Mageia install software command line

First thing to do after an install is to add software sources also known as repositories, media, mirrors. This is much faster, but the disadvantage is that you need to know the exact name of the package you want to install. Help us to improve our documentation, even for a few hours. Its powerful commandline tool which is used to automatically download and install new software packages, upgrade existing software packages, update the. If you find that using a package manager is unbearably slow, you will want to use command line installation. Selecting a mirror or specifying a url very first entry. Mageia 6, once installed, looks like and behaves like a modern linux distribution. If you prefer the commandline, you can have a look at the urpmi page. If you do not know the default package management in.

In the mageia control center, click on software management on the left and on configure media sources for install and update in the newly opened window you will probably see one or two entries corresponding to the cd or dvd you used for the installation even if you had put the cd or dvd on a usbstick. With the url, you can designate a specific repository or your own nfs installation. Choosing and activating the network, if not already up. See this page for instructions on running commands with administrator privileges. For beginners the graphical tool rpmdrake is recommended over urpmi as rpmdrake is more userfriendly for inexperienced users. In user home often programs are best installed in users home. If you install or upgrade mageia using an optical media dvd or cd or a usb device, there will be a. Also if you install mageia using the livecd edition these. Runlevel 3 can be enabled by appending 3 to the kernel command line in grubs. This command line interface cli tool is the default rpm package. That command lists only enabled repositories so you will see more media sources listed in configure media sources for install and update but. Below is a detailed explanation of the features that each of these media provides. Mageia s dvd iso and netinstall cd iso both use the traditional drakx installer.

For example you can install, update or remove software packages with it. That means you must select the media sources to be used to install and update packages and applications. Mageia is a free software operating system of the gnulinux family, which can be. By selecting a mirror, you have access to the selection of all repositories managed by mageia, like the nonfree, the tainted repositories and the updates. Like always it is good to start non mageia packaged programs the first time from the command line in a terminal so you see any messages, like missing dependencies. Managing software with urpm guide to linux for beginners. The nonfree repository includes packages that are freeofcharge, i. Mageia may redistribute them, but they contain closedsource software hence the name nonfree. For example you can install, update or remove software.