[newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
Dear All Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Monday 04 April 2005 20:40, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select Thanks in advance, Paul Put the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 10:21 PM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Maybe, I should add that I am using the command: urpmi --excludemedia thacs.rpms --auto-select Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 10:44 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Yes. Take the version numbers off. /abiword/ /lyx/ /amarok/ Thanks, Derek. It works! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Monday 04 April 2005 22:21, Paul Smith wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Paul Yes. Take the version numbers off. /abiword/ /lyx/ /amarok/ derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
