DESCRIPTION
urpmi authorizes well-known rpms (or rpm files) to be
installed including all their dependencies. You can use
it to install source package dependencies too as root, or
source package itself as simple user.

You can compare rpm vs. urpmi with insmod vs. modprobe
or dpkg vs apt-get

Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the name
of the package(s), and urpmi will:
- Propose different package names if availables and quit.
- If only one corresponding package is found, check
whether dependencies are already installed, or not.
- If not, propose to install the dependencies and then
install all required dependencies and the package.

Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias
(ftp, http, local and nfs volumes, removable medias such
as CDROMs) and is able to install dependencies from a
media different from the package's media. If necessary,
urpmi asks you to insert the required media.

To add a new media containing rpms run urpmi.addmedia.
To remove a media use urpmi.removemedia.
To update the packages list (for example when the ftp
archive changed) use urpmi.update.
To automatically install a package corresponding to an
executable you tried to launch, use autoirpm.
To install all available menu entries of all known pack*
ages, use autoirpm-icons.

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What about the problem that Sifvion ran into. He did:

And got an error:

This is how the KDE team recommends doing it, so what's the deal with the error.

Also, I'm skeptical about the urpmi method, since the KDE team doesn't mention it at all.

urpmi worked perfect for me.

I had no trouble installing it either. I used urpmi, didn't even know what it was! LOL

But can anyone address my previous post please?

chucky,

so when you said "urpmi worked perfect for me."

Do you mean you simply typed the command it installed and when you loaded X voila! it worked? Boots to KDE 3.0 or did oyu have to install/modify anything else?

Simply used startkde3 from console to load it?

EDIT: I had an issues last time where I could only login as root..

is this why? : "kdebase3 warning: group nobody does not exist - using root" I got that error during install when I used your commands from root.

Any idea if this still only launches as root if there's a why to change things?

I did'nt have to modify anything, only had to change the default boot from KDE to KDE3.

how do you change default boot? I remember having to do it once but I can't remember anymore

EDIT: I figured out startx /opt/kde3/bin/startkde3 works fine

however after installing it via:
"1.- Download all the rpms into a directory
2.- cd into that directory
3.- urpmi *.rpm"

It loads but in my Kmenu there are no programs, and when I try to configure the kasbar, like right click on it or the desktop and select prefernces it does nothing!

Any ideas?

Guys i dunno whats the problem. If i type urpmi in the console it tell me command not found!!.
this is wad i type.

cd to the dir.
urpmi *.rpm

command not found .

Please advise

u have to be root

Ok, you have used the program to edit kmenu from mandrake, haven't you? DON'T use that program, to fix your problem just delete .kde3 folder al logon again, it will be generated next time. If u want to edit your k menu you have to use the internal program of kde called kmenuedit (its better and faster and doesn't generate that **** problem).

I expect that next updagre for mandrake will be to fix this problem.

Yes chuky im in root
by the way im using redhat 7.2
urpmi *.rpm i type this in the console and same thing
command not found.

This is getting on my nerve.
pls advise

urpmi seems to be only for Mandrake:

http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...hp?query=urpmi

there have been a lot of improvements with konquerer. I've noticed that my page now renders correctly, and many others. the only page that i havent seen load correctly is http://www.mopedarmy.com
the menus on the top are supposed to slide down on mouseover. the login slides down but there are no words, the otheroptions you have to click the word and instead of sliding down it will take you to a new page with the options.

I don't like konqueror because it hasn't good support for javascript. Mozilla rulez.