Guest nimonika Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Hi All, I am an Ubuntu user, however I now have to use a Mandriva machine for some time. I was wondering if ther eis any package manager utility like Synaptic packagae manager in Ubuntu for Mandriva. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Monika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Yes, you can get at it by clicking the star and then System/Configuration/Packaging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 You can use several package managers but the default is rpmdrake\urpmi. Rpmdrake is the graphical frontend while urpmi is the command line tool. You can find rpmdrake in the menu System\Configuration\Packaging\Install,Remove & Update software. Unfortunately rpmdrake was completely rewritten for the 2007 release and had some bugs in the time of release. So you should update your system. Visit the easyurpmi link on the top of the page and add additional mirrors (main_release, updates, contrib_release, contrib_updates and the plf mirrors). Note that you have to update your kernel manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 On the initial Mandriva 2007, only Smart Package Manager works out of the box. RpmDrake has a lot of issues, and segfaults very frequently. This has been cured after a few upgrades, as far as I know. But still, personally I prefer Smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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