On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:17:52PM -0500, Matt England wrote: > How can one upgrade an installed dpkg with a .deb file, much the same way > one can run: > rpm -Uhv <new-version-of-package.rpm> > using rpm? I was hoping for a > dpkg -u <new-version-of-package.deb> > command, but I don't see this or anything like it.
dpkg -i is the equivalent of both rpm -U and rpm -i. It will install whatever version of the deb that you tell it to, replacing the original package (rather than whinging that a package is already installed, as rpm will, if you use -i). Cheers, Paul. -- Paul Dwerryhouse | PGP Key ID: 0x6B91B584 ======================================================================== Linoleum - Linux Programming Resources: http://linoleum.leapster.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
