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diff --git a/urpmi.addmedia.8 b/urpmi.addmedia.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dd9799ce --- /dev/null +++ b/urpmi.addmedia.8 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.TH urpmi.addmedia 8 "18 Nov 1999" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake" +.IX urpmi.addmedia +.SH NAME +urpmi.addmedia \- adds a new rpms media for use with urpmi +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B urpmi.addmedia <\fIname\fP> <\fIurl\fP> +.SH DESCRIPTION +urpmi.addmedia tells urpmi that he can find new rpms at the specified location. Currently supported medias are: local drives, removable drives (such as cd's), http and ftp. +.PP +All users belonging to group urpmi are allowed to add a new media. +.PP +One of the following modes must be choosen: +.PP +http: +.br +.IP "\fB urpmi.addmedia <\fIname\fP> http://<\fIhost\fP>/<\fIpath\fP> with <\fIrelative path of hdlist\fP>\fP" +Where <\fIname\fP> is your reference for the media (e.g. MandrakeUpdate). +.br +<\fIhost\fP>/<\fIpath\fP> is the location of the rpm directory on the net. +.br +<\fIrelative path of hdlist\fP> is the pathname where to find the hdlist of the rpms. The location is given relative to <\fIpath\fP>. +.PP +ftp: +.br +.IP "\fB urpmi.addmedia <\fIname\fP> ftp://<\fIlogin\fP>:<\fIuser\fP>@<\fIhost\fP>/<\fIpath\fP> with <\fIrelative path of hdlist\fP>\fP" +The same as for http, just add your login and user if required (Note that you needn't to specify anonymous as login for anonymous access ftp servers). +.PP +Local drive or NFS: +.br +.IP "\fB urpmi.addmedia <\fIname\fP> file://<\fIpath\fP>\fP" +Where <\fIname\fP> is your reference for the media (e.g. Myrpms). +.br +<\fIpath\fP> is the location of the rpm directory on your machine. +.PP +Removable device: +.br +.IP "\fB urpmi.addmedia removable_<\fIdevice\fP>_<\fInumber\fP>://<\fIpath\fP>\fP" +<\fIdevice\fP> is the name of your media as specified in the /dev/ directory (e.g. cdrom, floppy, zip, ...). +.br +<\fInumber\fP> is used urpmi to choose in what order medias are inserted in case of multiple medias install with dependencies. '1' is reserved for the origin install medias. +.PP + +.SH FILES +/usr/bin/urpmi +.br +The \fBurpmi\fP executable (perl script) +.PP +/etc/urpmi/list.* +.br +Contains the list of all packages known by urpmi and their location. There is one filelist per media(*). +.PP +/etc/urpmi/hdlist.* +.br +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 +/etc/urpmi/depslist +.br +A simple text file containing all dependencies of all known packages. +.PP +/etc/urpmi/depslist.html +.br +The same but in html format, user readable. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +urpmi(8), +urpmi.removemedia(8), +autoirpm(8), +autoirpm-icons(8), +gurpmi(8), +rpmdrake(8) +.SH AUTHOR +Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft +.br +pixel@mandrakesoft.com + + + + + + + + + |