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Rpmdrake
rpmdrake is a graphical interface to urpmi, which permits the installation of software packages. It is provided as part of Mandriva Linux, Mageia and ROSA for package installation. The application is written in gtk2-perl, and allows: * updating lists of packages available from configured installation media (CDs, websites, or network shares) * visualization of dependencies for one or more packages * installation and un-installation of packages to and from the operating system rpmdrake is free software, available under the GNU General Public License, version 2. urpmi was developed by Guillaume Cottenceau, then by Rafael Garcia-Suarez, then by Thierry Vignaud, first at Mandriva, then at Mageia (se . See also * |
Urpmi
urpmi is a package management tool for installing, removing, updating and querying software packages of local or remote (networked) media. It wraps around the RPM Package Manager in the role of a smart package manager. It uses repositories and will resolve dependencies so that the user will not suffer from dependency hell that can happen when using RPM directly. It works with official sources from Mandriva or unofficial sources such as those from the Penguin Liberation Front. It has a graphical front-end: Rpmdrake. It's made of 2 parts: * a low leveC/perl bindings* a higher leveperl codeimplementing the advanced algorithms In addition to the now-defunct Mandriva Linux, it is also being used by: * Uruk GNU/Linux, a 100% free software system origin in Iraq, based on this package manager virtually for Uruk package manager simulator, and Linux-libre kernels and apt real package manager from Trisquel, also named after a city in Iraq *Mageia, a French fork of Mandriva Linux that for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
