On Monday 22 Mar 2004 16:30, Paul wrote: > On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 18:10, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 11:01, Paul wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 17:48, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > > Pardon me if I am sounding a bit paranoid but it has been a very long > > > > weekend testing various alternatives to RedHat. There is a lot that > > > > I like about Mandrake but have found some things infuriating. I > > > > downloaded the three iso images and did not register. I wanted to > > > > see if our organization wanted to further investigate the Mandrake > > > > route before investing. > > > > > > > > I know that the commercial packages are not available without paid > > > > membership with Mandrake but kernel documentation and freeswan and > > > > tripwire are certainly no commercial (well at least the gpl'd > > > > tripwire). What is this fourth CD? Is there some intentional > > > > crippling for those who have not purchased a membership beyond the > > > > commercial software / license limitations? Thanks - John > > > > > > All you are likely to need are on the 3 ISOs, when installing just > > > click on 'cancel' when it asks for number 4. > > > > > > BTW, I'd recommend you use version 9.2 for evaluation purposes, 10 is > > > not yet considered stable enough for commercial distribution. > > > > > > Paul M. > > > > Thanks but what if you want to install some of the packages on CD4, > > e.g., tripwire or superfreeswan? > > The easiest/preferred way to install software with mandrake is using > urpmi. > > If you go to the easy urpmi site at http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php > it'll give you the necessary commands. Then when you want to add > software use the command (e.g.) > > urpmi tripwire > > this will also take care of dependencies. > > Paul M Tripwire and Super-freeswan are in the 'main' repository. If you user the Easy urpmi site to choose a 'main' Cooker source you will be able to install them using either the GUI or urpmi from the command line. There is a guide to using urpmi on the Mandrake Twiki. Follow my sig.
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