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-urpmi is a commandline tool developed by
[Mandriva] to make installing and updating software easier
.
It is based on the
[RPM] system, and automatically handles dependencies
.
+[
urpmi | http://www.urpmi.org/]
is [Mandriva]'s PackageManagementTool
. It's a dependency-resolving front-end to
[RPM].
-Some more detail on using urpmi over at the [URPMI tutorial | http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walter/geek/rpm-howto.html] and at [URPMI resources | http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/UrpmiResources].
-
-urpmi gets the software packages from sources (mirror servers containing the rpm packages).
You need to configure urpmi on your machine to point to sources
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.
+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.
There are different types of sources.
-*
main - the packages that make up the
main distribution
-* updates -
updates to packages in main
-*
contrib - other
packages contributed to this version
-*
plf-free - packages
from the Penguin Liberation Front (typically not in
main for legal reasons)
-*
plf-nonfree - nonfree
packages from PLF
-*
jpackage -
Java packages for Linux
+
+<tt>
main</tt>:
+ The
main distribution's packages
+<tt>
updates</tt>:
+ Updates
to packages in <tt>
main</tt>
+<tt>
contrib</tt>:
+ Other
packages contributed to this version
+<tt>
plf-free</tt>:
+ Packages
from the "
Penguin Liberation Front"
(a horribly mishappen name), which are generally absent from <tt>
main</tt>
for legal reasons
+<tt>
plf-nonfree</tt>:
+ Non
-[Free]
packages from PLF
+<tt>
jpackage</tt>:
+ [
Java]
packages for [
Linux]
+
+See also:
+* [URPMI tutorial | http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walter/geek/rpm-howto.html]
+* [URPMI resources | http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/UrpmiResources]
