----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 03:21 Subject: Re: [newbie] Ready for upgrade?
> On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 4:04 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > Mandrake 9.2: > 1/ It will take a gazillion years on dialup. There are a lot of updates for > 9.2 However you can do it in small steps at a time. Implement the important > upgrades first and do a few each time you connect. The most important package > to upgrade is the 'rpm' package because that one causes your KDE menus to > disappear if you do not upgrade it. > > Through Mandrake Club it is possible to download a set of ISOs with the > updates already included. Some linux CD suppliers will also sell you for a > small sum a CD containing the updates > http://www.linux-emporium.co.uk/products/compilations/#MandrakeUpdate > > > 2/ Yes of course there is. In Mandrake Control Centre>Software there is the > Mandrake Update GUI which will manage your updates for you. You can filter on > security updates, bugfix updates, and normal updates. You can select which > packages you want to update. Where upgrading one package demands the updating > of another. The other packages will get included in the update automatically. > > Before you can do the updates you need to define an update source. The easiest > way to do that it to go to http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and select an > update source for 9.2 > Tip: The nearest source is not necessarily the fastest > Tip: The rediris source in Spain is *really* fast > The web page will give you the text to type into a root terminal. > Tip: To get a root terminal type su in a normal terminal. > Tip: To copy paste in Linux highlight with mouse to copy. Press mouse wheel to > paste. > > Do *not* follow the advice on the web page about doing urpmi.removemedia -a > It will screw up your CD sources if you do. > > When you define a source it will download a file listing the packages > available. > At a later date you might like to come back and define sources for contrib and > plf Then you will be able to install lots of extra software online. > > 3/ You do not need to uninstall anything. Just run the Mandrake Update GUI. It > will first of all check to see if there any new updates. Then select the > update types you want to check for. Then read the descriptions of the > available updates and decide if you want them. If you do tick the box, and > then press the Update button when you think you have ticked enough. > It will remove the old versions and replace them with the new ones. > The only problem you will have is it will be slow because you are on dial up. > I suggest just updating 1 or 2 packages each time. > > See here > http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/92/en/Starter.html/software-management.html > > derek > Excellent response. Thank you very much. Hoyt
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