Chapter 16. (Web hosting domain) Package Management through Rpmdrake Mandriva Linux
Chapter 16. Package Management through Rpmdrake Mandriva Linux 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 in Chapter 39, Package Management From The Command Line [501]; here we will concentrate on Rpmdrake: Mandriva Linux’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 Mandriva Linux Control Center (see Figure 16.1, Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center [209]). Figure 16.1. Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center We recommend that you access Rpmdrake via the Mandriva Linux Control Center.