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diff --git a/pod/urpmi.8.pod b/pod/urpmi.8.pod index d9b91c8c..f4786699 100644 --- a/pod/urpmi.8.pod +++ b/pod/urpmi.8.pod @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ urpmi - rpm downloader, installer and dependency solver =head1 DESCRIPTION The purpose of urpmi is to install rpms (or rpm files), including all -their dependencies. You can also use it to install the dependencies of a -source package, or a source package itself. +their dependencies. You can also use it to install the build dependencies +of a source package (or of an rpm spec file), or a source package itself. You can compare rpm vs. urpmi with insmod vs. modprobe or dpkg vs apt-get. Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the name of the @@ -128,21 +128,23 @@ disables splitting in small transactions. =item B<--fuzzy> -Disable fast search on exact -package name; that means that urpmi will propose all packages matching -the name partially, even if one of them matches exactly the specified name -(this is the same as B<-y>). +Disable fast search on exact package name; that means that urpmi will +propose all packages matching part of the name, even if one of them +matches exactly the specified name (this is the same as B<-y>). =item B<--src> I<name> Search a source package matching I<name> and select all its dependencies -by default, unless B<--install-src> is used in order to install the source -package itself. +(that is, its C<BuildRequires>) by default, unless the B<--install-src> +switch is used in order to install the source package itself. (You can +also install the build dependencies read directly from an rpm spec +file.) =item B<--install-src> -Install only the source package (no binary packages will be installed). -You don't need to be root to use this option. +Install only the source package (that is, no binary packages will be +installed). You don't need to be root to use this option (if you have +write access to your rpm build top directory). =item B<--clean> @@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ Do not search in provides to find package (this is the opposite of B<-p>). This is the same as B<--fuzzy>. -=item B<-s> +=item B<-s> I<name> This is the same as B<--src>. |