Mandriva Linux uses the RPM packaging system and provides convenient tools to simplify package installation by handling software dependencies automatically. The urpmi set of tools is command line based and discussed briefly in the Reference Manual; here we will concentrate on Rpmdrake: Mandriva Linux's graphical software installation tool.
Rpmdrake consists of different tools, which you access by choosing one of the entries of + + in the main menu or by clicking on Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center (see Figure 1.1, “Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center”).
We recommend that you access Rpmdrake via the Mandriva Linux Control Center.