virtualspy Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I do not want to install Mandrake again from scratch. Here's the scenario: I installed v9.1 a few months ago successfully but received errors when I attempted to add Open Office after installing the OS ...so I upgraded to the official (not pre-release) v9.2 this week. It went smoothly, but since I didn't have the choice to select additional components (i.e., Open Office) during the install process, I successfully installed it using Mandrake Control Center. ...except there were no icons on the K menu and the K menu got all weird (all the program icons were folder icons). Anyways, I decided to un-install Open Office and re-install in case there was a dependency issue. Now the K menu is back to normal but there is no Mandrake Control Center. It appears to have uninstalled when I removed Open Office. I confirmed it's really gone (not just the icon from K menu) because I tried to open it from a terminal and it's gone baby gone. CATCH-22 ...How do I reinstall the dependencies without Mandrake Control Center? Or better yet, how do I reinstall Mandrake Control Center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Open a terminal, su to root and type: urpmi drakconf Hope this helps (if you really uninstalled it...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 anna is right, but remember that the command to start it from a command line is: mcc atleast, in my experience... for menu issues you want to run menudrake, that should help you fix your menu's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 yep, tyme is right :D ... and I suspect that you lost your menu entry, and did not uninstall MCC. So, run menudrake, or if that does not work, type in a terminal (first as root, then again as user): update-menus -v Und afterwards you might want to logout, and login again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualspy Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 The commands worked except typing "mmc" from the terminal did not work, but "drakconf" worked. Thanks for the good advice! Anna and tyme made my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Run mandrake update. There were bug fixes posted yesterday to take care of the menu problem among other drakeX problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 that's mcc not mmc m -andrake c -ontrol c -enter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualspy Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 You're absolutely right ..."mcc" worked fine. I've been around Windoze too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualspy Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Except now I see the "software" is nonexistant on the MCC. Is there a terminal command to install that module of MCC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 run rpmdrake from a terminal to install pkgs MandrakeUpdate to run Mandrake Update rpmdrake-remove to remove pkgs /usr/sbin/edit-urpm-sources.pl to edit urpm media [root@ml root]# urpmf rpmdrake drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-mdk.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-mdk_128.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-remove.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-remove_128.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake_128.png rpmdrake:/usr/bin/MandrakeUpdate rpmdrake:/usr/bin/edit-urpm-sources.pl rpmdrake:/usr/bin/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/bin/rpmdrake-remove rpmdrake:/usr/lib/menu/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/curl_download rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/curl_download/curl_download.so rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/curl_download.pm rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/rpmdrake.pm rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/MandrakeUpdate rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/edit-urpm-media rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/edit-urpm-sources.pl rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/rpmdrake-remove rpmdrake:/usr/share/doc/rpmdrake-2.1 rpmdrake:/usr/share/doc/rpmdrake-2.1/AUTHORS rpmdrake:/usr/share/doc/rpmdrake-2.1/COPYING rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/edit-urpm-sources.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/edit-urpm-sources.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/mandrakeupdate.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/rpmdrake-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/rpmdrake.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mandrakeupdate.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/edit-urpm-sources.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/mandrakeupdate.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/rpmdrake-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/rpmdrake.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/rpmdrake-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/rpmdrake.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/rpmdrake.mo rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/compssUsers.flat.default rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/mandrakeupdate.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake-browse-only.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake-remove.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake-sources.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/selected.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/semiselected.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-install.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-tile.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-update.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/unselected.png rpmdrake:/var/lib/urpmi/compssUsers.flat drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-mdk.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-mdk_128.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-remove.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake-remove_128.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake.png drakconf:/usr/share/mcc/themes/default/rpmdrake_128.png rpmdrake:/usr/bin/MandrakeUpdate rpmdrake:/usr/bin/edit-urpm-sources.pl rpmdrake:/usr/bin/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/bin/rpmdrake-remove rpmdrake:/usr/lib/menu/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/curl_download rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/curl_download/curl_download.so rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/curl_download.pm rpmdrake:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/rpmdrake.pm rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/MandrakeUpdate rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/edit-urpm-media rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/edit-urpm-sources.pl rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/sbin/rpmdrake-remove rpmdrake:/usr/share/doc/rpmdrake-2.1 rpmdrake:/usr/share/doc/rpmdrake-2.1/AUTHORS rpmdrake:/usr/share/doc/rpmdrake-2.1/COPYING rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/edit-urpm-sources.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/edit-urpm-sources.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/mandrakeupdate.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/rpmdrake-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/large/rpmdrake.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mandrakeupdate.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/edit-urpm-sources.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/mandrakeupdate.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/rpmdrake-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/mini/rpmdrake.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/rpmdrake-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/icons/rpmdrake.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/locale/uz@Cyrl/LC_MESSAGES/rpmdrake.mo rpmdrake:/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/rpmdrake.mo rpmdrake:/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/rpmdrake.mo rpmdrake:/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/rpmdrake.mo rpmdrake:/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/rpmdrake.mo rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/compssUsers.flat.default rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/mandrakeupdate.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake-browse-only.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake-remove.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake-sources.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/desktop/rpmdrake.desktop rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/selected.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/semiselected.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-install.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-remove.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-tile.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/title-update.png rpmdrake:/usr/share/rpmdrake/icons/unselected.png rpmdrake:/var/lib/urpmi/compssUsers.flat drakconf-themes:/usr/share/mcc/gnome/rpmdrake-mdk.png drakconf-themes:/usr/share/mcc/gnome/rpmdrake-mdk_highlight.png drakconf-themes:/usr/share/mcc/kde/rpmdrake-mdk.png drakconf-themes:/usr/share/mcc/kde/rpmdrake-mdk_highlight.png [root@ml root]# as far as what puts it in mcc? I d/k. Did you run Mandrake Update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualspy Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 "MandrakeUpdate" and "rpmdrake" give "command not found" errors. Can I reinstall those applications/commands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 First determine if you have "urpmi" by running as root: # which urpmi It should print out the location of urpmi as "/sbin/urpmi". If it's there, you can reinstall rpmdrake by doing: # urpmi rpmdrake Note: rpmdrake must be run as root otherwise you'll get a "command not found" error. The same goes for "urpmi" and "rpm" commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualspy Posted December 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Thanks! That did it! I have the software management GUI again. Thanks again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualspy Posted December 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I would like to add that once the Mandrake Control Center showed Software Management, I performed Software Updates. Software Updates listed a number of Security Updates and Bug Fixes which corrected the original problem of the K menu getting out-of-whack. After updates, I successfully installed Open Office and the icon appears on the K menu as expected. Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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