urpmi
The facts below are what the maker publishes about urpmi, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From urpmi's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| urpmi | Free | RPM package installation and system updates · Mageia media sources |
The facts
Each one read from urpmi's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Current Mageia use
- A September 2026 Mageia community blog post describes urpmi as handling software dependencies during installation and removal in Mageia.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Graphical interface
- Mageia describes rpmdrake as a simple interface for installing and removing RPM software packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installer use
- URPMI is a core application of drakx, the Mageia installer for DVD or network installation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- Mageia says URPMI is maintained, stabilized, and improved as new versions are released.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- Mageia’s page described using libdnf/libsolv for finer dependency handling, including weak dependencies, as a planned future direction awaiting stable programming interfaces.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline installation
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Operating environment
- Mageia describes itself as a GNU/Linux-based free software operating system and identifies URPMI as its default package manager.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package formats
- RPMchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Package installation
- The urpmi command installs applications, while urpme removes them.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package queries
- The urpmq tool queries the urpmi database and can check RPM packages in official repositories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package removal
- The urpme companion tool uninstalls RPM packages and has multiple command-line options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package search
- The urpmf companion can identify which package contains a file and search RPM tags in official repositories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Mageia describes urpmi as its default dependency resolver for installing RPM packages and updating the system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Repository categories
- Mageia lists Core, Nonfree and Tainted as its software repositories, with Tainted added by default but disabled unless users opt in.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Repository controls
- urpmi.addmedia and urpmi.removemedia add and remove software repositories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Repository removal
- The urpmi.removemedia tool removes media sources configured on the system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Repository search
- urpmq searches for applications by querying repositories, and urpmf searches for packages by the files they contain.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Repository sources
- The urpmi.addmedia tool adds Mageia media sources, including online HTTP, FTP and rsync sources and local sources.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Repository updates
- The urpmi.update tool updates the local urpmi database and can disable configured media sources.checked 12 Oct 2026
- RPM compatibility
- Mageia’s 2020 page says URPMI is compatible with RPM versions 4.9 through 4.16.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support channel
- Mageia lists an IRC channel named #mageia-urpmi for urpmi development.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Mageia Linux; i586; x86_64checked 22 Sep 2026
