Chapter 13. Package Management through Rpmdrake

1. Install Software
1.1. Selecting Packages to Install
1.2. Searching Packages
1.3. Updating Media
2. Remove Software
3. Mandrakelinux Update
4. The Software Media Manager
5. Package Management through the Command Line
5.1. Installing and Removing Packages
5.2. Media Management
5.3. Tricks and Recipes

Mandrakelinux 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 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 System+Configuration+Packaging in the main menu or by clicking on Software Management in the Mandrakelinux Control Center (see Figure 13.1, “Software Management in the Mandrakelinux Control Center”).

Figure 13.1. Software Management in the Mandrakelinux Control Center

Software Management in the Mandrakelinux Control Center

We recommend that you access Rpmdrake via the Mandrakelinux Control Center.