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[urpmi | http://www.urpmi.org/] is [Mandriva]'s PackageManagementTool. It's a dependency-resolving front-end to [RPM]. |
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You need to configure urpmi on your machine to point to the package repositories you want to use. An easy way to do this is with [easyurpmi | http://urpmi-addmedia.org/]. Make sure when configuring sources, you match the exact version of [Mandriva] that you are using. |
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There are different types of sources. |
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<tt>main</tt>: |
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The main distribution's packages |
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<tt>updates</tt>: |
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Updates to packages in <tt>main</tt> |
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<tt>contrib</tt>: |
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Other packages contributed to this version |
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<tt>plf-free</tt>: |
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Packages from the [Penguin Liberation Front| http://plf.zarb.org/], which are generally absent from <tt>main</tt> for legal reasons |
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<tt>plf-nonfree</tt>: |
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Non-[Free] packages from PLF |
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<tt>jpackage</tt>: |
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[Java] packages for [Linux] |
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See also: |
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* [URPMI tutorial | http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walter/geek/rpm-howto.html] |
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* [URPMI resources | http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/UrpmiResources] |
