Linux Mageia Gnome3 How to Getting Started Installing New Packages/Sofware By Urpmi Manager

This Article shows you How to Set-Up the urpmi Repositories on All Mageia Distribuition for Installing New Packages on Mageia Linux 1-2 GNOME 3.

Below you Find a List of Guides for the Various Mageia Releases.

After you will Find an Introduction Basic Steps Involved in Searching and Installing New Packages on Mageia Linux by urpmi Manager.

1. Open a Terminal Window

2. Login as SuperUser

   su 

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

3. Set-Up the Online urpmi Repositories

   • Cauldron: How to Add Online urpmi Media for Mageia Cauldron

   • Mageia 3: How to Add Online urpmi Media for Mageia 3

   • Mageia 2: How to Add Online urpmi Media for Mageia 2

   • Mageia 1: How to Add Online urpmi Media for Mageia 1

4. Searching for Packages with Keyword

   urpmq -a [keyword]

   The Search Result will Present a List of Mageia Packages Containing the Keyword :)

5. Installing New Packages with urpmi

   urpmi [packagename]