Re: [newbie] Downloading packages.

2002-11-19 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 18 November 2002 6:51 pm, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Monday 18 November 2002 14:34, Keith Powell wrote: > > Should I have been connected to the Internet when I first entered > > the sources in the command line? > > Yes, and running console or xterm as root. Thanks Michel. I thought tha

Re: [newbie] Downloading packages.

2002-11-18 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Monday 18 November 2002 14:34, Keith Powell wrote: > Should I have been connected to the Internet when I first entered > the sources in the command line? Yes, and running console or xterm as root. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Downloading packages. [Solved]

2002-11-18 Thread Keith Powell
Hello Tony. Thanks for your reply in answer to my problem that I could not get urpmi or the Control Panel Software Management to recognise the new sources I had entered. I removed the old ones, and entered them again when connected to the Internet, as you said I should. It now works - at leas

[newbie] Downloading packages.

2002-11-17 Thread Keith Powell
Sorry for such very "newbie" questions, but I am lost! Is there a good tutorial on downloading and installing packages from the Internet? The Package Manager section of the Mandrake manual is far too sketchy for me: it hardly mentions it. I have no problems installing from the disks, or doing a