Where do I find rpm packages? [solved]

[tstrickland]

I've just installed Mandriva 2005 LE and all went well. When I started looking for the software packages I noticed that the system only looked for rpm packages located on the installation CDs. I'd like to locate the Internet repositories where more and more-up-to-date packages are located.

 

I need to be educated about Mandriva resources. Your help will definitely be appreciated!

 

 

[moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

[tyme]

If you click on the "easy-urpmi" link at the very top of the page that will take you to a tool that helps configure sources for extra software. also, in mandrake control center under the software section, you'll want to choose "update" so that you can get your system up-to-date with the official packages (if you haven't done so already).

[alexpank]

There are also sites around like pbone, rpmfind and rpmseek, which have RPMs for various flavours of Linux, including a number of versions of Mandrake/Mandriva, but your best option is urpmi, because it'll install all your dependencies (Deo volente), whereas the websites above only install that RPM. I believe you can use urpmi to install downloaded RPMs, but I don't know if it will automagically grab the dependencies too.

 

HTH

[tyme]

If you download an rpm and install it with urpmi it will resolve any dependencies that are available in your configured repo's

[alexpank]

Mmm, thought that might have been the case. Thanks for the confirmation, tyme. Anyway, urpmi is the better option to start off with, and then go to the web if there's nothing in the repositories.

[tstrickland]

I'm having problems using "easy-urpmi." Here's the terminal output I get:

 

[tom@localhost ~]$ su

Password:

[root@localhost tom]# urpmi.removemedia -a

unable to access hdlist file of "updates", medium ignored

removing medium "update_source"

removing medium "Installation CD1 (cdrom1)"

removing medium "Installation CD2 (cdrom2)"

removing medium "Installation CD3 (cdrom3)"

removing medium "main"

removing medium "contrib"

removing medium "updates"

found 0 headers in cache

removing 0 obsolete headers in cache

write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]

[root@localhost tom]# urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrak...5/main_updates/ with media_info/hdlist.cz

added medium updates

write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]

retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "updates"...

ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrak..._info/hdlist.cz

 

...retrieving failed: curl: (9) FTP: access denied

...retrieving done

examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.updates.cz]

examining synthesis file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.updates.cz]

unable to parse hdlist file of "updates"

examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz]

problem reading synthesis file of medium "updates"

found 0 headers in cache

removing 0 obsolete headers in cache

write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]

unable to update medium "updates"

[root@localhost tom]# urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/Mandrake-...i586/media/main with media_info/hdlist.cz

added medium main

write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]

reconfiguring urpmi for media "main"

computing md5sum of existing source hdlist (or synthesis)

 

retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"...

ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/Mandrake-..._info/hdlist.cz

3% of 26.6M completed, ETA = 0:30:58, speed = 0

^[[A 3% of 26.6M completed, ETA = 0:33:04, speed = 0^[[A 3% of 26.6M completed, ETA = 0:33:29, speed = 0^A 3% of 26.6M completed, ETA = 1:16:03, speed = 0

 

 

I can't get past this point.

[solarian]

Try another server.

[arctic]

sometimes some mirrors do not work properly due to administration work. thus i also suggest using different mirrors. do not forget to remove the current mirrors you have set up from the mcc first.

[tstrickland]

Yes, that worked I used a different mirror.