Mandriva 2009

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*(Posted 2009) [#1]
Anyone tried this distro yet, im gonna install it on me EeePc 701SD see what happens.


GaryV(Posted 2009) [#2]
My distro of choice, unfortunately I have never been able to get BMax installed and working on it. But I chalk that up to my inexperience with Linux.


markcw(Posted 2009) [#3]
Mandriva 2009 is much better than 2008. Here's a quick howto (see here for an older one).

HOWTO: Mandriva One 2009

First, here is a general package list based on this one.

GNU C++ compiler
GNU Standard C++ Library
X11 client-side library
X11 XFree86 video mode extension library
Mesa OpenGL library
Mesa OpenGL utility library
X11 FreeType-based font drawing library
FreeType 2 font engine
X11 pixmap library

To install these packages with urpmi, enter 'su' and then copy to a Terminal.

urpmi gcc-c++ libx11_6-devel libmesaglu1-devel libxft-devel libxpm-devel

Package dependencies are shown below. Note you can use urpmq --fuzzy word to find a word in package names.

gcc-c++
+ binutils
+ gcc
+ glibc-devel
+ kernel-headers
+ libbinutils2
+ libstdc++-devel
+ manbo-mandriva-files-gcc
+ manbo-mandriva-files-gcc-c++

libx11_6-devel
+ libice6-devel
+ libpthread-stubs
+ libsm6-devel
+ libxau6-devel
+ libxcb-devel
+ libxdmcp6-devel
+ libxt6-devel
+ x11-proto-devel

libmesaglu1-devel
+ libdrm-devel
+ libdrm_nouveau1
+ libdrm_radeon1
+ libxdamage-devel
+ libxext6-devel
+ libxfixes3-devel
+ libxxf86vm-devel
+ libmesagl1-devel

libxft-devel
+ libfontconfig-devel
+ libfreetype6-devel
+ libxml2-devel
+ libxrender1-devel
+ multiarch-utils
+ zlib1-devel

libxpm-devel