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On Sun 11 August 2002 6:07 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote:
> I have a stupid question .. :-)
>
> I have noticed that rpmdrake has been completely redone, and am now
> thorougly confused about manually installing packages that I download from
> the internet. Before, all I would have to do is tell Mozilla or Netscape
> to run /usr/bin/rpminst, but now that doesn't work. I tried to add a local
> directory using the new "Edit Software Sources" tool, but can't figure out
> the syntax of what I need to add to properly configure it as a source. The
> first two boxes are simple enough (a name, and the path of the directory),
> but the third box is confusing me ("Relative path to synthesis/hdlist").
> What the heck is that?? Ok, now that I've thoroughly confused everyone
> <g>, here are my questions:
>
> 1. Is there a way to run the rpm installer program like I used to from
> Mozilla or Netscape (a la /usr/bin/rpminst)?
>
> 2. How do I properly add a local directory as a source to rpmdrake?
Not a stupid question.
0. The hdlist, typically, looks like
../base/hdlist.cz
in the appropriate box.
Essentially, on a server, the RPMs are held in a RPMS directory (somewhere in
the ftp tree) and the hdlist - which tells the Mandrake package manipulation
software what the RPMs are - is a text file, usually hdlist.cz, in a base
directory at the same level of the tree.
1. This will probably be sorted out before the final build. (Personally, I
wouldn't do it - I'd prefer to have a close look at what I was downloading
before installing it, just I always download a .tar.bz2 file rather than
trying to open it straight off with something).
2. Do Configuration | Packaging | Edit Software Sources from the KDE menu,
then press Add then, on the window that appears, type in a name (anything)
and then the path (file:// and then the path; an example from here is
file:///home/thebrix/files/packages). Don't bother with the 'Relative path to
synthesis/hdlist'. In fact, I think that box should die horribly; it seems
unlikely, unless you're trying to do something eccentric like mirror the
entire Cooker on your local hard drive, that it will ever be needed.
Interestingly, I think MandrakeSoft is doing the right thing with the
packager; the 8.2 one is a sprawling monster as it tries to do everything and
has controls all over the places. The 9.0 beta one is getting there, but
needs refinements; as one of those fearsome UI people who pick holes in
things I've posted some suggestions to the [cooker] mailing list. (My
simplest one is dead easy - a window with four buttons which runs each of the
existing applications; that would placate the people who want a single
packaging application).
Alastair
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Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom)
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
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