Sun, 14 Mar 2004, by jeepnut@linuxmail.org:
Sun, 14 Mar 2004, by jeepnut@linuxmail.org:
Hi all, Running SuSE 8.2 version and had installed GAIM (0.58) from the distro discs. Things were working nicely, until recently when in my Buddy list appeared a plea to upgrade to the latest version. So I downloaded the source for (0.75) and upon configuring I get the...
Why not use an rpm from www.usr-local-bin.org? I use gaim-0.75-100.SuSE.ulb.3, which was compiled for SuSE9.0, but works without a hitch in 8.2.
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I have a Pentium III box, should I use the other version? gaim-0.75-100.SuSE.ulb.3.i586.rpm
That's the version I use aswell. Works on both AMD and Intel.
I have already reinstalled the 0.58 version just to get working again. Should I UNinstall GAIM 0.58 before trying to install 0.75 version? Or will it just update nicely?
It will. Just use rpm -U
Generally speaking in Linux world should we manually uninstall the older before upgrading to newer? Or does it just vary by application?
Generally speaking it doesn't matter, unless you install an app that puts the files in totally different paths, thus leaving old files laying around which could get in the way. If you install a rpm from RedHat or Mandrake e.g., first check that the files are placed somewhere in a SuSe fashion (rpm -qpl package.rpm). One more thing: please trim your lines to 72 chars max. to make reading and replying easier for the rest. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 27N , 4 29 45E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 8.2 + Jabber: gurp@nedlinux.nl Kernel k_athlon-2.4.20 + MSN: twe-msn@ferrets4me.xs4all.nl See headers for PGP/GPG info. +