On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 16:16, Chad wrote: > First thing you want to do now you've installed it is install the updates. > This can be done several ways. Here are to two easiest. > As a normal user go. > Start menu > System > configuration > Packaging > Mandrake update. > It'll ask you for your root password. It'll then spit out a Welcome Message I > think etc After that it will ask you to choose an update Server from the list > it presents. Once it's done that it will download the current package list > and work out which updates you need (there will be some 10.0OE's been > avaliable to club members for a month now). It'll ask you to select the > updates you want then just click install and it will install them. Something > like that any way as I do my updates another way.
I tried this. The jetgames mirror isn't in the list. Why is that and can we get it added? I tried following the instructions to add it using media manager but that failed using the url you provided bellow.... not really sure why, I didn't write down the error message that didn't make much sense to me... I decided to give your CLI version a go instead. > The second method is this CLI version. > Open a console and run su to login as root. > Then run this command. > urpmi.addmedia --update updates > ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/ > with ../base/hdlist.cz > That worked. > (type that all out should be one line). > It'll download the update list. Then run. > > urpmi --update --auto-select And that's going to take all night! :) ... and it did but seemed to work ok.... at least it didn't seem to report any errors. Is there an error log file created? > urpmi Will wok out what updates you need to install then show you a list of > them and ask if you want to install them. Answer y and urpmi will download > the updates and install them for you. > Next time you want to update you simply login as root and use these two > commands. > > urpmi.update --update > urpmi --update --auto-select How often should I do this? Is there a recommendation or would it be ok to create a daily cron script? > > Software Installation. > > Urpmi/RPMDrake are also used to install new software on Mandrake. > Again theres a GUI method and a CLI Method. I take it that urpmi is a bit like debian's apt? Well that's enough for right now... I'll have another look at the rest of your suggestions tommrow when I get some chance :) Thanks again for all your help Chad. Cheers Don
