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urpmi - Urpmi manager

New in version 1.3.4.

Synopsis

Manages packages with urpmi (such as for Mageia or Mandriva)

Options

parameter required default choices comments
force
 no True
  • yes
  • no
Assume "yes" is the answer to any question urpmi has to ask. Corresponds to the --force option for urpmi.
no-recommends
 no True
  • yes
  • no
Corresponds to the --no-recommends option for urpmi.
pkg
 yes
    name of package to install, upgrade or remove.
    state
    		 no present
    • absent
    • present
    Indicates the desired package state
    update_cache
    		 no
    • yes
    • no
    update the package database first urpmi.update -a.

    Examples

    # install package foo
- urpmi: pkg=foo state=present
# remove package foo
- urpmi: pkg=foo state=absent
# description: remove packages foo and bar
- urpmi: pkg=foo,bar state=absent
# description: update the package database (urpmi.update -a -q) and install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists)
- urpmi: name=bar, state=present, update_cache=yes

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