The Preferences Window

This window can be used to configure Gnome-RPM. Most of the options have useful tooltips that can help you work out what they do. The dialog has six pages that address different parts of Gnome-RPM.

The first page contains a number of check boxes that control some aspects of how Gnome-RPM. The tooltips give the equivalent command line options for rpm, if that is more familiar for you.

The second page allows you to switch between the list and icon views for the main package listing window.

The third page allows you to change the settings for the install window. You can change how new/old/current packages are highlighted, the default directory for the file selection brought up by the add button, and the list of directories that are searched for RPMs when the install window is first opened.

The forth page deals with the network configuration details. It lets you set proxies for HTTP and FTP transfers. You can also set a username and password pair to use with the proxy (note that the password is not stored securely though). Finally, you can set the length of time before some metadata downloaded from the rpmfind servers is considered out of date.

The fifth page deals with settings specific to rpmfind. Most of the options are fairly self explanatory. The box at the bottom is for packages that will never be considered for upgrading by rpmfind. If an package alternate requires an upgrade of one of these packages, it is ruled out.

The last page allows you to set the ratings on the various distributions for use in package alternate scoring, and the prefered mirror for the distribution.