* Rick Green (rtg@mich.com) [020613 15:24]: ::On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Christopher Mahmood wrote: :: ::> The ftp function wasn't in the the CD version of 8.0, that's why the ::> ftp version was delayed for a month. ::> ::> You can try replacing all of your yast2 packages with those from the ::> ftp version in order to be able to use ftp as an installation source ::> but I don't recommend this if you are using the German version or ::> aren't exactly sure of what you are doing. ::> :: I seem to remember a mention here of an rpm command which would install ::all RPM's in a given directory, but I can't find the reference right now, ::and 'man rpm' didn't give me a hint. :: ::I tried: :: ::# rpm -F ftp://ftp@ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/8.0/suse/yast1/* :: ::..and also the same command without the trailing '*', but no go. Could ::someone help me with the correct syntax? ftp the files down from the directory on the ftp site into /tmp then in /tmp type this. rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.rpm This will install all the yast updates you've downloaded. After that you should run SuSEconfig to have everything updated. Cheers! -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. -GC --=====-----=====--