aru Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 2:50 pm Post subject: Using gurpmi as default installer in KDE _________________________________________________________________ In Mandrake 8.2 when an RPM was clicked on in konqueror the application rpminst would stat up and install the RPM for you. In Mandrake 9.0 rpminst was replaced with a Mandrake written application called gurpmi. However, Mandrake did not set gurpmi to be the default RPM installer in KDE. In the default configuration of KDE in 9.0 clicking on an RPM will open Kpackage. Kpackage is a good application for checking the files inside an RPM, but it is slow, and does not attempt to resolve dependencies. By comparison gurpmi is much nicer. It is small and quick, and uses urpmi as its back end so it is able to resolve dependencies and automatically download/install them. It will also check the signatures of RPMs so you can be confident they were built by the person they claim to be from. To set gurpmi as the default in KDE. Open KDE ControlCentre>FileBrowsing>FileAssociations Use the search box to find the associations for RPM. In the associations you will see kpackage at the top, and 'SoftwareInstaller' second. Just move 'Software Installer' up to the top of the list, and you are done. If 'Siftware Installer' is not present. Press the 'Add' button, and define the app as gurpmi. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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