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New to Mageia, first program install. I selected Thunderbird, checked marked it click apply and I get a window saying

Please insert the medium named Mageia -2-dual.

What is it where is it and how do I get it?

It's asking for the installation medium. It's usually best to disable that source and use the online sources.

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Software_management

Jim

Sorry I do not understand. How do I introduce Thunderbird? By disable do you mean uncheck it? So then where do I go? Also Using Midori how to download to desktop?

starrider wrote:Sorry I do not understand. How do I introduce Thunderbird? By disable do you mean uncheck it?

no, you first need to configure your machine to get the applications from internet;
do these steps as root in a terminal:
(to open a terminal as root, press ALT-F2 then type konsole;
then in the konsole window type su and finally your root password)

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urpmi.removemedia -a
urpmi.addmedia --distrib --wget 'ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/distrib/$RELEASE/$ARCH'


then from

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drakrpm-edit-media


you need to enable nonfree & tainted -release & -updates (each)

now you can install application from MCC as you made before:

I selected Thunderbird, checked marked it click apply

I can do this. Will do.

you can do the same things from the user interface,
i.e.

- disable the DVD/CDROM sorce (should be the first item)
- enable nonfree & tainted -release & -updates (each)

when done, please re-edit the first post of this thread prepending [solved] to the subject
Thanks

This is what I get from terminal


Only superuser is allowed to remove media

As to the other solution outside terminal. Mageia was installed via cd rom, the computer has no dvd/cdrom drive or usb drive. What do you mean by user interface?

How to do this please.

you don't need to use the terminal if you have already configured the machine to download from internet.

btw,

starrider wrote:Only superuser is allowed to remove media

this means that you are not logged as superusr, i.e. you didn't type su:

tom_ wrote:(to open a terminal as root, press ALT-F2 then type konsole;
then in the konsole window type

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su

and finally your root password)

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What do you mean by user interface?
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sorry, I wasn't clear: I mean graphic user interface, i.e. the graphic application you are using,
not the text user intefrace (like applicationsyou see in the terminal)

Yes I used the wrong command, here is where we are now:



[root@localhost rosswmcgee]# drakrpm-edit-media
Gtk-Message **: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" at /usr/lib/libDrakX/mygtk2.pm line 20.
getting exclusive lock on urpmi


I ran terminal again and got the same command. I was able to install Thunderbird from the control panel though. Please advise as to furthur action. If none mark solved

Thanks, I am used to debian, and have not used mageia before I am sure there will be more questions.

You should use

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su -

to switch to root, otherwise some graphical programs won't work.
But you can do the same via Mageia Control Center -> Software Management -> Configure media sources for install and update

$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# drakrpm-edit-media
getting exclusive lock on urpmi


So am I done?

Well, the GUI to manage repositories should open as a graphical windows, does it? If it doesn't just try the other way via MCC,
as described above: Mageia Control Center -> Software Management -> Configure media sources for install and update

Then I am done. And thanks! Mark solved.

You can mark it as solved yourself, edit the title of the first post and prefix it with [SOLVED]. Thanks.