Cheers
Jason
Chad wrote:
There is no reason to use apt-get/Synaptic with Mandrake linux as is has it's own Mandrake equivalent called urpmi.
urpmi is a number of utilities which provided similar functions to apt-get.
In brief with urpmi you set up a number of software source as you do in apt-get.
Use Easy-uprmi to set this part up.
http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php
Go to the page select the version you have 9.1 leave your architecture as i586. Click on the button there.
Then use the drop down menu's to select the mirrors you want to use for each software source. Make sure they're all ticked then click procced to step three. The page will refresh and open a terminal and change to root (su).
Then copy and past each block from the black section into the terminal and hit enter. eg
urpmi.addmedia main ftp://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz
urpmi will conect to the net and download the package lists and discreptions.
once done for each of the sources Urpmi is set up.
Mandrake Software installer/RPMdrake can then be used to browse and sort though the avaliable packages (several thousand in all) and install them If you like the gui.
Other wise the console tools can be used.
As root. urpmq --fuzzy searchstring
searches for any packages that contain the searchstring. eg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] chad]# urpmq --fuzzy xine
The following packages contain xine: gxine
xine-ui
xin............
urpmf specificfilename
Search's through all avaliable packages for that specific file and lists them eg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] chad]# urpmf version.h
glibc-devel:/usr/include/gnu/libc-version.h
glibc-devel:/usr/include/linux/version.h
glibc-devel:/usr/include/sound/version.h
libx..............
urpmi.update sourcename
Checks for updated packages.
urpmi packagename
installs the newest version of that package and all it's dependences. eg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] chad]# urpmi xine-aa
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (7 MB):
libxine1-1-0.rc3.2plf.i586
libxine1-devel-1-0.rc3.2plf.i586
xine-aa-1-0.rc3.2plf.i586
xine-esd-1-0.rc3.2plf.i586
xine-plugins-1-0.rc3.2plf.i586
Is this OK? (Y/n) installing libxine1-1-0.rc3.2plf.i586
Preparing... ##################################################
1:libxine ##################################################
2:lib.......
urpme packagename
uninstalls that package.
So to get all the updates for Mandrake linux your'd either use MandrakeUpdate or
urpmi.update --update
urpmi --update --auto-select
For more info see man urpmi urpmi --help http://www.urpmi.org
Urpmi can also be used to upgrade to new versions of mandrake eg Mandrake 9.1 to 9.2 or Cooker.
Chad
Jaco Swart wrote:
Some Mandrake 9.1 q's:
I cannot find Kscd on the M9.1 distro CD’s. Does anybody know where it’s hiding, and what it’s called?
Does Apt/Synaptic work for M9.1? If yes, is it on the distro CD’s?
thanks!
Jaco
