rpm installation from madb + rpm download - Githubissues

Author Name: Samuel Verschelde (@stormi) Original Redmine Issue: 52, http://mageia-app-db.tuxette.fr/issues/52 Original Date: 2010/11/12 Original Assignee: Samuel Verschelde

Installation and package download will work for now only for Mageia and Mandriva, because I don't know how to do it for other distributions. If there's a demand, there should be a way for other distros.

2 ways :

install in one click (but it works only if the prerequisites are met) \ using a .urpmi file which gurpmi automatically opens. It uses the system's repositories if they are configured.
download the RPM directly from a mirror (and install at your own risks)

Add warning and explanation:

Package installation via the above link works only if the following prerequisites are met: * Your distribution really is {$rpm->getDistrelease()->getDisplayedName()}. * You have configured the online installation sources for {$rpm->getDistrelease()->getDisplayedName()}. * The {rpm->getMedia()->getName()} media is active and up to date. * All media containing dependencies for {$rpm->getName()} are active and up to date. \ RPMs from the {$rpm->getArch()->getName()} arch can be installed on your system.
To configure or update the installation sources, run the drakrpm-edit-media tool as root. Click the checkboxes to activate the needed media. Select "File">"Update" in the menu to update them. Don't forget to un-activate media you don't want to see always activated (such as backports media).

Add warnings before people download:

Direct download is not the preferred way to install a RPM, you will usually prefer to install it directly from your system's online repositories.
Bypassing the online repositories for RPM installation can break your system (or parts of it), sometimes cause your next distribution upgrade to fail, and you will not get security updates for RPMs you install that way.

agallou / mageia-app-db

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