Thanks for the usefull tips Ernie. Being new to the "Gentoo way" (coming from Mandrake and somewhat a linux nooooob) has proved to frustrating enough, so I have opted to stick with everything stable for now. That keeps me mentally stable... :D
JBanks --- Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 07:23 pm, Joshua Banks wrote: > > I did an "emerge sync" today and this is the version that I have > > available: > > > > net-im/gaim > > Latest version available: 0.66-r3 > > Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] > > Size of downloaded files: 2,753 kB > > Homepage: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ > > Description: GTK Instant Messenger client > > I haven't upgraded any packages yet but the command to upgrade > > "all" already installed non-essential packages is: > > > > emerge -u world > > > > or as a test you can pass the above with the -p (pretend option). > > "emerge -up world" > > > > This is actually covered in the Portage Manual. Pretty good read > > for someone like me that is new to Gentoo.. :) > > > > JBanks > > > > --- Marius Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 09/06/03 rambo jr wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > its just a query not a problem, > > > > some days back i did emerge gaim and got version > > > > 0.63-r1,running perfectly...but now they have version no > > > > 0.68(if i remember correctly) and i wants to upgrade my gaim, > > > > so can anyone tell me how to do that with emerge , when i do > > > > # emerge -p gaim > > > > > > > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > > > > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > > > > [ebuild R ] net-im/gaim-0.63-r1 > > > > > > Have you done an emerge sync recently? You have to do that from > > > time to time so portage gets information about new packages. > > > > > > Marius > > > > > > -- > > > Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub > > > > > > In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be > > > Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit > > > better. > > > > > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > Gaim-0.66-r3 is the latest stable release. If you feel you "must > have" the latest and greatest, there are a couple of ways to get it. > Gaim-gaim-0.68 is masked as unstable. this can be for several > reasons. Either it is a brand new ebuild that isn't proven stable on > your architecture or the developers want some daring soles to test it > before commiting it to "stable". While it isn't recommended for a > relative "newbie" to merge masked packages, most, including myself > are tempted to throw caution to the wind in favor of having the > latest version of everything. > If you're the adventurous type and want to risk breaking a lot of > stuff, as root do: > # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -p gaim > > The -p flag is for "pretend. It will show what, if anything else will > be emerged with gaim. If you are ready to accept what is about to > happen, repeat the command without the "-p" good luck > -- > Regards, Ernie > 100% Microsoft and Intel free > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
