On Friday 25 Jul 2003 8:52 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > >>Well, it would seem I remain completely baffled by this urpmi setup > >>business. > >> > >>I thought I found mozilla1.4 here, seems I am mistaken. > >> > >>I don't think I am going to ever learn these mysterious incantations of > >>a masonic rights of passage crossword puzzle of a command line. > >> > >> > >>John > >> > >>-- > >>John Richard Smith > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >OK you want mozilla 1.4 > > > >Mozilla 1.4 is in Texstars urpmi repository. > >How do I know? Because I looked in > >http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9. > >1/rpms/ > > > >If you have already defined Texstar as a urpmi source, then you need to > > update your local lists of the source contents. The command to do that is > > urpmi.update -a (the -a means update all online sources) > > > >Your local database will then know that mozilla 1.4 is in the texstar > > source. > > > >Now > >urpmi mozilla > >will cause your mozilla to be updated to the most recent version listed in > > your sources (which will be 1.4 from texstar). Alternatively you could > > use the rpmdrake GUI to install mozilla. > > > >If you were to make a weekly cron job containing the command 'urpmi.update > > -a', then you would be able to always find the most recent version of the > > packages you are interested in using either urpmi or rpmdrake (webmin is > > good for creating cron jobs) > > > >derek > > Isn't there some way I can just find out what packages I need, download > them using a download programme line d4x , stick the packages in a > directory all by themselves, cd to the diesctory sources, and urpmi to > install them for me. > > . > > John
Why do you want to do things the hard way? It really is very simple. You define a list of online sources using either urpmi.addmedia or the sources GUI in rpmdrake. Each source has a name to reflect what is in it. For example 'main' is the main distro and is exactly the same as the CDs 'contrib' is the extra applications not on the CDs 'texstar' are the applications added by Texstar 'plf' are those applications not in the distro for legal reasons. 'update' are the applications updated by Mandrake Once your sources are added you never touch them again. But you do have to update your local list of the sources contents because they can change (main and contrib will not.) urpmi.update -a will update the lists, just run it before you want to install anything. Alternatively press the 'Update' button in the Mandrake software sources manager. It does the same thing. Then just use the Mandrake software Manager GUI. All the applications will be listed. The GUI gives you the option to list packages 'by upgrade availability'. Just click on any you want to install. BTW: Just clicking on an rpm using konqueror will install it using gurpmi You do not even have to download it. Gurpmi will automatically use urpmi to get any dependencies needed from any source. But if you have not been running urpmi.update it is possible for the local list to be out of sync with the remote sources, and the install will fail. ***The key to success is to run urpmi.update -a regularly*** derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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