KPackage and rpmDrake aren't in the menus, there's no
configuration->Packagin, and they don't work from the console. Do i have to
re-install Mandrake?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Larry Marshall
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:28 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing packages
>
>
>
> > I looked in the gnome and KDE menus and i don't see
> kpackage.....is it an
> > archive extraction-installation program? Is there a way to get
> a list of all the mandrake packages like in the install?
>
> Mandrake seems to be pushing Kpackage into the background in favor of
> its own rpmDrake. You should be able to find kpackage on the Kmenu
> though, just deeper in the tree than normal. In 7.1 it's under
> Configuration->Packaging->Kpackage. Of course you can just type
> kpackage on the commandline too.
>
> This is one example of the dynamic nature of the GUI for Linux
> management that causes me to use this stuff in a limited way. It'll
> be great once stabilized but it's a moving target right now.
>
> Cheers --- Larry
>
>
