On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 09:05, Zlatko Savic wrote: > Hi, I am a newbie and I'd like to know what is the best way to update > applications in Linux? I've heard something about urpmi but I am not really > sure how it works or what it is.
I'm also pretty new to Linux and (so far) have found urpmi to work very nicely. It will go to whatever source that has the RPM you want and install it along with dependencies (usually). If you're using mdk 9.1 you can go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php to learn how to set up your sources and begin using urpmi. > > I've attempted to compile sources of newer versions of software (i.e. > alsa-snd-cards), without ever removing the currently installed version and > I had a lot of compiling errors. I don't know if it is better to compile > than to install an RPM. I've found that both are good. I'll compile then make it into an RPM and install with urpmi. Works great. > > There should be a generalized standard in Linux that all applications > adhere to (I.e. the registry in Windows). Of course whatever it is, it > should be better than Winblows. Uhhh. no comment. HTH, Curt > Regards, > ZS > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Registered Linux User #299730 Registered Machine #2046 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~60.51518 N, 150.79705 W*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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