Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 04 March 2005 09:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2005 14:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Did you click the "Proceed to step2" button before selecting your sources? Hmm, I thought that I did - maybe I got in a hurry and missed it (multiple times - shaking head at self). I'

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 16:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but no matter > how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which site I use,

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 04 March 2005 14:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but no > matter how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which site I use, >

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Dan Gordon
On March 4, 2005 09:48 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but > no matter how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which > site I use, it

Re: [newbie] urpmi help needed

2003-01-19 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 19 Jan 2003 12:30 pm, Can Baytan wrote: > Finally I made my CD II for ML 9.0 ok, but I tried urmi.update -a didn't > work to update, to make story short. > > I need my all 3 CD's shown on software update, what is the command for > it? > > Thanks in advance. > > Can Baytan. To get all

Re: [newbie] Urpmi help

2001-11-15 Thread NDPTAL85
I trust the files on the CD's I would just like to be able to install software from the net since its more convienent then walking over to the machine and inserting the proper CD. Ok I have some sources I want to add but I don't understand the hdlist part. I can't find the hdlist on any of the

Re: [newbie] Urpmi help

2001-11-14 Thread bascule
i'm assuming that you have set up a source for the same version as is on the cd i.e. the original distro 8.1. in that case i think that urpmi must be going for hte 'easiest' route to files, i don't recall this being explicitly mentioned but it makes sense, assuming that you have correctly set u

Re: [newbie] Urpmi help

2001-11-14 Thread NDPTAL85
Alright I know how to add media to it but how do I tell it where to get the stuff from? It always goes for the CD and never the net. Do I have to remove the CD sources for it to go to the net? On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 06:52 PM, bascule wrote: > you need to add a source to the list

Re: [newbie] Urpmi help

2001-11-14 Thread bascule
whoops. small mistake, the directory you specify is the ../RPMS directory, and the relative path to hdlist.cz would usually be ../base/hdlist.cz sorry! bascule > #urpmi.addmedia "somename for your source" ftp://host/path/to/../Mandrake/ > with ./base/hdlist.cz > > this should work, the argume

Re: [newbie] Urpmi help

2001-11-14 Thread bascule
you need to add a source to the list of sources that urpmi uses, have you read the man pages for urpmi, urpmi.addmedia and urpmi.update? use the list of download sites from www.linux-mandrake.com to find a source that is convenient for you and do similar to the following (do this as root, you ca