[TriLUG] mandrake 9.2 urpmi question

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On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:45 pm, Brian Ray Plummer wrote:
> hello you all

Hi,

> whenever i try to run urpmi to update my packages i get an error

> the command i run is:

> 	 urpmi --media Updates --auto-select

> the error i get is:

> 	You may want to update your urpmi database

> my updates source points to
> ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.2/

Do you run " urpmi.update  --wget Updates " first? If you do not update the 
"Update-media", urpmi will not find the proper packages in the update server.


> i try rebuilding my rpm database by using the follow command with no
> avail:

> 	rpmdb --rebuilddb

> am i running the incorrect command to update the urpmi database (most
> likely) or is something else the matter???????

rpm database is a list of *installed* packages

urpmi database is a list of **existing packages in your sources**

They have nothing to do.

Try: http://www.urpmi.org



Salut,
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