Would using the RPM program with the -U option update the already installed
program even if the new one has a different directory structure?
-----Original Message-----
From: Togan Muftuoglu [mailto:toganm@dinamizm.com]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:33 AM
To: SuSE Ezine (General) (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [SLE] ? : updating installed packages
* Kevin Wilson;
After installing SAPDB, MySQL, Tomcat, Apache or any other program from the distribution CDs using YaST how would I go about using RPM or YaST to update those (installed) programs to their latest versions if the updates are not on the SuSE update servers?
the quick and dirty way is yast2 -i whatever_you_want_to_install.rpm This way the rpm database is updated and you have used YaST2 to install packages The downside is if the file you have downloaded has a diffrent directory structure then SuSE you will have headaches. I prefer to download either the patches or the new source and using SuSE's spec file fo the previous version ( ofcourse after editing to reflect the changes using the package *build* create the new rpm and then install this prevents directory structure headaches. YMMV -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com