Mandrakelinux uses the RPM packaging system and provides convenient tools to simplify even more packages installation, handling software dependencies automatically. The urpmi set of tools is command line based and discussed briefly at the end of this chapter; here we will concentrate on Rpmdrake: Mandrakelinux'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 Mandrakelinux Control Center (see Figure 7.1, “Software Management in the Mandrakelinux Control Center”).
We recommend that you access Rpmdrake via the Mandrakelinux Control Center.