WGET instead of CURL

[roly]

I have installed Magia1 on my pc and after 2i/2 day's of updates, have a 5KB dial-up, I am trying to find the forum to ask the following questions. Most I go to are locked.

1: want to inform developers that they should use "wget" instead of "curl" downloading updates. Wget works on all connections but curl craps out all the time on a slow connection like mine.

2: When I right click on a "rpm" I do not get an install option.

I come from Mandriva and do not want to go back so any help would be appreciated.

roly

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[djennings]

If you want to make urpmi default to using wget instead of curl then in /etc/urpmi.urpmi.cfg edit the first stanza to read

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{
     downloader: wget
}

2: When I right click on a "rpm" I do not get an install option.

Right click where?
Normally to install an rpm I left click in konqueror or in any browser

[roly]

I did set up wget but the first update was urpmi and it set it back to curl. I just think that putting the default to wget would be better for people like me deep in the bush on slow dial-up.

As for left or right click I always thought the left click selects and the right click gives you a menu like it does on my current system.

I just tried right clicking on some other rpm's and it worked properly so it was either the rpm I tried or I was having a senior moment. ;>{

Thanks for the reply.

[doktor5000]

The default downloader is aria2, if i'm not mistaken, but i also think we should use wget as default, as it's faster and more reliable.
You may want to open up a bugreport for that: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

For the right-click part, check Open With submenu