Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting
Hey, You know what I do whenever I get a new Mandrake distro? (well there are a lot of things BUT) I open the software (RPM) manager, go to flat list, and under the not installed part, I take the time to scroll down thru the list and see just what was -not- installed. Its pretty informative... even if it does take awhile. ;-) Hmm, I always went through the whole list before (during) installation... Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting
Hey, Hmm, I always went through the whole list before (during) installation... i dont think you could view all available rpm packages during installation as many are intentionally hidden by the distro packagers to prevent overwhelming the new users who are trying mandrake for the first time. the list of applications that you could see during installation is the same one that you can see during a rpmdrake session. you have to select the flat view to get a complete listing. an example here (if i recall correctly) would be the libwine1 packages. you would never see the libwine1 packages during installation. i chose that as an example because i just upgraded one computer here to LM8.2 and was able to add the libwine1 package when all was running smoothly after installation. i recall this topic was also brought up by civileme a couple months back during the release of 8.1. i may be wrong so take my word with a grain of salt. ;-) You might be right, I had the same problem with kernel-sources, which I could never find in rpmdrake. Still, you can choose between a categorized and a flat view of packages during installation, can't you? Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting
Hey, Still, you can choose between a categorized and a flat view of packages during installation, can't you? *grin* to tell you the truth i dont know if i can switch to flat view during installation. is there such an option during the graphical installation? IIRC there is something like unfold whole tree, but I don't remember, either. :-( to find out when i get home and re-install my mandrake (maybe ill triple boot it with gentoo as i hear good remarks about it). Good luck! Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 04:39, Roman Korcek wrote: Hey, You know what I do whenever I get a new Mandrake distro? (well there are a lot of things BUT) I open the software (RPM) manager, go to flat list, and under the not installed part, I take the time to scroll down thru the list and see just what was -not- installed. Its pretty informative... even if it does take awhile. ;-) Hmm, I always went through the whole list before (during) installation... Bye Roman Good grief, I thought I was the only one. ;) LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 03:30 am, Roman Korcek offered this for consideration: Hey, Still, you can choose between a categorized and a flat view of packages during installation, can't you? *grin* to tell you the truth i dont know if i can switch to flat view during installation. is there such an option during the graphical installation? IIRC there is something like unfold whole tree, but I don't remember, either. :-( to find out when i get home and re-install my mandrake (maybe ill triple boot it with gentoo as i hear good remarks about it). Good luck! Roman ~ You can click the button (looks like a little z I believe but has a tool tip to tell you if it's the one you want) to toggle between threaded (? tree?) and flat list during graphical installation at the 'choose packages to install' dialogue. But the kernel source should appear under the 'development' heading even in the tree view. If you choose development as a category during install, kernel source, and other RPMs needed to install packages from source, should be installed without further prompting in any case. I think so anyway. It's been a few days since I helped someone install the OS so I really don't trust my memory _that_ much! -- Charlie in Edmonton, AB, Canada Mandrake 8.2 user 244963 at http://counter.li.org 8:40am up 17:09, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
