NAME

urpmi.addmedia - adds a new rpm media to be used by urpmi

SYNOPSIS

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> <url> [with <hdlist>]

DESCRIPTION

urpmi.addmedia is used to add a new media to be used by urpmi, so it can find new rpms at the specified location. Currently supported media types are: local drives, removable drives (such as CDs), and networked media via different protocols (http, ftp, ssh and rsync). One of the following modes must be chosen:

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> http://<login>:<pass>@<host>/<path> [with <relative path of synthesis|hdlist>]

where <name> is a human-readable name for the new media (e.g. "updates"). <name> is optional if --distrib is given in the options list. <host>/<path> is the location of the media directory on the net (e.g. media/main). <relative path of hdlist> is the pathname where to find the hdlist of the rpms. The location is given relative to <path>. curl is used by default to download files, wget may be used if curl is not installed or if or --wget is given in options. Example:

urpmi.addmedia http http://jpackage.sf.net/rpm/free with hdlist.cz ftp:

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> ftp://<login>:<pass>@<host>/<path> [with <relative path of synthesis|hdlist>]

The same as for http. Add your login and password if required (note that you don't need to specify anonymous as login for anonymous access ftp servers). If wget is used to download files with a firewall you may have to ensure that the passive_ftp option is on in /etc/wgetrc (that's usually the default). Example:

urpmi.addmedia ftp ftp://a:a@leia//export/media/main with media_info/hdlist.cz

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> ssh://<login>@<host>/<path> [with <relative path of synthesis|hdlist>]

The same as for http and ftp; add your login and password if required. You may want to export the public key in order not to have to type your password. rsync over an ssh connection will be used to get files. urpmi will try to re-use the same ssh connection over multiple invocations.

Example:

urpmi.addmedia -h ssh ssh://fpons@bi/c/i586/media/main

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> rsync://<login>@<host>:<port>/<path> [with <relative path of synthesis|hdlist>]

The same as for http; you can use the <host>::<path> syntax too. Example:

urpmi.addmedia rsync rsync://ftp.orst.edu::mandrake-devel/contrib/ppc with ../../cooker/ppc/media/media_info/hdlist2.cz

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> file://<path> [with <relative path of synthesis|hdlist>]

where <name> is a human-readable name for the new media (e.g. "local updates"). <path> is the location of the media directory on your machine (e.g. media/main).

urpmi.addmedia [options] <name> removable://<path> [with <relative path of synthesis|hdlist>]

<path> is the location of the media directory on your machine when the removable device is mounted. This works for removable drives, but also for ISO images mounted on a loop device. urpmi will then be able to re-mount the ISO image to the specified path (but the ISO image must be mounted when you run urpmi.addmedia).

OPTIONS

--wget

Use wget only for downloading distant files. By default curl is used if available.

--curl

Use curl only for downloading distant files. This is the default if curl is available.

--curl-options 'options'

--rsync-options 'options'

--wget-options 'options'

Specify additional command-line options to be passed to curl, rsync or wget when retrieving files. If several options are to be passed, separate them with spaces and enclose them in quotes.

Note that the rsync options will also be used for ssh media.

--limit-rate rate

Try to limit the download speed, rate is given in bytes/sec. This option is not active by default.

--proxy proxyhost[:port|1080]

Use specified HTTP proxy.

--proxy-user user:password

Use specified user and password to use for proxy authentication. Specifying --proxy-user=ask will cause urpmi.addmedia to prompt for a username and a password.

--update

Adds a media which will be taken into account by MandrivaUpdate or by urpmi --update when looking for updates.

--probe-synthesis

Try to find and use synthesis file if with ... is not given.

--probe-hdlist

Try to find and use hdlist file if with ... is not given.

--no-probe

Do not try to find any synthesis or hdlist file.

So, if you use a network media (http, ftp, etc.), specifying the location of a synthesis or hdlist with with... is mandatory.

On the other hand, if you use a local media urpmi.addmedia will extract all RPM headers and construct an hdlist by itself.

--distrib

Retrieve a set of media from a distribution. Typically, the URL provided to urpmi.addmedia will represent the parent directory of a directory media, which in turn will contain various subdirectories for each medium of the distribution. <name> is combined with medium names found to create newer medium names in the urpmi database. The with ... option, is not necessary, as hdlists found on the installation medium are used instead automatically.

--from url

Use specified URL for list of mirrors. The default is taken from the file /etc/urpmi/mirror.config, or http://www.mandrivalinux.com/mirrorsfull.list if this file doesn't exist.

--virtual

Creates a virtual medium. This only works for file:// and removable:// protocols, and no files will be created in /var/lib/urpmi. The medium is always up-to-date and so it does not need to be updated by urpmi.update.

--norebuild

Don't try to rebuild the hdlist files from the RPMs if the original hdlist wasn't readable or was corrupted (which is the default behaviour). For non local media, rebuilding the hdlists can be very time- and bandwidth-consuming.

--raw

Add the new media in the urpmi configuration file, but don't update it nor proceed to any download. The media, to be usable, will need to be updated with urpmi.update; it's ignored until then.

--nopubkey

Don't import pubkey of added media.

-c

Clean headers cache directory in /var/cache/urpmi/headers.

-f

Force rebuild of base files, or of hdlist files when specified twice.

Variables

Beginning with urpmi 4.6.16, you can use variables in media URLs (for example /mnt/mirror/$RELEASE/$ARCH/media/main). The variables supported so far are:

$ARCH

The architecture (if found in /etc/release).

$RELEASE

The OS release (if found in /etc/release; its value should be cooker on a Mandriva cooker system.)

$HOST

The canonical hostname of the machine urpmi runs on.

SEE ALSO

urpmi(8), urpmi.update(8), urpmi.removemedia(8), urpmf(8), urpmq(8), urpmi.files(5).

Author

Pascal Rigaux (original author), François Pons, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, <rgarciasuarez@mandriva.com> (current maintainer)