On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:31:45 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:
>
> Also looked at the Gramps site, which said that - with Mandriva - one just
> did "urpmi gramps", but the response when I tried that was:
>
> "No package named gramps"
>
> (and I have 'contrib' as a source in urpmi setup).

Hmmm, looking at 2007.0 and 2007.1 contrib mirrors I find
contrib-2007.0.idx:gramps-2.0.11-3mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm 5623977 Apr 11 20:57
contrib-2007.1.idx:gramps-2.2.6-1mdv2007.1.noarch.rpm 15142666 Mar 29 12:20
contrib_backports-2007.0.idx:gramps-2.2.4-1mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm 12369352 Jan 05 20:27

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:31:45 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:

> (Re-posted, as original sems to havev gone astray...)
>
> Looking for a genealogy program for Mandriva (2007).
>
> Having Googled, I've seen a reference to a port of Gramps to Mandriva,
> but MCC doesn't seem to know about it.
>
> Also looked at the Gramps site, which said that - with Mandriva - one
> just did "urpmi gramps", but the response when I tried that was:
>
> "No package named gramps"
>
> (and I have 'contrib' as a source in urpmi setup).
>
> Ideas welcome!

Well, 'gramps' is in contrib:

# urpmq --sources gramps
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/ma....1/i586/media/
contrib/release/gramps-2.2.6-1mdv2007.1.noarch.rpm

Try my mirror if it's not in yours.

HTH
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On 2007-06-30, Maurice Batey wrote:
> (Re-posted, as original sems to havev gone astray...)
>
> Looking for a genealogy program for Mandriva (2007).
>
> Having Googled, I've seen a reference to a port of Gramps to Mandriva, but
> MCC doesn't seem to know about it.
>
> Also looked at the Gramps site, which said that - with Mandriva - one just
> did "urpmi gramps", but the response when I tried that was:
>
> "No package named gramps"
>
> (and I have 'contrib' as a source in urpmi setup).
>
> Ideas welcome!

Update your contrib 'source'? I can FTP to both

MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/i586/media/contrib/release/gramps-2.0.11-3mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm

and

MandrivaLinux/official/2007.1/i586/media/contrib/release/gramps-2.2.6-1mdv2007.1.noarch.rpm

on the urpmi mirror I use (use the 2007.0 or 2007.1 version depending on
which version of Mandriva you are using).

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On 2007-06-30, Maurice Batey wrote:
> (Re-posted, as original sems to havev gone astray...)
>
> Looking for a genealogy program for Mandriva (2007).
>
> Having Googled, I've seen a reference to a port of Gramps to Mandriva, but
> MCC doesn't seem to know about it.
>
> Also looked at the Gramps site, which said that - with Mandriva - one just
> did "urpmi gramps", but the response when I tried that was:
>
> "No package named gramps"
>
> (and I have 'contrib' as a source in urpmi setup).
>
> Ideas welcome!

As other posters have said, the Gramps binary package for
Mandriva should be in the contrib branch. I got mine from
there for 2007.0. If you have difficulty finding it, I'd be
happy to help you get a copy.

Gramps is a good package. If by some chance you have some
reason to prefer PAF (Personal Ancestral File), it runs
quite well under WINE, as the AppDB page tries to describe.

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Maurice Batey wrote:
> (Re-posted, as original sems to havev gone astray...)
>
> Looking for a genealogy program for Mandriva (2007).
> Having Googled, I've seen a reference to a port of Gramps to Mandriva, but
> MCC doesn't seem to know about it.
> Also looked at the Gramps site, which said that - with Mandriva - one just
> did "urpmi gramps", but the response when I tried that was:
> "No package named gramps"
>
> (and I have 'contrib' as a source in urpmi setup).
>
> Ideas welcome!
>
[root@jb zcensuslists]# urpmi --no-install gramps
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/ma...ficial/2007.1/
x86_64/media/contrib/release/gramps-2.2.6-1mdv2007.1.noarch.rpm
/* The above was all one long line, of course */

A check of /var/cache/urpmi shows:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15142666 Mar 29 12:20 gramps-2.2.6-1mdv2007.1.noarch.rpm

Looks like you need to update your mirrors. As root,
urpmi.removemedia -a
and then launch mcc, go to Manage Software, Sources,
and add new sources.

Or go to http://www.geneweb.org/ and download/install
GeneWeb 5.00 (or later, if a new version has come out).

Cheers!

jim b.
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On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:38:28 +0000, Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:

> If by some chance you have some reason to
> prefer PAF (Personal Ancestral File), it runs quite well under WINE,

I used to use PAF many years ago, when it was distributed on floppies!

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Maurice Batey a écrit :
> (Re-posted, as original sems to havev gone astray...)
>
> Looking for a genealogy program for Mandriva (2007).
>
> Having Googled, I've seen a reference to a port of Gramps to Mandriva, but
> MCC doesn't seem to know about it.
>
> Also looked at the Gramps site, which said that - with Mandriva - one just
> did "urpmi gramps", but the response when I tried that was:
>
> "No package named gramps"
>
> (and I have 'contrib' as a source in urpmi setup).
>
> Ideas welcome!
>
If you are adept at installing on a server you may also want to look at
TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding) which is an awesome
programme.

http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php

Marc

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:22:06 +0100, Whiskers wrote:

> MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/i586/media/contrib/release/
> gramps-2.0.11-3mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm

What should the front end of that be to get Firefox to fetch the RPM?

(Tried it with "ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu.. "
but failed: "550 Failed to change directory"

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On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:38:56 +0000, Jim Beard wrote:

> Looks like you need to update your mirrors. As root, urpmi.removemedia
> -a and then launch mcc, go to Manage Software, Sources, and add new
> sources.

Thanks, Jim. The problem is that I don't have broadband.
(A few weeks ago it took 7 hours on a dial-up connection to set up
my urpmi system, so I'm disappointed it can't find gramps.)

When you say "urpmi.removemedia -a .....Add new sources", how big an
operation is that?
(urpmi is still new-fangled for me since moving to Mandriva
(2007.0)
earlier this year, so the significance of those op's eludes me.)

(Actually, my MCC's "Select from where software pacakes are d/l..."
leads on to 'Media Manager', which doesn't show "Add new sources"
option.sp can't see what you mean by "Add new sources"...)

Guess the simplest thing to do would be to download the RPM separately
from somewhere, if I could only figure out how to navigate Firefox to
it.

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On 2007-07-02, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:38:56 +0000, Jim Beard wrote:
>
>> Looks like you need to update your mirrors. As root, urpmi.removemedia
>> -a and then launch mcc, go to Manage Software, Sources, and add new
>> sources.
>
> Thanks, Jim. The problem is that I don't have broadband.
> (A few weeks ago it took 7 hours on a dial-up connection to set up
> my urpmi system, so I'm disappointed it can't find gramps.)
>
> When you say "urpmi.removemedia -a .....Add new sources", how big an
> operation is that?
> (urpmi is still new-fangled for me since moving to Mandriva
> (2007.0)
> earlier this year, so the significance of those op's eludes me.)
>
> (Actually, my MCC's "Select from where software pacakes are d/l..."
> leads on to 'Media Manager', which doesn't show "Add new sources"
> option.sp can't see what you mean by "Add new sources"...)

The button should be labelled 'Add...'; it is one of several arranged on
the right-hand side of that window.

In that 'Media Manager' window, you should see a list of all the sources
currently installed and 'enabled'. Click on the one called 'Contrib' and
then click on the 'Edit' button, and look at the contents of the URL box.
That should be an ftp or http address, if you have succesfully set up your
on-line 'urpmi sources'. That is the place where you can point a web
browser to download individual files if you don't want to let the
automated software do it for you. I don't know why your Contrib
repository doesn't have the RPM for gramps, if it is a valid mirror for
Mandriva 2007.0.

> Guess the simplest thing to do would be to download the RPM separately
> from somewhere, if I could only figure out how to navigate Firefox to
> it.

That is certainly one way to do it, but if your mirrors are set up
properly then there should be no need to do that if the package you want
is included in the 'Contrib' repository (which a few people have posted
here it is).

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On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:42:11 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:22:06 +0100, Whiskers wrote:
>
>> MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/i586/media/contrib/release/
>> gramps-2.0.11-3mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm
>
> What should the front end of that be to get Firefox to fetch the RPM?
>
> (Tried it with "ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu.. "

If you have your mirror set correctly it would pull
gramps-2.0.11-3mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm 5493 KB 04/11/2007 08:57:00 PM

If you are going to do it by hand, here
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/ma...ontrib/release

On 2007-07-02, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:22:06 +0100, Whiskers wrote:
>
>> MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/i586/media/contrib/release/
>> gramps-2.0.11-3mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm
>
> What should the front end of that be to get Firefox to fetch the RPM?
>
> (Tried it with "ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu.. "
> but failed: "550 Failed to change directory"

ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.mandri...7.0.noarch.rpm

HTH

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On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:42:11 +0100, I wrote:

> What should the front end of that be to get Firefox to fetch the RPM?

Although FTP failed, I was able to steer Firefox through the directory
levels at gtlib.cc.gatech.edu, and successfully download the gramps rpm for
2007.0.

However, when I tried to install it, it appears the mirror I have set up in
urpmi for 'contrib' (anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk) is missing files, and the
installation failed:

"retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 9 or 0
....
Installation failed; some files are missing. You may want to update your
urpmi database."

So, is that as simple as replacing the 'anorien' mirror with the 'gtlib'
mirror, or is some deeper operation needed to complete the installation of
gramps?

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On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:42:05 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:
>
> "retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 9 or 0

I recommend you get into the Global options in the mirror management
screen and set /wget/ instead of /curl/.

Changing mirrors is easy just delete it.
You can pick another mirror from http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
once you have hit step 3 from easyurpmi, click up a terminal

su - root

and cut from browser and paste in root terminal.
After it gets the new *hdlist.cx files, you just do a
urpmi --wget gramps --auto

exit

Maurice Batey wrote:

> However, when I tried to install it, it appears the mirror I have set
> up in
> urpmi for 'contrib' (anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk) is missing files, and
> the installation failed:
>
> "retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 9 or 0
> ....
> Installation failed; some files are missing. You may want to update
> your
> urpmi database."

Warwick University no longer mirror Mandriva. The only UK mirror is now
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/c...MandrivaLinux/
(though the Mandriva site thinks it is in the US for some reason).
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On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:33:59 -0400, Dave Pickles wrote:

> Warwick University no longer mirror Mandriva. The only UK mirror is now
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/c...MandrivaLinux/
> (though the Mandriva site thinks it is in the US for some reason).

Whois agrees with them ...
Domain Name: PSU.EDU
Registrant:
Pennsylvania State University

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:38:56 +0000, Jim Beard wrote:
>
>> Looks like you need to update your mirrors. As root, urpmi.removemedia
>> -a and then launch mcc, go to Manage Software, Sources, and add new
>> sources.
>
> Thanks, Jim. The problem is that I don't have broadband.
> (A few weeks ago it took 7 hours on a dial-up connection to set up
> my urpmi system, so I'm disappointed it can't find gramps.)
>
> When you say "urpmi.removemedia -a .....Add new sources", how big an
> operation is that?
> (urpmi is still new-fangled for me since moving to Mandriva
> (2007.0)
> earlier this year, so the significance of those op's eludes me.)
>
> (Actually, my MCC's "Select from where software pacakes are d/l..."
> leads on to 'Media Manager', which doesn't show "Add new sources"
> option.sp can't see what you mean by "Add new sources"...)
>
> Guess the simplest thing to do would be to download the RPM separately
> from somewhere, if I could only figure out how to navigate Firefox to
> it.

urpmi.removemedia -a requires a fraction of a second after you hit the
key.

Assuming 2007.0 is similar to 2007.1, in MCC, Software Management --> Select
from where software packages are downloaded when updating the system --> Add...
(button on the right side). You then get a pop-up box offering two sets of
mirrors. Select one, and after going through the choice of mirror and the
associated update with that one select the other and go through the routine
again. I think there are a couple of 600KB files, maybe more or maybe bigger,
so you are talking 10 minutes or so minimum, and maybe 30 minutes or an hour.
You will have to enable each, which may repeat the download of the list of
files available for each.

To minimize time on line, after removing your sources, use your browser to go
to easyurpmi.zarb.org and select only the mirrors you need. Main updates and
contrib are mandatory, and you really should have the plf-free and plf-nonfree
for commercial/proprietary-in-some-countries packages, but to get gramps you
could add contrib only. Do the others when you have more time.

Or, get and use GeneWeb, as I do. I am not familiar with gramps, but Geneweb
does a fine job for me and does an excellent (better than any other, including
gramps, according to what I have read) creation of a gedcom file for backup
purposes or to provide to others. Even GeneWeb is not 100-percent compliant
with the specification for creating a gedcom, but it is very very close.

Cheers!

jim b.

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On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:26:53 +0000, Jim Beard wrote:

> get and use GeneWeb,

I did take a look at their site, but couldn't see an RPM option.
(Not into installing from source code or whatever... )

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On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:25:33 +0000, Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:

> tp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.mandriva.com/.......

Thanks, Robert, but as you may see elsewhere I eventually managed to
download the RPM. (Although it won't install because a set of python
files it needs to fetch can't be found (because the mirror site I had
set up is no longer a mirror site...)

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