On Monday 01 January 2001 17:02, you wrote:
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.2 and I'm confused on how to update
> installed software. Installing security fixes is easy with the "Updates"
> icon of KDE, but what if I want to update package A from version 1 to
> version 2?
>
> For instance, I've been using KDE and it seemes I've got KDE 2.0 installed.
> Is there an easy, automatically-grabbing-over-the-Internet, way to update
> KDE to 2.0.1?
>
> Or what if I want to install Netscape 6? Can I point a software program
> (like RpmDrake) to a central repository and have it take care of
> everything?
>
> I can't correctly configure RpmDrake to use an FTP site. I noticed that
> "Cooker" in the development updates might be the answer, though.
>
> Thanks.
Please pass this info to the next person asking this question:
Your regular update mirrors are OK for 7.2, and in
/Mandrake-devel/unsupported you will find some goodies placed as a courtesy
by developers.
Cooker used to be a good source of (unofficial) updates, but a new compiler,
new library, and new version of RPM have defeated this use. The cooker
packages will NOT install or work on 7.2.
Civileme
