On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote:

> The switch back to the RPM system is a bit traumatic for me. I MISS
> APT-GET!!!!! I managed to find a tool that will let me install a package
> by name if it's on the Mandrake CDs, and that's fine as far as it gets.

urpmi. RTFM urmpi.addmedia to see how to add additional sources (e.g:
Mandrake's contrib directory, or simply an arbitrary ftp/local directory)

> Now, the questions:
> 1. KDE 3 supports Hebrew. In KDE 2, however, I had the choice of
> defining the codepage to support Hebrew, while the user interface was
> english. I cannot seem to locate that option any more. It seems that the
> only way I'll be able to get Hebrew characters is if the user interface
> is Hebrew as well. Is that really the case? Am I missing something?
> 2. The package maintaner software for Mandrake has an option of using an
> external site for updates. Is there a repository that contains the CD
> files as well (in case I don't want to CDs handy, and I have a fast
> internet connection)? Is there a place where I can find extra packages
> not shipped on the CDs?

(On the worst-case you can always uninstall the Hebrew localization
packages for KDE...)

-- 
Tzafrir Cohen
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http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir



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