On Monday 24 January 2005 00:30, Mike Chalmers wrote: SNIP > > I think I see what you are saying. If I wanted to install a program such as > xdesktopwaves it will tell me that I need to have gcc installed and it will > install the Mandrake gcc rpm file for me. > > Is urpmi only for Mandrake? Is what I am thinking correct? > > > From, > > Mike Chalmers
urpmi is authored by MandrakeSoft, but being GPL any distro could use it. It is a wrapper to rpm which is authored by RedHat. Major distros like Suse and Debian have their own package management systems. You will hear how Debians 'apt-get' is the best package management system around. IMO urpmi is comparable. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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