On Thursday 31 August 2006 23:30, RickS Climbed A Telegraph Pole and Clicked: > Hi, > has anyone used urpmi -a string > from the man page: > > -a If multiple packages match the given substring, install > them all. > > For example: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ricks # urpmi -a perl* > no package named perl* > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ricks # urpmi -a perl > The package(s) are already installed > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ricks # urpmi -a ruby > The package(s) are already installed > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ricks # urpmi -a perl.* > no package named perl.* > > Did anyone get this to work, what am I doing wrong ? > Any suggestions?
for some reason urpmi sees ruby as an absolute. urpmi ruby- (note the dash) or urpmi rub will install them. you'll have to decide how specific or non specific you want to be. Hope this helps benja22 -- Are you making all this up as you go along? ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
