How do I install a software when there is no rpm for mandrake?

I was planning on installing DOSBOX but after checking their download section the only rpm available are for suse and red hat.

I have found this site to be very useful and I use it as a "quick reference" for installs.

http://www.linux.about.com/library/b...ewbie3.5.1.htm

You should be able to use the Red Hat RPM as Mandrake is based upon it. I have not had any problems using RH rpms.

I believe dosbox rpms for Man 10 are available at the Penguin Liberation Front.
I don't use Mandrake but there should be a way to add the appropriate ftp dir to urpmi.

http://plf.zarb.org/

Use "Software Media Manager" to add the PLF repository should be somewhere on the website, I forgot.

using http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/

So once I typed at root

urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://mandrakeusers.org/pub/PLF/mandrake/10.0 with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://mirror.tuxpeople.org/distribut...ates/10.0/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia main ftp://mirror.tuxpeople.org/distribut.../Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://mirror.tuxpeople.org/distribut...0/contrib/i586 with ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz

I will just have to type

urpmi dosbox

and it will be fetched and installed automatically?

I don't use an rpm distro so I don't know the procedure.
Doesn't Mandrake have a graphical rpm utility?
Although it's often quicker to do these things in a terminal,
it would be a good way to check your setup.
"rpmdrake" seems familiar, I think you may be able to use it to add or update
rpm sources. (Man cds, /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/, etc...)

Might I suggest that you could always just build it using the .tar file.

if you don't know how here's a quick tutorial:

preface: you may need to install make and gcc libraries to complete the install

1. Download XXXXXXX.tar.gz from the programs home page.

2. copy XXXXXXX.tar.gz to folder you want to install the program if not already there.

3. in comand line cd to the folder that contains XXXXXXX.tar.gz
ie. "cd /home/me"

4. type in "tar xzvf ./XXXXXXX.tar.gz"
this will unpackage the file

5. cd into newly created folder ie.
"cd ./XXXXXXX"

6. type "ls" and look for one of three files:
configure
install.sh
setup.sh
the most likely one will be "configure" in which case type

"./configure"
"make"
"make install"

if you have any problems you will need to install eather "make" or "gcc"


For eather of the other two files "install.sh" or "setup.sh"
type "sh ./install.sh" or "sh ./setup.sh" and follow the instructions.

good luck

I typed the line I mentioned above at root

First one went fine but the second one seemed to have frozen

so I closed the konsole and typed: urpmi.removemedia -a

But now whenever I try to use the command again it says: urpmi database locked

Ok After a reboot I could: urpmi.removemedia -a

And picked another mirror

Then I did: urpmi dosbox
and it installed it fine and it is also working fine

Now I wanted to install VLC but after: urpmi vlc
I get

One of the following packages is needed:
1- gnome-vlc-0.7.2-1plf.i586
2- gvlc-0.7.2-1plf.i586
3- kvlc-0.7.2-1plf.i586
4- svlc-0.7.2-1plf.i586
5- wxvlc-0.7.2-1plf.i586

I am using KDE which one should I pick?

/Edit

After checking in rpm drake I picked kvlc

/Edit 2

VLC doesn't work
Xmms crash when i try to launch an mp3 from a fat32 partition.

So far I must say I am quite impressed by Mandrake 10.0 I installed it this morning without a glitch, Internet working straight away, easily setup the network and connection sharing with a Laptop in win XP.
Still have to find out how to share and browse the network though.

Another question I saw a gimp 2 rpm for mandrake, will it install itself over the gimp 1.2 that came with mandrake?