveal anything Modules-related. 
Checking YaST that also doesn't find php.

This therefore highlights missing knowledge and/or tools to handle 
adding Modules to an already installed (SLES12) system (people might 
want to add Modules to an existing server to change/expand it's use).

Thanks,
Simon
-- 
Simon Flood
Senior Systems Specialist
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom

Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner