sofasurfer Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Mandrake 10.1 When I click on the help button for software management I get the error message that Drakxtools-Guide.html/ can not be displayed. I can't find it in a package search and on disk 2 I did find Drakxtools-10.1-9mdk.i586.rpm while browsing the disk. Why isn't this loaded and why can't I find it using package search? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) That Drakxtools-Guide.html file is in the following package: mandrake-doc-drakxtools-en-10.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm Reinstall that package and you should be ok. The Install Software section of Software Management doesn't list packages that are already installed. Since Drakxtools-10.1-9mdk.i586.rpm was already installed, it didn't show up there. Edited February 7, 2006 by jboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 I opened 'rpmdrake' and clicked on 'available software', 'install software' and remove software'. I typed in 'drakxtools' and 'mandrake-doc-drakxtools-en-10.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm'. I came up with not one listing. How do I find this package and how do I reinstall it? I can't remove it from my system if I can't find it and I can't install it if I can't find it. Hmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Couple of commands you can run: urpmf --name drakxtools will see if it exists in your repositories. If it does, then you can try this to see if it's installed: urpmq drakxtools although, probably a better one instead of this one is: rpm -qa drakxtools as it lists the version number as well. You'll see what I mean, here is a screenshot listing from Mandriva 2006 on my machine using the above commands: [ian@europa ~]$ urpmf --name drakxtools drakxtools-backend:drakxtools-backend-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-newt:drakxtools-newt-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools:drakxtools-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-http:drakxtools-http-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools:drakxtools-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-backend:drakxtools-backend-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-http:drakxtools-http-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-newt:drakxtools-newt-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-backend:drakxtools-backend-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-newt:drakxtools-newt-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools:drakxtools-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-http:drakxtools-http-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-ng:drakxtools-ng-0.2-4mdk.noarch.rpm [ian@europa ~]$ urpmq drakxtools drakxtools|drakxtools|drakxtools [ian@europa ~]$ rpm -qa drakxtools drakxtools-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk using the urpmq lists drakxtools 3 times, whereas the rpm -qa shows it correctly. Now, if it's not installed, you can just use this command to install it: urpmi drakxtools If it's installed, but you find it's not working, then you can remove it using this command: urpme drakxtools and then use the other command above to reinstall it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I your solution above I see no listing of the DOC file. This is what I specificly need. Well, maybe you don't have it installed in your system. Anyway, I did what you said and hear are my results... [daryl@localhost daryl]$ urpmf --name drakxtools drakxtools-backend:drakxtools-backend-10.1-9mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-newt:drakxtools-newt-10.1-9mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-ng:drakxtools-ng-0.2-4mdk.noarch.rpm drakxtools:drakxtools-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-backend:drakxtools-backend-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-http:drakxtools-http-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-newt:drakxtools-newt-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-backend:drakxtools-backend-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-newt:drakxtools-newt-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools:drakxtools-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools-http:drakxtools-http-10.3-0.64mdk.i586.rpm drakxtools:drakxtools-10.1-9mdk.i586.rpm ------------------------------------------------------- [daryl@localhost daryl]$ urpmq drakxtools drakxtools|drakxtools|drakxtools ------------------------------------------------------- [daryl@localhost daryl]$ rpm -qa drakxtools drakxtools-10.1-9mdk ------------------------------------------------------- [daryl@localhost daryl]$ urpmi drakxtools bash: urpmi: command not found As you see, I also have no DOC file. Also note the 'urpmi: command not found' message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 You should find it on disk 3: in rpmdrake, look at your software sources to see if you have your cd's selected; if you don't have the 3rd cd, select the "main" source. If you haven't set up any sources, use the EasyUrpmi button at the top of this page to do so. If you still have problems, you can use this link: ftp://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/Mandriva/...1mdk.noarch.rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 You need to use "su" to switch to root user to use urpmi. There is an updated one, from the list you posted: drakxtools:drakxtools-10.3-0.64.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm Your are currently running: drakxtools-10.1-9mdk urpmi only runs as root, therefore type su, supply root password when prompted and then use urpmi command. You might find it easier to make sure updates are applied to the system, so: urpmi --update --auto-select --auto will make sure your system is up-to-date with all security/normal/bug fixes. Then, after that, if you wish to update further components that aren't fixed with the updates section: urpmi --auto-select --auto Before you run any of the updates with the last two commands I listed, please check your repositories are set up. urpmq --list-media This is my listing: [ian@europa ~]$ urpmq --list-media Installation Free DVD (cdrom1) plf-free plf-nonfree updates main contrib jpackage You should have all of these to apply updates to the system, as well as further updates. So, if you don't have, visit the easy-urpmi link at the top of these page, choose your mirrors, make sure compressed index is selected, and then add these repositories to your system. Just make sure you choose the correct version of 10.1 that you are using. Type this to find out: cat /etc/release and it will show what version of 10.1 you are running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted February 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Ok, after I ran the UPMI feature I now am able to find and install Drakxtools. Two questions remain... 1) Now will my system notify me when there are more updates to install or must I go throught the files I would like to update from time to time and redownload them? 2) I had some 'bad signature' errors which I ignored and all worked fine. But one of the 'bad signature' error windows extended below the bottom of my screen so I could now click on the buttons. How to I remedy that. I could not resize to a smaller size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 1) Now will my system notify me when there are more updates to install or must I go throught the files I would like to update from time to time and redownload them? You can subscribe to a mailing list here or read the advisories in our forum here. If you have the "updates" source selected in MCC, all available updates will be presented if you choose the "search for updates" option (or something similar). You can install security updates, bug fixes and/or normal updates. Please note that official support for 10.1 is due to end this month: Mandriva Product Lifetime Policy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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