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-.TH urpmi 8 "29 Feb 2000" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake"
+.TH urpmi 8 "05 Sep 2000" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake"
.IX urpmi
.SH NAME
urpmi \- rpm wrapper making installs easier for the user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B urpmi
[options]
-package_name
-[package_names...]
+package_name|rpm_file
+[package_names|rpm_files...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
urpmi enables non-superuser install of rpms. In fact, it only authorizes
-well-known rpms to be installed.
+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
+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:
+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 found only one Package corresponding, check wether dependencies are already installed or not.
+\- 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.
+\- 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 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.
+Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias (ftp, 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.
+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.
+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.
+To install all available menu entries of all known packages,
+use autoirpm-icons.
.SH OPTION
.IP "\fB\--auto\fP"
-installs all required dependencies without asking.
+installs all required dependencies without asking.
+.IP "\fB\--force\fP"
+assumes yes on all questions.
.IP "\fB\-a\fP"
-if multiple packages match the substring given, take them all
+if multiple packages match the substring given, take them all
+.IP "\fB\-v\fP"
+proposes a verbose mode when calling rpm.
.SH FILES
/usr/bin/urpmi
.br
@@ -46,23 +60,31 @@ 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(*).
+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 filelist per media(*).
+Contain information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers.
+There is one filelist per media(*).
.PP
/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
.br
Contains one line <\fIname\fP> <\fIurl\fP> per media.
.PP
-/var/lib/urpmi/depslist
+/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered
.br
A simple text file containning all dependencies of all known packages.
.PP
-/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.html
+/var/lib/urpmi/provides
.br
-The same but in html format, user readable.
+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),
@@ -70,7 +92,8 @@ urpmi.removemedia(8),
urpmi.update(8),
autoirpm(8),
gurpmi(8),
-rpmf(8),
+urpmf(8),
+urpmq(8),
rpmdrake(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft