Software package update

[cbuffer]

I am on a very slow broadband connection, never better than 400KB/sec and often down to 50. Is there any way to keep the software management window active so that I can see where a download has progressed to. It's something I find very useful in LinuxMint.
TIA
Ken

[marja]

I am on a very slow broadband connection, never better than 400KB/sec and often down to 50. Is there any way to keep the software management window active so that I can see where a download has progressed to. It's something I find very useful in LinuxMint.
TIA
Ken

Hi cbuffer,

I use a different way to install and I can see the progress very well.
In a konsole/terminal I give the following command as root:

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urpmi --auto-update

I can then see the progress in the terminal/konsolse, like this:

To satisfy dependencies, the following package is going to be installed:
Package Version Release Arch
(medium "Nonfree Updates (distrib13)")
flash-player-plugin 11.2.202.251 1.mga2.nonfr> x86_64
0B of additional disk space will be used.
16KB of packages will be retrieved.
Proceed with the installation of one package? (Y/n)

ftp://mageia.webconquest.com/distrib/2/ ... x86_64.rpm
0% of 0 completed, ETA = --:--:--, speed = 0
0% of 0 completed, ETA = --:--:--, speed = 0
0% of 0 completed, ETA = --:--:--, speed = 0
87% of 16538 completed, ETA = --:--:--, speed = 6254
100% of 16538 completed, ETA = --:--:--, speed = 6755

installing flash-player-plugin-11.2.202.251-1.mga2.nonfree.x86_64.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
Preparing... #############################################
Note that by downloading the Adobe Flash Player you indicate your acceptance of
the EULA, available at http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/
Downloading from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/fl ... x86_64.rpm:
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
5 7040k 5 365k 0 0 762k 0 0:00:09 --:--:-- 0:00:09 795k
17 7040k 17 1198k 0 0 810k 0 0:00:08 0:00:01 0:00:07 821k
28 7040k 28 2032k 0 0 819k 0 0:00:08 0:00:02 0:00:06 826k
31 7040k 31 2217k 0 0 598k 0 0:00:11 0:00:03 0:00:08 602k
40 7040k 40 2876k 0 0 642k 0 0:00:10 0:00:04 0:00:06 644k
52 7040k 52 3709k 0 0 676k 0 0:00:10 0:00:05 0:00:05 668k
64 7040k 64 4543k 0 0 701k 0 0:00:10 0:00:06 0:00:04 668k
67 7040k 67 4769k 0 0 637k 0 0:00:11 0:00:07 0:00:04 547k
76 7040k 76 5384k 0 0 635k 0 0:00:11 0:00:08 0:00:03 663k
88 7040k 88 6216k 0 0 655k 0 0:00:10 0:00:09 0:00:01 668k
100 7040k 100 7040k 0 0 672k 0 0:00:10 0:00:10 --:--:-- 667k
1/1: flash-player-plugin #############################################
Adobe Flash Player installation successful.

If you want to just install a package, you can do that with

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urpmi <packagename>

so for instance

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urpmi ktux

Cheers,
Marja