Tiny Pad.
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Install on openSUSE.

Step-by-step installation guide for openSUSE.

Tiny Pad for openSUSE is published as an RPM package (.rpm) in the Tiny Pad repository. Add the repository once and zypper installs it and every later release, the same way it handles the rest of your system.

Add the Tiny Pad repository

The recommended way. Two commands, and updates arrive on their own afterwards.

1

Add the repository

Fetch the repository definition. It carries the address of the signing key, so there is nothing else to set up:

sudo curl -fsSLo /etc/zypp/repos.d/tinypad.repo \ https://dl.tiny-pad.com/tinypad.repo
2

Install Tiny Pad

Refresh and install. On the first run zypper shows you the signing key’s fingerprint and asks you to trust it:

sudo zypper refresh sudo zypper install tinypad-server
From now on zypper keeps Tiny Pad current along with the rest of your system: each new release arrives with sudo zypper update. Every package and every index is signed, and zypper refuses anything that does not verify.
3

Start Tiny Pad

Launch the server from the terminal, or find Tiny Pad Server in your applications menu:

tinypad-server
Tiny Pad Server showing the server name, a green power button and the No Devices Paired empty state
The server shows this computer’s name under Server Name, with a green power button beside it while the server is running. Click Add Device to show a pairing code, then scan it with the Tiny Pad app on your iPhone. On the very first launch, Tiny Pad asks for permission to create virtual input devices. Approve it with your password to finish setup.

Installing graphically

openSUSE’s default desktops do not include a software store that installs a downloaded .rpm file. Double-clicking the package opens the Archive Manager, which only lets you browse or extract the file. It does not install it.

Download the .rpm

Double-clicking the Tiny Pad .rpm opens the Archive Manager, which only extracts the file instead of installing it

Use the repository steps above to install Tiny Pad. If you would rather install one release by hand, download the package and open YaST › Software to install it. Note that Tiny Pad will not update itself that way.