On Friday 25 Oct 2002 11:45 am, Technoslick wrote: > After seeing it mentioned here not long ago, I tried urpmi for the first > time. (I needed to update a part of KDE making it impossible to do so > within the GUI) I was really surprised at how effective and efficient it > was. However, I am still having problems getting dependencies and > updates completed in some cases. Apparently, part of the problem is > finding the right servers. Your reply to Rob was a godsend for me. Not > only do I have some sites that work well, are relatively complete and > 'Derek approved' (a little plug for the guy...), but I better understand > what I am doing with urpmi! Thanks, Derek, for explaining to a newbie > the 'how', and more importantly, the 'why'. For some reason, > documentation on any platform fails to explain why you do something or > why you would want to do it, just how to do it. That's when personal > help really shines. > > Thanks, >
Thanks for the plug Technoslick (my opinion is not any better than other newbs), a couple of things I should have mentioned in my last post are :- Having put in the sources with urpmi.update, the most convenient way to find out what are in the sources is the Software Manager in Mandrake Control Centre. You can group by 'source' so you can see who has what. You also then see a description of each package. Although doing the actual installation from the command line gives you more feedback as to what is happening instead of the 'sliding bar' software manager displays. Be aware that any application installed from a non official source may have bugs, and could possibly break something. For example Texstar sometimes 'experiments' with quite advanced features that are more appropriate to Cooker than a 'production' system. Read about the package on his site before blindly installing anything. (His libqt3 package with Xft2 font support broke my system this week Grrr ) derek
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