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 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
