[plug] xinerama (yet again!)

[Simon Scott]

	Thanks for the tip!

	I looked at Software Manager and it seemed rather buggy. 

	Maybe I should upgrade Software Manager via Software Manager?

	aptget install aptget anyone? :)

	Ill try it myself, but itd be nice to know it caches the rpms
somewhere so you can keep them for other machines/machine rebuilds etc
without downloading again.



	From:	Colin Rothnie <Colin.Rothnie at tiwest.com.au> on 06/07/2001
10:53 AM
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	Subject:	RE: [plug] xinerama (yet again!)

	On the subject of installing Mandrake packages - have you tried
setting up
	the Mandrake Software Manager program to use a Cooker source?  Until
a few
	days ago, I was manually downloading the required packages, finding
the
	dependancies and downloading those etc etc (all the while wishfully
thinking
	of Debian's apt).  However, having read the recent discussion on
Slashdot
	regarding urpmi versus apt, I had a go at setting up the Software
Manager
	(which uses urpmi) and it has made my life much more fun. 

	All you need to do is install a new package source of type Cooker
(or
	security update etc), update the list of available sources and
choose one,
	then look at the flat file list in the "installable software" tab
underneath
	for the package you want to install.  It will tell you that it needs
to
	update numerous other packages and then it goes away and sets it all
up for
	you.  I haven't had any problems with the updates I have done so
far, and it
	is remarkably painless compared to working through numerous levels
of
	dependancies.  I am now far more likely to install cutting edge
packages
	from Cooker.

	Cheers
	Colin Rothnie



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