On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Levi Ramsey wrote:
> On Sun Mar 09 12:52 -0500, Greg Meyer wrote: > > I think that is what urpmi is good at. Set up a cooker source, "urpmi > > audacity" will fetch and install all rpms that are required. > > We really need to shout urpmi's praises from the rooftops. Hardly a > week goes by without me running into someone on Slashdot or Kuro5hin (or > other sites) who complains about manually doing RPM dependencies on > Mandrake. They're always oblivious to the power and joys of urpmi. > > Maybe putting a "Did you know?" blurb in the installer (something like > "Did you know that urpmi simplifies installing new software; with only > one command you can install anything from the rich library of > MandrakeLinux packages. There's even a graphical version, rpmdrake.", > perhaps). Amen. I've been struggling with xmms off and on for quite awhile. No response when I click on its icon. Reinstalled, checked various odds and ends, no luck. Took your note as a reminder and just did "urpmi xmms" from the command line a few moments ago and am listening to Pink Floyd as I write this. Dale Huckeby
