Star Mandrake 10: A Long Time User's Experiences
Linked by David Donley on Wed 9th Jun 2004 18:53 UTC
Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris I have been using Linux since 1993. I installed the first version of Slackware on a 16MB 386sx-25. Since then I have been using it almost exclusively on one or more of my PCs. So I consider myself as a bit of an expert. I have been using computers since 1982 mostly PCs, but also VAX mainframes and SPARC systems. Operating systems (and GUIs) I have been using include CP/M, DOS, Windows from Version 2 to XP, Geos, Beos, SCO Unix, Solaris, OS/2 and quite a few Linux Distros.
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@jeff
by doggedblues on Wed 9th Jun 2004 20:13 UTC

jeff, you need to visit the following site and set up your repositories before you complain about software installation in Mandrake:

http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php

Learn how to use urpmi and you'll be in heaven.

To install a package urpmi "nameofpackage"

To update all installed packages we issue the following two commands:

urpmi.update -a

urpmi --update --auto-select

To update the kernel:

urpmi --update kernel

Of course, all of the above can be done through the graphical tools, but the command line is much faster and efficient.