On Sunday 04 January 2004 19:10 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: <SNIP>
Thanks, Richard. That's a great resource. One last question...if I'm doing an FTP install of SUSE will I be installing the latest version of packages (such as Gnome 2.4 vs. 2.2) from the FTP directory.
No. The ftp directory contains the same versions of packages as the boxed edition, less those which cannot be redistributed that way (Java, for example.) The install procedure gives you the opportunity to do an online-update to gather the updates during the final stages.
If not, is it better then to do a minimal install and then apt-get these vs. installing older versions over FTP and then upgrading them?
It's up to you, really, at least as far as optional packages are concerned. Some will have to be installed from the ftp set in order to get a functional system with all dependencies satisfied (PHP may be an example, perl certainly would.) Also, I'd reccomend downloading the ftp directory to a local server for practical use - it's much more convenient and reliable. Dylan
Thanks again.
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