If I have Cooker and Texstar both installed, how will running:

urpmi --auto --auto-select 

handle duplicate packages (for example, Texstar's kdebase and the Cooker
kdebase)?

Thanks.

On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:13, James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 21:51, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> > What is the easiest way to determine what packages are exactly needed
> > from the ibilio site.  I know kdebase, kdenetwork, etc., but what about
> > the libs and other file dependencies that may exist?  This is why I
> > liked urpmi, but I've had some issues with it of late.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Trey,
> 
>    The easiest and most reliable is to use urpmi.  It will solve the
> problem for you.  
> 
> just do 
> 
> urpmi.addmedia texstar
> http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.1/rpms/i586
>  with ./hdlist.cz
> 
> (this should all be one line but wordwrap is a bear.)
> 
> Then do 
> 
> urpmi --auto --auto-select 
> 
> This will add/update the correct rpms and maintain a working system for
> you.  This is one of the few times I'd recommend automation over a
> controlled manual process.  But I've done it now on 7 installations and
> not a single one has had a problem.
> 
> James
>   
> 
> 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 14:16, Robert Crawford wrote:
> > > On Monday 02 June 2003 11:47, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> > > > I decided to post this here because it looks way beyond newbie stuff.
> > > >
> > > > I'm running 9.1 (download edition) on an AMD XP2100, Soyo Dragon Plus MB,
> > > > 512 megs of Corsair DDR ram.
> > > >
> > > > Installation went smooth with no errors that I know of.
> > > >
> > > > As root, I can open 2 windows, try to copy something (anything) between
> > > > them and both windows competely disappear. No warnings or error messages.
> > > >
> > > > With my normal user account, I can open an icon window (home for example)
> > > > and close it, always with a crash and a KDE error message:
> > > 
> > > > Anyone have any ideas? Makes it darned hard to use, ya know?
> > > >
> > > > Never had these problems with v9.0 or 8.2. Oh, I did a complete install and
> > > > not an upgrade.
> > > 
> > > There are various weird problems with the stock kde 3.1 with 9.1. A lot of 
> > > users have problems such as yours, and others too. 
> > > 
> > > I suggest reading the kde threads on pclinuxonline under the RPM announcements 
> > > forum, then downloading ALL of Texstar's kde 3.1.2 packages from his ibiblio 
> > > site to their own  directory in /home, then log out of kde into gnome or Ice, 
> > > and rename  your /home/user/.kde folder to kdeold. Then go to init 3, su to 
> > > root, and cd to the directory you downloaded to and install Tex's kde 
> > > packages with (takes a few minutes). Be sure and get all the required 
> > > packages and dependencies. Use this command to install in init 3.
> > > 
> > > rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm
> > > 
> > > --force replaces files and packages, but you must not be running kde at the 
> > > time of install.
> > > 
> > > Then you need to restart the box with the halt command- if you just go 
> > > directly back to init 5 after the packages install, you might have trouble- I 
> > > did. Kmail shows up with all your email, but you'll need to re-enter your 
> > > info and accounts. In the kdeold folder you saved, there is a bookmark.xml 
> > > file in /share/apps/konqueror- just replace the new one in the same location 
> > > in /home/user/.kde, and your bookmarks are back. You might need to resetup 
> > > the kppp info.
> > > 
> > > Robert Crawford
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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