Guest Hikaru79 Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Hi, everyone =) I come from a heavy Debian background (1+ years) but I decided to give Mandrake a try, see what all the fuss is about ;) I've installed it, everything works great, but I want to start installing packages and everything. I know how to use urpmi to install already-downloaded .rpm's but does Mandrake have the equivalent of the Debian repositories? You know, good ol' "apt-get install kde" type of thing. For example, when I installed Mandrake, I did not realize you needed a 4th CD to install KDE3.3, so now I'm on 3.2. I'd like to upgrade, but I'm wondering what the best way to do this is. In Debian, I'd go to Synaptic and tell it to upgrade KDE. Can this be done on Mandrake? Should I get the .rpm of 3.3 and install it OVER the current 3.2 KDE? Will the rpm realize that I already have 3.2 and not end up with two copies of KDE on my system? Should I uninstall my current KDE and then install? Or is there, after all, a simple manner of upgrading it through a centralized repository? =) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 You could try here to setup your repos. http://www.ianmacgregor.net/addmedia/ Not sure if you can get KDE 3.3 unless you use the "cooker" repos, which I really can't advise doing. The 4th cd can be found, but I don't believe that its available to non-club members. I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashdamage Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Just go here: http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ And all will become clear to you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 That site is still down, but our own works fine. http://www.mandrakeusers.org/easyurpmi/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hikaru79 Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Ah, got it :) Thanks guys. Quick question-- how do you *uninstall* a package with urpmi? I ran urpmi in a console, and it gave a bunch of parameters, but none relating to uninstallation of packages. Any ideas? :) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 To remove : rpm -e name_of_package Further info man rpm and man urpmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 With 'urpme' ( http://uug.byu.edu/articles.php?article=63 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 As a debian user you might be interested in tracking down apt4rpm as a mdk package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Well, maybe it may be more interesting to see how a debian user likes urpmi/urpme/urpmf etc (in konqueror, do #urpmi in the address bar to get the manpage, read all about it and check the related commands) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cage47 Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 I have disc 4. It does not have kde 3.3 on it. Sites like the PLF directories give you the urpmi commands. Very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.