[plug] urpmi - what am I doing wrong

[Scott Middleton]

urpmi.addmedia contrib
rsync://mirror.pacific.net.au::mandrake/devel/10.1/i586/media/contrib
with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia plf rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com::plf/mandrake/10.1
with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia main
rsync://mirror.pacific.net.au::mandrake/devel/10.1/i586/media/main with
media_info/hdlist.cz

These are the exact commands I used in mine.

Planetmirror is not WAIX though.

For more info see archives.
http://www.plug.org.au/archives/message/20041005.062037.7e09726d.html
http://www.plug.org.au/archives/message/20040802.092336.83bae227.html




> J Michael Gilks wrote:
>
>>>I tried unsuccessfully to add mirror.pacific.net.au's 10.0/Official but
>>>could not figure out how to specify the hdlist.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>A neat trick I picked up on the Mandrake forums is
>>
>>urpmi.addmedia --distrib
>>http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/10.1/i586
>>
>>
> Hi all,
>
> I like this one hit idea but it still seems to be looking for a hdlist.
> Assumed from Leons post it would find one automagicaly.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> from my console
>
> [root at localhost mark]# urpmi.addmedia --distrib
> http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/10.1/i586/
> retrieving hdlists file...
> ...retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 7 or signal 0
>
> unable to access first installation medium (no hdlists file found)
> examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation
> DVD (cdrom1).cz]
> [root at localhost mark]#
>
>
>>This will give you a set of sources for Main1, Contrib1 and jpackage1
>> with no
>>further input from you.
>>Use the Media Manager in the Software Management tab of the Control
>> Centre to
>>add an updates source
>>http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.1/main_updates
>>and also the PLF stuff
>>http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/free/10.1
>>
>>This sort of choice is what is nice about Linux.
>>The first command is command line and works great taking a lot of
>> guesswork
>>and hassle out of finding hdlist files, which have been known to change
>>location.
>>The rest is using the Control Centre GUI. Click Add in Media Manger,
>> choose
>>the server type, paste the address and it does its stuff.
>>I always do updates from the command line and install from the gui.
>>A mixture of command line and gui to do the job and keep me comfortable.
>>
>>After these sources are configured all packages appear in the one list.
>>I also had some intermittent problems with pacific.net.au last month, but
>> keep
>>hammering at the site and eventually it comes good.
>>I also on occasion rail against Mandrake, every release seems to include
>> some
>>'feature' to piss me off. However, that said, enough old 'features' are
>> fixed
>>beyond my wildest dreams that I always come back.
>>
>>While struggling to maintain other distros I tend to have dreams of
>> Control
>>Centre from which I do not want to wake.
>>
>>Love
>>Mike.
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