You need to remove the resources you do not want to use from the lists if you
want the update to work properly. Then you must specify the external source
precisely.
There are very few updates available as yet, but I would suspect that if it
is aaying already installed on packages defnitely not there, then
rpm --rebuilddb
from a command line in a terminal window, logged as superuser, migth make all
the differnce.
If you really want to update, I recommend you use software manager to REMOVE
the files that will be updated, then in a separate process, to install the
new files. In some areas, rpmdrake/software manager is still very much
bleeding-edge.
As far as WinNT comparisons, hmmm. I wasn't aware that you could update
2000+ packages over the web with it.
Civileme
On Saturday 26 May 2001 06:02, Alex Potter wrote:
> Each time I try to update my installation, rpmdrake fails, saying the
> packages already exists.
>
> The "installable files" shown in the "updates only" list are all newer
> versions than those installed.
>
> Is there any way of forcing this program (Software Manager) to *update*
> rather than just perform an install? Or is it back to the command line to
> download/update the individual packages?
>
> TIA
>
> Alex
>
>
> So far, I must say, I'm not overly impressed with Linux (Mandrake 8.0),
> having come from a Windows NT environment, with 15 years computing
> experience.
