Package Management for SuSe packages with Nexus.

What are SuSe packages?

SuSe Linux is a product of Novell. It is a complete, easy to use open-source Linux distribution specially designed for home users, small businesses, governments and educational institutions. SuSe Linux 9.3 combines the stability, manageability and easy administration of enterprise-class operating systems with the convenience of open source. And it's offered free to personal computer users worldwide through one of the most advanced Internet software delivery models ever created.

What is Nexus?

The Nexus repository is a repository that facilitates the discovery, access and installation of public artifacts. It supports open source dependencies and references them in Maven-compatible package declarations. The most common use is to resolve a target dependency by hashing a file with a specified MD5 sum and using Nexus to look up the artifact in its local cache or available repositories . It is also possible to combine Maven (and other) metadata with an artifact before publication.

Package Management for SuSe packages on Nexus with packagecloud

If you’re looking to manage SuSe packages on Nexus, you can use packagecloud to handle all of your package management. Packagecloud works with all kinds of packages, not only SuSe packages. With packagecloud you can manage all of your packages from various OS’s, languages, and more. Always trust that your packages will be secure when you publish your SuSe packages on Nexus via packagecloud.