Just been reading up on apt-get, which apparently handles dependencies reliably, but it is not my system (whereis apt-get tells me this). I wonder then what, if not this, what I should use to install Xmame (w/ dependencies).

I have 2 of 4 Xmame .deb packages; xmame-x_0.106-2.1_i386.deb and xmame-common_0.106-2.1_all.deb. I know it is 4 total because I have ran xmame-x_0.106-2.1_i386deb in the past (SimplyMEPIS then) through a GUI, and it told be as much. Versions of libasound2 and libc6 in fact, where the other 2.

I don't know if it is possible to write these deb. pkgs to the package manager database (as I understand it repositories are referenced and downloaded online, these are on my sysem), but even so I don't know what command I might use to install these 'as one'. Any ideas?

Thankyou,

NirvanaII

What distribution are you using?

Mandriva 2008.0

I'm not up on mandriva, but I know it uses RedHat-style .rpm packages, not the debian .deb's. Here is a tutorial on package management:http://learn.clemsonlinux.org/wiki/M...age_management, which may help.

Okay, looks like i'm not using those .deb pkgs anymore. I knew about that command (i've used it once or twice), but not much, the whole mirror thing will be great if I can ever get my modem recognised in Mandriva!

Found a site with xmame rpms for Mandriva 2008.0, guess i'll have to download all these (a dependency pain!), and install with urpmi.

Thanks

NirvanaII

You may find it helpful to read this:

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Bas...oving_software

Jim