Derek Jennings wrote: <snip>
Having put in the sources with urpmi.update, the most convenient way to find out what are in the sources is the Software Manager in Mandrake Control Centre. You can group by 'source' so you can see who has what. You also then see a description of each package.Most definitely! I 'really' need those descriptions since the name of the apps and files mean so little to me! More than likely I will use MCC as a starting point, relying on urpmi when I am sure of what I need and where I am going for it.
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Be aware that any application installed from a non official source may have bugs, and could possibly break something. For example Texstar sometimes 'experiments' with quite advanced features that are more appropriate to Cooker than a 'production' system. Read about the package on his site before blindly installing anything. (His libqt3 package with Xft2 font support broke my system this week Grrr )I think I have already experienced this and not realized it. I have been like many other newbie's mimicking what my more informed comrades do, thinking that I have improved my situation. In my case, I am looking to maintain a production machine and have very little interest right now in trying out beta or experimental stuff. Should I then not point to any folders that are subdirectories off anything saying 'Cooker'? I will make a note to not include your link to Texstar, for that reason (at least, not for now...)
And, if I may stretch this posted reply a bit further....
What links do you feel are reasonably fast and reliable for
'Contribs' for MDK 8.2? I have that running on a couple of boxes and really don't want to abandon it as yet. I have already noticed an inabililty to completely update KDE libs due to conflicts between the downloadable libs and those on the system. Does that mean that I should be looking to change the site for one that is more appropriate? Here's what I am using now for 'Contribs':
ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake-old/8.2/contrib/i586/
And for 'Updates':
ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/Mandrake/updates/8.2/RPMS/
This can be very confusing for someone still learning the ropes and the rules.
Thanks for the help and explanations,
T
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