[plug] urpmi

[Jim Householder]

Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Monday 21 February 2005 00:24, Jim Householder wrote:
> 
>>I tried unsuccessfully to add mirror.pacific.net.au's 10.0/Official
>>but could not figure out how to specify the hdlist.
> 
> 
> urpmi.addmedia main 
> http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main 
> with media_info/hdlist.cz
> 
> If you don't specify a hdlist it finds the synthesis (smaller, stripped 
> down hdlist) file automagically. I prefer the hdlist.
> 
> Also:
> 
> urpmi.addmedia contrib 
> http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/contrib 
> with media_info/hdlist.cz
> 
> urpmi.addmedia --update updates 
> http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.1/RPMS 
> contrib with media_info/hdlist.cz
> 
> It's also worth doing this...
> 
> urpmi.addmedia --update plf http://plf.acnova.com/mandrake/free/10.1 
> with hdlist.cz
> 
> ...for the debatable-legality-in-USA parts like codecs.
> 
> Cheers; Leon

Thanks Leon and Ranime.  I'll use these to work out how to deal with new 
sites.  man urpmi.cfg is singularly unhelpful in this regard.  I see I 
should have been looking at urpmi.addmedia instead...

Jim