Mandriva - The Perfect Desktop

[Lvcoyote]

So far things are going great, but I do have a question before I do something I might regret. After loading all the repositories and then searching for the packages to install as per the guide, several of the packages are suggested to search for with the * command in the search function, for example searching for XMMS* brings up many items. I'm wondering if Falko intends for us to install everything that comes up??

Quote from the guide:
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. amule* means all packages that start with amule):

* amule*
* googleearth
* amarok*
* audacity
* banshee*
* gtkpod
* xmms*
* dvdrip
* vlc*
* mozilla-plugin-vlc
* gnomebaker
* azureus
* bittorrent-gui
* k3b*
* kdewebdev* (not kdewebdev4*)
* xine-*
* libdvdcss2
* win32-codecs
* java-1.5.0.*
* opera
* flash-player-plugin
* ntfs-3g
* mozilla-thunderbird
* mplayer*
* kompozer
* bluefish
* cabextract (needed by msttcorefonts)
* libstdc++5 (needed by realplayer)
* kernel-source (needed by VMware Server)
* kernel-desktop-devel-latest (needed by VMware Server)
* xinetd (needed by VMware Server)
* perl-devel (needed by VMware Server)

As you can see there are several packages he wants us to search for using the * wild card, and when I do multiple package options come up. I just dont want to install more than I need to.....

Thanks for any guidance !!!

[falko]

When I say that you should install amule*, I mean: search for amule, and then install all packages that begin with amule.