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diff --git a/man/C/urpmi.8 b/man/C/urpmi.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9bb9326 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/C/urpmi.8 @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.TH urpmi 8 "05 Jul 2001" "MandrakeSoft" "Mandrake Linux" +.IX urpmi +.SH NAME +urpmi \- rpm wrapper making installs easier for the user +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B urpmi [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIpackage_names\fP | \fIrpm_files...\fP] +.SH DESCRIPTION +urpmi enables non-superuser install of rpms. In fact, it only authorizes +well-known rpms to be installed. If you want to install local rpm file, you +will have to be root. + +You can compare rpm vs. urpmi with insmod vs. modprobe or dpkg vs apt-get +.PP +All users belonging to group urpmi are allowed to install packages. +.br +Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the name of the package(s), +and urpmi will: +.br +\- Propose different package names if availables and quit. +.br +\- If only one corresponding package is found, check whether dependencies are +already installed, or not. +.br +\- If not, propose to install the dependencies and then install all required +dependencies and the package. +.PP +Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias (ftp, http, local and +nfs volumes, removable medias such as CDROMs) and is able to install +dependencies from a media different from the package's media. +If necessary, urpmi asks you to insert the required media. +.PP +To add a new media containing rpms run urpmi.addmedia. +.br +To remove a media use urpmi.removemedia. +.br +To update the packages list (for example when the ftp archive changed) use +urpmi.update. +.br +To automatically install a package corresponding to an executable you tried +to launch, use autoirpm. +.br +To install all available menu entries of all known packages, +use autoirpm-icons. +.SH OPTIONS +.IP "\fB\--help\fP" +print an help message and exit. +.IP "\fB\--update\fP" +use only update media. This means \fBurpmi\fP will search and resolve +dependencies only in media marked as update. +.IP "\fB\--auto\fP" +installs all required dependencies without asking. +.IP "\fB\--auto-select\fP" +automatically select all packages that have to be upgraded according to already +installed packages and packages listed in various media registered. +.IP "\fB\--force\fP" +assumes yes on all questions. +.IP "\fB\--X\fP" +use X interface. +.IP "\fB\--best-output\fP" +try to use X interface or if not available the standard text interface (using +rpm). +.IP "\fB\-a\fP" +if multiple packages match the substring given, take them all +.IP "\fB\-m\fP" +choose minimun closure of requires (this is the default). This is a relatively +slow algorithm that tries to minimize the number of package to upgrade +to only what is really necessary. +.IP "\fB\-M\fP" +choose maximal closure of requires. This is the fastest algorithms that try to +upgrade all requires if they can be upgraded. +.IP "\fB\-c\fP" +if maximal closure is used, assume that a package listed mey have wrong or not +up-to-date dependancies. This cause more package to be upgraded and may correct +unresolved dependancies on the rpm database. +.IP "\fB\-p\fP" +allow search in provides to find package. +.IP "\fB\-q\fP" +proposes a quiet mode when calling rpm where no upgrade status are printed. +.IP "\fB\-v\fP" +proposes a verbose mode with various messages. +.SH FILES +/usr/bin/urpmi +.br +The \fBurpmi\fP executable (perl script) +.PP +/var/lib/urpmi/list.* +.br +Contains the list of all packages known by urpmi and their location. +There is one filelist per media(*). +.PP +/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.* +.br +Contain information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers. +There is one hdlist per media(*). +.PP +/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.* +.br +Contain synthesis information about all known packages built from hdlist files +that can be used by minimal closure algorithm. If these files are not present +use \fBurpmi.update -a\fP to generate them. These files are not mandatory. +.PP +/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg +.br +Contains media description, previous format from older urpmi is accepted. +.PP +/etc/urpmi/skip.list +.br +Contains package names that should be not automatically updated. +.PP +/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered +.br +A simple text file containning all dependencies of all known packages. +.PP +/var/lib/urpmi/provides +.br +A simple text file containning all provides and the list of associated +packages that contains them. +.PP +/var/lib/urpmi/compss +.br +A simple text file containning for each Group used the list of package in +this group. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +urpmi.addmedia(8), +urpmi.update(8), +urpmi.removemedia(8), +autoirpm(8), +gurpmi(8), +urpmf(8), +urpmq(8), +rpmdrake(8) +.SH AUTHOR +Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft <pixel@mandrakesoft.com> +.br +Francois Pons, Mandrakesoft <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> |