I use Mandrake Update as a reference tool only. It has never once
removed the previously existing version of anything I have updated.
What I do is open a terminal window and login as su, then run Mandrake
Update to see what needs an upgrade; I open a browser window and go to
whichever mirror Mandrake Update is looking at; download the rpm's and
go to my su terminal. There I do an rpm -Uvh on the new rpms. This
updates them properly, and you get usable feedback if there are
conflicts or dependency problems rather than the terse "update failed"
message that Mandrake Update gives too often.
After doing the manual installs, go back to Mandrake Update and tell it
to update the package list; the ones just installed will no longer be on
the list.
I've tried the rpm --rebuilddb command and it makes no difference,
because if the older rpms are still there Mandrake Update won't notice
the new ones. It looks at the oldest version currently installed.
I wish I could take credit for coming up with this procedure, but I had
the same problem when I first started using Mandrake and another kind
list member clued me in to the limitations of the Update program.
Jay
Civileme wrote:
>
> 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.
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