<s>
urpmi	B-Application
is	O
a	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
tool	O
for	O
installing	O
,	O
removing	O
,	O
updating	O
and	O
querying	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
of	O
local	O
or	O
remote	O
(	O
networked	O
)	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
wraps	O
around	O
the	O
RPM	B-Application
Package	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
smart	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
repositories	O
and	O
will	O
resolve	O
dependencies	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
will	O
not	O
suffer	O
from	O
dependency	B-Protocol
hell	I-Protocol
that	O
can	O
happen	O
when	O
using	O
RPM	B-Application
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
graphical	O
front-end	O
:	O
Rpmdrake	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
Mandriva	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Mageia	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
fork	O
of	O
Mandriva	O
Linux	B-Application
that	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
was	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
future	O
Mandriva	O
products	O
but	O
is	O
now	O
an	O
independent	O
community	O
driven	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROSA	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
Russian	O
fork	O
of	O
Mandriva	O
Linux	B-Application
that	O
is	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
future	O
OpenMandriva	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
urpmi	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
experiment	O
by	O
Pascal	O
Rigaux	O
(	O
Pixel	O
)	O
to	O
address	O
RPM	B-Application
install	O
limitations	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
further	O
maintained	O
by	O
François	O
Pons	O
and	O
different	O
Mandriva	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
(	O
2010-2021	O
)	O
maintained	O
by	O
Thierry	O
Vignaud	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
maintainer	O
of	O
rpmdrake	B-Operating_System
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
co-maintainers	O
of	O
the	O
drakx	O
installer	O
and	O
tools	O
at	O
Mandriva	O
before	O
he	O
continued	O
doing	O
that	O
job	O
at	O
Mageia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Per	O
Øyvind	O
Karlsen	O
maintained	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
urpmi	B-Application
at	O
Rosa	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
,	O
backporting	O
fixes	O
and	O
improvements	O
from	O
Thierry	O
Vignaud	O
work	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
version	O
that	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
Mandriva	O
Business	O
Server	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Mageia	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
