How To Install Mandriva .: Linux Mandriva Installing Additional Software

Now that we have added additional repositories, a lot more packages are available in our package manager for installation, especially a big deal of our needed packages. To install them, go to Applications > Install & Remove Software:

The Software Management window opens. Please make sure that you select All in the two drop-down menus on the left to make sure that you can select from all packages that are available:

Browse the applications on the left (or even better, use the search field) and mark the following packages for installation (* is a wildcard; e.g. amarok* means all packages that start with amarok):

opera
filezilla
mozilla-thunderbird
amule
bittorrent-gui
vuze
googleearth
xchat
gnucash
scribus
amarok*
audacity
banshee*
mplayer*
mplayerplugin
gtkpod
xmms*
vlc*
mozilla-plugin-vlc
xine-*
libdvdcss2
win32-codecs
real-codecs
kompozer
bluefish
kdewebdev*
dvdrip
java-1.6.0-sun*
cabextract (needed by msttcorefonts)
kernel-source (needed by VMware Server)
kernel-desktop586-devel (needed by VMware Server)
xinetd (needed by VMware Server)
perl-devel (needed by VMware Server)
k3b
gcc
gcc-c++

Make sure you select the kernel-source and kernel-desktop586-devel packages that suit your installed kernel.

Also, sometimes there are multiple packages with the same name available. Select the package with the highest version string (this is not valid for the kernel-source and kernel-desktop586-devel packages - they must match your installed kernel!). It is also possible that the same package is available from mdv and plf. It shouldn't matter which one you pick in such a case.

If a package has a dependency, a window will pop up. Accept the dependencies by clicking on Ok:

After you've selected the required packages, click on Apply. A new window will open with all packages that are going to be installed. Confirm by clicking on Yes: