Re: [expert] urpmi questions
Last question.
Is there a way to get a package description of the available packages
through urpmi?
I swear I was able to do so, but dont recall how to do it now. :/
On a side note, anyone have any thoughts on whether 9.1 or 9.2 is better
suited for production right now?
Jason
At 08:37 AM 11/14/2003 -0600, you wrote:
On Thursday 13 November 2003 08:27 pm, Vox wrote:
On September 1993 plus 3725 days Jason Williams wrote:
Is there a way to list the packages that are available to
download?
urpmq --list will give you a list of all available
packages, without versions. urpmq --fuzzy samba will give you
all packages that have samba in the name or description. I
recommend reading the man pages for all the urpm* commands.
You can also install urpmc ('urpmi urpmc'). Then after you
update your sources, simply typing 'urpmc' will list all the
available updates (with version numbers) from all sources. EG,
tom # urpmc
club uses a synthesis file. Cannot output changelog.
Will list package names only. Reconfigure the medium to use
a hdlist file to get a changelog.
kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk - kernel-source-2.4.22-25mdk
Even ones you may have in your /etc/urpmi/skip.list (I have
kernel-source in my skiplist). Suggestion, use
'synthesis.hdlist's for your sources, otherwise the list will
also include changelog, and could be very long. I get Cannot
output changelog. because I only use synthesis.hdlist's.
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Re: [expert] urpmi questions
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:07, Jason Williams wrote:
Last question.
Is there a way to get a package description of the available packages
through urpmi?
I swear I was able to do so, but dont recall how to do it now. :/
urpmi urpmc and then use it to find what's available. (Only in 9.2 att
but the src rpm does build on 9.1)
On a side note, anyone have any thoughts on whether 9.1 or 9.2 is better
suited for production right now?
Jason
At 08:37 AM 11/14/2003 -0600, you wrote:
On Thursday 13 November 2003 08:27 pm, Vox wrote:
On September 1993 plus 3725 days Jason Williams wrote:
Is there a way to list the packages that are available to
download?
urpmq --list will give you a list of all available
packages, without versions. urpmq --fuzzy samba will give you
all packages that have samba in the name or description. I
recommend reading the man pages for all the urpm* commands.
You can also install urpmc ('urpmi urpmc'). Then after you
update your sources, simply typing 'urpmc' will list all the
available updates (with version numbers) from all sources. EG,
tom # urpmc
club uses a synthesis file. Cannot output changelog.
Will list package names only. Reconfigure the medium to use
a hdlist file to get a changelog.
kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk - kernel-source-2.4.22-25mdk
Even ones you may have in your /etc/urpmi/skip.list (I have
kernel-source in my skiplist). Suggestion, use
'synthesis.hdlist's for your sources, otherwise the list will
also include changelog, and could be very long. I get Cannot
output changelog. because I only use synthesis.hdlist's.
--
Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Re: [expert] urpmi questions
At 12:17 PM 11/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: urpmi urpmc and then use it to find what's available. (Only in 9.2 att but the src rpm does build on 9.1) Ok...grabbed urpmc. I currently dont have any samba or LDAP installed. However, in playing with urpmi, I see there are quite a few packages available to download. That is why i was trying to find a description of the packages, before I start downloading them. I may grab a different one if I like what it may offer. Dang it...I dont recall now. : Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi questions
On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 8:07 pm, Jason Williams wrote: Last question. Is there a way to get a package description of the available packages through urpmi? I swear I was able to do so, but dont recall how to do it now. :/ In 9.1, using the gui, there's a check-box for 'maximum information' Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi questions
On Thursday 13 November 2003 08:27 pm, Vox wrote:
On September 1993 plus 3725 days Jason Williams wrote:
Is there a way to list the packages that are available to
download?
urpmq --list will give you a list of all available
packages, without versions. urpmq --fuzzy samba will give you
all packages that have samba in the name or description. I
recommend reading the man pages for all the urpm* commands.
You can also install urpmc ('urpmi urpmc'). Then after you
update your sources, simply typing 'urpmc' will list all the
available updates (with version numbers) from all sources. EG,
tom # urpmc
club uses a synthesis file. Cannot output changelog.
Will list package names only. Reconfigure the medium to use
a hdlist file to get a changelog.
kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk - kernel-source-2.4.22-25mdk
Even ones you may have in your /etc/urpmi/skip.list (I have
kernel-source in my skiplist). Suggestion, use
'synthesis.hdlist's for your sources, otherwise the list will
also include changelog, and could be very long. I get Cannot
output changelog. because I only use synthesis.hdlist's.
--
Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi questions
On September 1993 plus 3725 days Jason Williams wrote: Evening everyone. I just installed Mandrake 9.2 via FTP onto one of our servers to test out. We are looking for a replacement OS for our servers. One thing I wanted to learn is some of the Mandrake specific tools, specifically urpmi and msec. I was working with urpmi trying to learn its functions and have a couple of questions. Is there a way to list the packages that are available to download? urpmq --list will give you a list of all available packages, without versions. urpmq --fuzzy samba will give you all packages that have samba in the name or description. I recommend reading the man pages for all the urpm* commands. For instance, I was playing around and typed: urpmi samba It gave me a list of dependencies, which is nice, but then said it was going to install samba 2.2.8a. Is there a way to grab the 3.0 version? samba3 is only in contrib, so you need to have a contrib source configured to be able to install samba3. Due to it being in contrib, it's named in a distinct way, which in this case means adding the 3 to the name of all packages. So to install samba3, you do urpmi samba3 :) Secondly, is there a way with urpmi to see what versions of the software I have? I know I can with rpm -qa |grep package. Can you do this with urpmi? urpmq -r packagename will give you the release and version of the package. The problem with that output is that it'll give you release and version of available packages, it doesn't care or differentiate between installed and not installed. I'm not sure if there's a way of doing the same thing as rpm -q package with urpmi. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] urpmi questions
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Vox wrote: On September 1993 plus 3725 days Jason Williams wrote: Secondly, is there a way with urpmi to see what versions of the software I have? I know I can with rpm -qa |grep package. Can you do this with urpmi? urpmq -r packagename will give you the release and version of the package. The problem with that output is that it'll give you release and version of available packages, it doesn't care or differentiate between installed and not installed. I'm not sure if there's a way of doing the same thing as rpm -q package with urpmi. Of course, rpm -qa | grep package will still work, because urpmi is an adjunct to rpm, and you can use whichever is more appropriate for the task at hand - you have them both installed. I use the urpm* tools for most things (and *always* for installing/upgrading packages), but when I want to restrict a query to installed packages only, I just use rpm. For more on the urpm* family of apps, see: http://www.urpmi.org -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 9.0 In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi questions
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 18:27, Vox wrote: On September 1993 plus 3725 days Jason Williams wrote: Evening everyone. I just installed Mandrake 9.2 via FTP onto one of our servers to test out. We are looking for a replacement OS for our servers. One thing I wanted to learn is some of the Mandrake specific tools, specifically urpmi and msec. I was working with urpmi trying to learn its functions and have a couple of questions. Is there a way to list the packages that are available to download? urpmq --list will give you a list of all available packages, without versions. urpmq --fuzzy samba will give you all packages that have samba in the name or description. I recommend reading the man pages for all the urpm* commands. Vox, Except for uprmq I would agree. It's perhaps the least helpful of all of them. It has some... but it's IMHO weak. James PS I know I know submit a patch *grin* For instance, I was playing around and typed: urpmi samba It gave me a list of dependencies, which is nice, but then said it was going to install samba 2.2.8a. Is there a way to grab the 3.0 version? samba3 is only in contrib, so you need to have a contrib source configured to be able to install samba3. Due to it being in contrib, it's named in a distinct way, which in this case means adding the 3 to the name of all packages. So to install samba3, you do urpmi samba3 :) Secondly, is there a way with urpmi to see what versions of the software I have? I know I can with rpm -qa |grep package. Can you do this with urpmi? urpmq -r packagename will give you the release and version of the package. The problem with that output is that it'll give you release and version of available packages, it doesn't care or differentiate between installed and not installed. I'm not sure if there's a way of doing the same thing as rpm -q package with urpmi. Vox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi questions
You can also check out http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi on the twiki. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
