zypper
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zypper is the command-line package management tool used primarily by openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise for installing, updating, and managing software.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8609391 — 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: zypper Context triple: [Distrobox, supportsPackageManager, zypper]
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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.
YaST
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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C.
SUSE
SUSE is a German-based open-source software company best known for its enterprise Linux distributions and related infrastructure solutions.
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D.
openSUSE Build Service
openSUSE Build Service is a collaborative, cross-platform build and distribution infrastructure that allows developers to compile, package, and publish software for multiple Linux distributions from a single source.
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E.
GNOME Software
GNOME Software is the graphical application store and software management tool for the GNOME desktop environment, used to browse, install, and update applications.
- 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: zypper Target entity description: zypper is the command-line package management tool used primarily by openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise for installing, updating, and managing software.
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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.
YaST
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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C.
SUSE
SUSE is a German-based open-source software company best known for its enterprise Linux distributions and related infrastructure solutions.
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D.
openSUSE Build Service
openSUSE Build Service is a collaborative, cross-platform build and distribution infrastructure that allows developers to compile, package, and publish software for multiple Linux distributions from a single source.
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E.
GNOME Software
GNOME Software is the graphical application store and software management tool for the GNOME desktop environment, used to browse, install, and update applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line package manager
ⓘ
openSUSE software ⓘ software management tool ⓘ |
| commandName | zypper ⓘ |
| defaultRepositoryFormat | RPM-MD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | SUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server NERFINISHED ⓘ openSUSE Leap NERFINISHED ⓘ openSUSE Tumbleweed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratesWith | libzypp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interface | command-line interface ⓘ |
| language | C++ ⓘ |
| license | GPL-compatible free software license ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| packageFormat | RPM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | openSUSE base system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | package management ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
localization
ⓘ
machine-readable output ⓘ non-interactive scripting ⓘ rollback-aware operations ⓘ transactional operations ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
GPG signature checking
ⓘ
add repositories ⓘ apply patches ⓘ auto-agree with licenses ⓘ clean caches ⓘ dist-upgrade ⓘ download-only installs ⓘ export repository keys ⓘ handle patches ⓘ history listing ⓘ history redo ⓘ history undo ⓘ import repository keys ⓘ install from local RPM files ⓘ install packages ⓘ list repositories ⓘ list updates ⓘ manage repositories ⓘ media handling ⓘ non-interactive mode ⓘ orphaned package listing ⓘ package locking ⓘ package verification ⓘ pattern management ⓘ product management ⓘ query package information ⓘ refresh repositories ⓘ remove packages ⓘ remove repositories ⓘ resolve dependencies ⓘ rollback using snapshots ⓘ search packages ⓘ service management ⓘ show changelogs ⓘ show package conflicts ⓘ show package dependencies ⓘ show package recommends ⓘ source package installation ⓘ unneeded package listing ⓘ update packages ⓘ upgrade system ⓘ verify dependencies ⓘ |
| typicalCommand |
zypper addrepo
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zypper clean ⓘ zypper dist-upgrade ⓘ zypper help ⓘ zypper info ⓘ zypper install ⓘ zypper list-updates ⓘ zypper locks ⓘ zypper patch ⓘ zypper refresh ⓘ zypper remove ⓘ zypper removerepo ⓘ zypper repos ⓘ zypper search ⓘ zypper update ⓘ |
| usedBy |
SUSE Linux Enterprise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
openSUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: zypper Description of subject: zypper is the command-line package management tool used primarily by openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise for installing, updating, and managing software.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zypper