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beesea : 15/08/02 04:56 AM : Incident created |
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- in the recent newsletter i got (issue #55), there is a section about software locations:
FYI -- Software Locations
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It seems that many Mandrake users aren't aware that software for the
distribution is available from many different locations. Denis Havlik
provides a quick summary of the various places that contain RPMs for
Mandrake Linux:
1. Main distribution -- This is the primary location which most users
seem to be aware of.
2. Contributions -- All Mandrake mirrors contain a second RPM location
called "contributions". This directory contains packages that were
voluntarily built and "contributed" by members of the community. You
can find quite a lot of nice goodies in here. This is also where you
will also find the new packages that are being built by MandrakeClub
volunteers.
3. Unsupported -- This directory contains unofficial updates for the
stable distribution, packaged by MandrakeSoft employees. Many
often-requested applications (such as Mozilla 1.0 with matching
Nautilus, Galeon, etc.) can be found in the "unsupported" category.
4. KDE.org -- The KDE mirrors function as an "unsupported" directory
for KDE RPMs (that is, MandrakeSoft developers build unofficial update
RPMs for KDE and post them on KDE's servers instead of in the regular
"unsupported" directory.). KDE 3.0.2 for 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 has been
available on KDE.org for several weeks now.
BTW -- The first two locations mentioned above are urpmi-aware -- this
means they may be used with urpmi and the Software Manager.
my question is what is "main distribution" and what is its url?
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Linegod_7611 : 15/08/02 11:44 PM : Reply received |
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- They are talking about the 'Main Distribution' directory on the Mandrake
Mirrors (the i586 directory). A list is available in Software Manager, or
via http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3
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