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.TH urpmi 8 "18 Nov 1999" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake"
.IX urpmi
.SH NAME
urpmi \- rpm wrapper making installs easier for the user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B urpmi
[--auto]
[-a]
package_name
[package_names...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
urpmi enables non-superuser install of rpms. In fact, it only authorizes
well-known rpms to be installed.
You can compare rpm vs. urpmi with insmod vs. modprobe
.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 found only one Package corresponding, check wether dependencies are already installed or not.
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\- 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.
.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.
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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.
.IP "\fB\-a\fP"
if multiple packages match the substring given, take them all
.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 filelist per media(*).
.PP
/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
.br
Contains one line <\fIname\fP> <\fIurl\fP> per media.
.PP
/var/lib/urpmi/depslist
.br
A simple text file containning all dependencies of all known packages.
.PP
/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.html
.br
The same but in html format, user readable.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
urpmi.addmedia(8),
urpmi.removemedia(8),
urpmi.update(8),
autoirpm(8),
autoirpm-icons(8),
gurpmi(8),
rpmdrake(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft
.br
pixel@mandrakesoft.com
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