How to Add Samba openSUSE Zypper Repository

Enabling Zypper Samba Repo

Hi! This Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Add the Samba OpenSUSE Zypper GNU/Linux Repository.

And Samba for OpenSUSE is an Open-Source implementation of the SMB/CIFS Networking Protocol used in Windows environments for shared services such as File and Printer access and Active Directory.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Console Terminal Shell emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. 2. Downloading Samba Repo

   Download Samba Repository for openSUSE GNU/Linux

   Samba Repo for openSUSE

   Downloading Samba Repo for openSUSE
   Choose your current OS Release.
   And then Grab the network:samba:STABLE.repo File!

3. 3. Adding Samba Repository

   Finally, to Add Samba Zypper Repository
   First, access the Download location by default with:

   cd ~/Downloads

   To Check it’s there List the contents with:

   ls . | grep samba

   The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
   But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   Finally, to Add it to the Zypper Sources run:

   sudo zypper ar -f *samba*.repo

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.