basic YAST question

[Tony Alfrey]

For you SuSE experts:

I usually just use rpm -Uvh or whatever to install rpms.  YAST is 
supposed to do this but whenever I fire it up to look for an rpm that 
is, for example, on my Desktop, I have no idea how to make YAST find the 
rpm.  A long time ago I used kpackage to do this (check dependencies, 
whatever).  So can anyone give me the basic clue to using YAST for this, 
'cause I assume YAST will  keep track of what rpms are installed.

Thanks

Tony Alfrey