[NBLUG/talk] urmpi mini-howto

[Warren Raquel]

Last I saw this was installed by default on the last couple of Mandrake 
systems. I liked it a lot but from what I read it was Mandrake specific. 
Does it work for other RPM dependant distros?

augie wrote:
> in a continuing update to stay busy and keep a small reserve of
> potential nblug presentations i bring you urmpi:
> 
> http://www.schwer.us/journal/2003_07.html#000024
> 
> urpmi is like apt-get, but is for rpm's, and there is no need to set up
> an atp-rpm repository; just point urmpi at a rpm repository and tell it
> what you want. urmpi downloads and installs what you want, as well as
> the dependencies, and removes the old stuff. pretty neat stuff.
> 
> augie.
> 
> 

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