Hi, There seem to be a lot of questions about using urpmi - I myself need a lots of info.. Kindly find an attachment with useful urpmi.. etc..commands that I use. Please add some of your own that you use and maybe of some use to list-members. Using/adding to the attachment will make it easy to print and have a reference. Thanks Enjoy Johan May this be a good day for learning
Some examples urpmi commands.
All the following can also be done by using Mandrake Control Centre. This meant for console use. KINDLY ANYBODY please add some useful commands you used and send back to the list.... by doing this we may all gain some knowledge... ADDITIONS at bottom please.... ************ This examples refer to my setup - your paths etc will be different.. Add a CD to media.... urpmi.addmedia updateCD4 removable://mnt/cdrom/updates/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz remove this CD from media.... urpmi.removemedia updateCD4 *************** Add a CD that was burned from a download from a website... urpmi.addmedia updateCDweb removable://mnt/cdrom/ManUpdates/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz urpmi.removemedia updateCD4web *************** List the available media that was added.... urpmq --list-media (watch it urpm ends with q ) *************** THIS will only work before the media was used to update.... To check if the media you want to use is OK.... urpmq --auto-select --media updateCD4 to check more than one same time urpmq --auto-select --media updateCD4,updateCDweb (no spaces either side of comma) *************** For this to work you have to be connected...to save time while connected make a little script and run..(should you need more info on THAT, feel free to ask..) Add a internet website... urpmi.addmedia --update FranceLyon ftp://ftp.fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/updates/9.1/RPMS/ with ../base/hdlist.cz ######## a lot of links can be found at easy urpmi .... http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php *************** This one I lifted from Chris's email...(thanks)..I have NOT tried it... If you have removed all your media like in... urpmi.removemedia -a You will find that your installation CD's are missing from the list To readd your cd sources do:......... Put CD1 in the drive and in root terminal type: urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable://mnt/cdrom *************** KINDLY ADD HERE..PLEASE..Johan....
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