isadora wrote:As far as i know, Mageia 5 will be supported up onto three months after final release of Mageia 6.
petedan10 wrote:I admit I take a look at other distributions from time to time. Sometimes I wonder if a specific distribution would be better for a specific machine or purpose. But after all I can say that Mageia (and Mandrake/Mandriva before that) has provided the best experience. Not only the nice installer and user friendly approach and nice features, but also the friendly community
So I can understand xtapetae's melancholy and do believe he will come to the same conclusion
dirkme wrote:This great, but i just can't get basic programs installed, maybe I spend to much time with Arch, it is just simople, everything you want is there.
urpmi packagename
pacman -Sy packagename
dirkme wrote:I did download the POL package for Fedora because I couldn't find it in the graphical software manager.
That was the End for it. For now.
Details: will tell you which repository provides the package but only if its not installed.jiml8 wrote: but it is not possible to determine which repo provides playonlinux, at least from the GUI.
jiml8 wrote:One thing I think the packaging manager could use is a field showing what repo the package is from. Could be OP on this thread does not have the right repo enabled, and the previous post on this thread shows a screenshot, but it is not possible to determine which repo provides playonlinux, at least from the GUI.
[doktor5000@Mageia5]─[17:32:12]─[~] declare -f ufn
ufn ()
{
urpmf -f -m --name "$@" | sort
}
doktor5000 wrote:dirkme wrote:This great, but i just can't get basic programs installed, maybe I spend to much time with Arch, it is just simople, everything you want is there.
Arch definitely has a bigger software repository, but wrt installation, how did you try?
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urpmi packagename
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richardwest wrote:dirkme wrote:I did download the POL package for Fedora because I couldn't find it in the graphical software manager.
That was the End for it. For now.
petedan10 wrote:https://madb.mageia.org/package/show/name/playonlinux
So there was no need to download the Fedora package (which often works ok for simple smaller programs).
dirkme wrote:Yep, the friendly community, can underline that.
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