Recently I have begun work in C++ and decided I wanted the most up to date version of KDevelop. So I looked in YAST but it wasn’t the newest. The easiest way to get and maintain up to date version is to add a source containing KDevelop to YAST.

Add the following source to YaST. If you are new to adding installation sources please refer to Adding YaST Installation Sources.

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_10.2/x86_64

Then goto Software Management and install KDevelope. YAST will then maintain your version by alerting you to updates and allowing you to install them with a single click.

A good tutorial I used is: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/