NAME

urpmi.update - Updates package lists for specified media

SYNOPSIS

    urpmi.update [options] [<names>]

DESCRIPTION

urpmi.update scans the specified urpmi media to update their package list. <names> is a list of names you first told to urpmi.addmedia.

OPTIONS

--force-key

Force update of GPG key.

--ignore, --no-ignore

Don't update media, but mark them as ignored (that is, disables them). --no-ignore has the reverse behaviour: it marks the media as enabled.

--limit-rate rate

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

--no-md5sum

Disable MD5SUM file checking.

--norebuild

Don't try to rebuild the hdlist files from the RPMs if the original hdlist wasn't readable or was corrupted.

--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.update to prompt for a username and a password.

--update

Use only update media.

--curl

Use curl for downloading distant files. By default curl is used if available, or wget instead.

--wget

Use wget for downloading distant files. By default curl is used if available, or wget instead.

--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.

-a

Select all media that are not using a removable device to update them.

-c

Clean /var/cache/urpmi/headers directory on exit.

-f

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

-q

Quiet mode.

-v

Verbose mode.

SEE ALSO

urpmi(8), urpmi.addmedia(8), urpmi.removemedia(8).

AUTHOR

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