Don't see any of the software I use ???

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Don't see any of the software I use ???

Postby bkv2k » Jun 2nd, '11, 05:43

I just installed Mageia and I'm impressed at how easy it was to get it up and running. Now, I'm trying to install software. When I search in the installer, almost none of the software I normally use shows up. For example, vim, gcc, g++, wxwidgets. That's hard to believe. I have to have missed something. How do I get access to software that's not installed by default?

Thanks.
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Re: Don't see any of the software I use ???

Postby ahmad » Jun 2nd, '11, 05:49

You need to add the online repositories, http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_ ... ne_sources
(this applies in Mageia as it's using the same drak tools, the page will be imported to the Mageia wiki soon).
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Re: Don't see any of the software I use ???

Postby Ken-Bergen » Jun 2nd, '11, 05:56

bkv2k wrote:I just installed Mageia and I'm impressed at how easy it was to get it up and running. Now, I'm trying to install software. When I search in the installer, almost none of the software I normally use shows up. For example, vim, gcc, g++, wxwidgets. That's hard to believe. I have to have missed something. How do I get access to software that's not installed by default?

Thanks.
If you change "Packages with GUI" to "ALL" they will show up.

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Re: Don't see any of the software I use ???

Postby ahmad » Jun 2nd, '11, 06:02

Ken-Bergen wrote:If you change "Packages with GUI" to "ALL" they will show up.

Ken

(Ouch, I forgot that one, I guess I am out of practice :/). However he still should add the online repos.
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Re: Don't see any of the software I use ???

Postby Ken-Bergen » Jun 2nd, '11, 06:06

ahmad wrote:(Ouch, I forgot that one, I guess I am out of practice :/). However he still should add the online repos.
Of course but you already had that one covered. :D

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Re: Don't see any of the software I use ???

Postby bkv2k » Jun 2nd, '11, 15:41

Thanks so much for the help. The suggestions solved my problem. I'm not new to Linux, but I am new to both Mageia and KDE, so everything is in "odd" places. So far, I'm very impressed with Mageia. I use three machines regularly and it's the only version of Linux to work out-of-the-box on all three. Even Mandriva won't load on one of my machines...but Mageia does!
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