GNU/Linux Mageia 6 urpmi Online Repository Setup – Step-by-step Guide
Hello Mageia User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Setup Mageia 6.x urpmi Online Repository.
And this Step is Needed Only for Enabling the urpmi/urpmq Mageia’s Packages Tools.
Especially relevant: without Enabling urpm you can immediately Manage the Mageia 6 Packages with the default New dnf Package Manager.
1. Launching Terminal
First, Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
2. Unloading Medias
Next Remove the Eventual Loaded Medias
Try:sudo urpmi.removemedia -a
Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.3. Adding Mirror
Finally, Add a Distribuition Media Mirror
For 64-bit:sudo urpmi.addmedia —-distrib ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/Mageia/distrib/6/x86_64
Instead, for 32-bit Systems:
sudo urpmi.addmedia —-distrib ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/Mageia/distrib/6/i586
Or Find a ftp Mirror Nearer you…
4. Urpmi Getting Started
How to Search/Find & Install New Mageia Packages
Mageia urpmi/urpmq Quick Start