YaST
E192885
free and open-source software
software component
system administration tool
system configuration tool
YaST is a comprehensive system administration and configuration tool for SUSE and openSUSE Linux distributions, providing a unified interface for managing software, hardware, services, and system settings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| YaST canonical | 3 |
| YCP (YaST Control Programming language) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717677 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YaST Context triple: [openSUSE, defaultConfigurationTool, YaST]
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A.
openSUSE
openSUSE is a community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, powerful administration tools like YaST, and close association with SUSE Linux Enterprise.
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B.
Katello
Katello is an open-source systems management and content lifecycle tool that provides software repository, subscription, and configuration management capabilities, commonly used as a core component of Red Hat Satellite.
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C.
Cinnamon desktop environment
Cinnamon desktop environment is a modern, user-friendly graphical interface for Linux systems, known for its traditional desktop layout, customizability, and development by the Linux Mint project.
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D.
YUM
YUM is a command-line package management utility for RPM-based Linux distributions that automatically handles software installation, updates, and dependency resolution.
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E.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YaST Target entity description: YaST is a comprehensive system administration and configuration tool for SUSE and openSUSE Linux distributions, providing a unified interface for managing software, hardware, services, and system settings.
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A.
openSUSE
openSUSE is a community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, powerful administration tools like YaST, and close association with SUSE Linux Enterprise.
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B.
Katello
Katello is an open-source systems management and content lifecycle tool that provides software repository, subscription, and configuration management capabilities, commonly used as a core component of Red Hat Satellite.
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C.
Cinnamon desktop environment
Cinnamon desktop environment is a modern, user-friendly graphical interface for Linux systems, known for its traditional desktop layout, customizability, and development by the Linux Mint project.
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D.
YUM
YUM is a command-line package management utility for RPM-based Linux distributions that automatically handles software installation, updates, and dependency resolution.
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E.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
software component ⓘ system administration tool ⓘ system configuration tool ⓘ |
| abbreviation | YaST self-link ⓘ |
| developer |
SUSE
ⓘ
openSUSE community ⓘ |
| distribution |
openSUSE
ⓘ
surface form:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE ⓘ
surface form:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
openSUSE ⓘ
surface form:
openSUSE Leap
openSUSE ⓘ
surface form:
openSUSE Tumbleweed
|
| feature |
bootloader configuration
ⓘ
configuration of network services ⓘ firewall configuration ⓘ hardware configuration ⓘ language and keyboard layout configuration ⓘ network configuration ⓘ online update management ⓘ package installation ⓘ package removal ⓘ partitioning ⓘ repository management ⓘ security settings configuration ⓘ service management ⓘ software management ⓘ system installation ⓘ system log viewing ⓘ system update configuration ⓘ time and date configuration ⓘ user and group management ⓘ virtualization configuration ⓘ |
| fullName | Yet another Setup Tool ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| name | YaST self-link ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
SUSE
ⓘ
surface form:
SUSE Linux Enterprise
openSUSE ⓘ |
| primaryUserInterface |
graphical user interface
ⓘ
text-based user interface ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Ruby
ⓘ
YaST self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
YCP (YaST Control Programming language)
|
| provides | unified interface for system configuration ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
configuration management
ⓘ
installer ⓘ system administration ⓘ |
| supports | graphical system installation for SUSE and openSUSE ⓘ |
| supportsInterfaceType |
Qt
ⓘ
command-line interface ⓘ ncurses ⓘ |
| targetUser |
desktop users of SUSE Linux
ⓘ
server administrators of SUSE Linux ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| website | https://yast.opensuse.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: YaST Description of subject: YaST is a comprehensive system administration and configuration tool for SUSE and openSUSE Linux distributions, providing a unified interface for managing software, hardware, services, and system settings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
YCP (YaST Control Programming language)