Hi i'm very much a linux newbie and just installed suse 9. in trying to update my system i noticed that it does not retrieve or list for update a lot of packages that are otherwise available for update via ftp from the suse download page. for example, i've been trying to update my gnome packages to v2.4 from the v2.2 installed. v2.4 is available in ftp yet does not come up in the yast online update file list. is there some setting i'm missing in updateing all packages perhaps?? how do i set yast to perform the update or at least list everything that is available?? any suggestions would be most appreciated. thanks heaps. Takis
On Wednesday 07 January 2004 15:15, Takis Diakoumis wrote:
gnome packages to v2.4 from the v2.2 installed. v2.4 is available in ftp yet does not come up in the yast online update file list.
Yast Online Update by default does not update package versions, only security updates. You'll see that the version numbers of the available updates are the same as the ones installed, only the build number differs. Download the files from the ftp site, dump them all in one directory, open a console in that directory and run rpm -Uvh *.rpm Hans
In a previous message, Takis Diakoumis
in trying to update my system i noticed that it does not retrieve or list for update a lot of packages that are otherwise available for update via ftp from the suse download page.
YOU doesn't upgrade your system - it updates the installed packages. That is, it doesn't go from one version to another, but it will download patched versions of the same software you have installed. SuSE release patches for each version, even backporting fixes from later versions of software. However, they reckon that if you want more recent versions (i.e. with new features), you'll have to buy a more recent copy of the distro :-) Of course, distros are never bang up to date so if you want something newer than is on your disks (such as Gnome 2.4), you have to do it yourself. If you only want the latest security patches, YOU will do that for you. HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 08:34, John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, Takis Diakoumis
wrote: in trying to update my system i noticed that it does not retrieve or list for update a lot of packages that are otherwise available for update via ftp from the suse download page.
YOU doesn't upgrade your system - it updates the installed packages. That is, it doesn't go from one version to another, but it will download patched versions of the same software you have installed. SuSE release patches for each version, even backporting fixes from later versions of software. However, they reckon that if you want more recent versions (i.e. with new features), you'll have to buy a more recent copy of the distro :-) Of course, distros are never bang up to date so if you want something newer than is on your disks (such as Gnome 2.4), you have to do it yourself. If you only want the latest security patches, YOU will do that for you.
And if you install anything not contained on the CD's/DVD or from YOU you do so at your own risk and may break your system or make it unusable. Not usually a big deal but be careful what you install and keep good records so you can undo something that does break your system. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)
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Hans du Plooy
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John Pettigrew
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Kenneth Schneider
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Takis Diakoumis