[plug] urpmi

[ranime]

or from a shell :

urpmi.addmedia --update updates 
ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.0/RPMS 
with ../base/hdlist.cz 


type all in one line as is above.




On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:24 am, Jim Householder wrote:
> I think the thing I like least about Mandrake is the package
> management. The hoops one has to jump through to add a new source are
> IMHO unacceptably complex, and I prefer to see *all* packages,
> installed and not, in the same list.
>
> I tried easyurpmi, but what it gave me generated a lot of errors when
> executed.  Also no waix sites.
>
> I tried unsuccessfully to add mirror.pacific.net.au's 10.0/Official
> but could not figure out how to specify the hdlist.
>
> I like the looks of SUSE 9.2, but the APC (March) DVD is not
> developer-friendly.  Good thing I have broadband...
>
> Enough whingeing for now...
>
> Jim
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