There are many different tools on Linux, and I have found the following ones extremely useful and easy to use:

Tools Used

Operating System, Mandrive One 2009 with Gnome Desktop
Media, CD Ripper and MP3 Encoder: Sound Juicer & gstreamer0.10-lame

Locked URPMI Database

If for any reason, your machine crashes, and you can no longer install applications because the urpmi database is locked, simply use the following command as root:

rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK