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@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ -.TH urpmi 8 "05 Sep 2000" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake" +.TH urpmi 8 "05 Apr 2001" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake" .IX urpmi .SH NAME urpmi \- rpm wrapper making installs easier for the user .SH SYNOPSIS -.B urpmi -[options] -package_name|rpm_file -[package_names|rpm_files...] +.B urpmi [options] [package_names|rpm_files...] .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 @@ -21,13 +18,13 @@ and urpmi will: .br \- Propose different package names if availables and quit. .br -\- If found only one Package corresponding, check wether dependencies are +\- If found only one package corresponding, check wether 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, local and +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. @@ -45,14 +42,37 @@ to launch, use autoirpm. To install all available menu entries of all known packages, use autoirpm-icons. .SH OPTION -.IP "\fB\--auto\fP" +.IP "\fB\--help\fP" +print an help message and exit. +.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\-q\fP" +proposes a quiet mode when calling rpm where no upgrade status are printed. .IP "\fB\-v\fP" -proposes a verbose mode when calling rpm. +proposes a verbose mode with various messages. .SH FILES /usr/bin/urpmi .br @@ -66,11 +86,17 @@ There is one filelist per media(*). /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.* .br Contain information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers. -There is one filelist per media(*). +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 one line <\fIname\fP> <\fIurl\fP> per media. +Contains media description, previous format from older urpmi is accepted. .PP /var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered .br @@ -89,22 +115,12 @@ this group. urpmi.addmedia(8), urpmi.update(8), urpmi.removemedia(8), -urpmi.update(8), autoirpm(8), gurpmi(8), urpmf(8), urpmq(8), rpmdrake(8) .SH AUTHOR -Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft +Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft <pixel@mandrakesoft.com> .br -pixel@mandrakesoft.com - - - - - - - - - +Francois Pons, Mandrakesoft <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> |