Chapter 13. Package Management through Rpmdrake

1. Install Software
1.1. Selecting Packages to Install
1.2. Searching Packages
2. Remove Software
3. Mandriva Linux Update
4. The Software Media Manager

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 the Reference Manual; 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 13.1, “Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center”).

Figure 13.1. Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center

Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center

We recommend that you access Rpmdrake via the Mandriva Linux Control Center.