and whats more mandrake allows you to do it via apt as well, its a matter of installing it and find apt enabled mandrake repositories.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:23:40 +1300 Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now I can go > > apt-get install mozilla-firebird > > and it'll fetch it down and install it for me. > >apt-get update > > as a daily cron job keeps the local list of what's available nicely up > > to date, so when the weekend comes along I can go > > apt-get upgrade mozilla-firebird > > and it pulls down the latest version, if it's there. > > Even better, if I'm feeling cocky is to use > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > and EVERYTHING gets the update process done to it. > > But that's just the command line. > > There's a gorgous front end called Synaptic that gives you a visual tree > > of all the RPMs, and makes exploration even easier. > > The best thing about apt-get / Synaptic is that dependencies are sorted > > out and (with you being notified) taken care of for you. > > Now when I want to install anything I don't head off to a website and > > search for an RPM to download, I instead fire up Synaptic, put the name > > I want in the search bar and install it from there. > > While Mandrake Allows you to do pretty much the same thing using urpmi and > RPMDrake. > > urpmi.update -a > > Downloads the latest list of packages including security updates etc. > > urpmi --auto-select --auto > > upgrades to latest versions of all packages with out asking any questions of > the user. > > urpmi --auto-select > > upgrades to latest versions of all packages interactively. > > Changing your RPM Repositories to the latest version and > > urpmi.update -a > urpmi urpmi > urpmi --auto-select > > updates your version to the current one (9.1 - 9.2 or Cooker etc). > Adding --auto to the last comand will automate the update no additional input > needed. > > urpmi.setup > > A simple usable gui for setting up Repositories configuring proxy's for > urpmi's use etc. > Then theres RPMDrake which is a GUI for the intire thing Listing all the > packages available in the repository's you've set up with some detailed info > on what files they contain etc. > > Thats just the basic tools. > > Chad > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
