Well this email wanted me to use the Software Manager.
I tried it on the list of Security updates that I had
downloaded. Software Manager did not work it hung,
tried the Package Manager, it hung (would not work)
tried the MandrakeUpdate, it hung (would not work),
tried rpm -Uvh <package name> it did nothing. At this
time I was thinking I really had a hosed system. I
fell back to a windoze soluation, rebotted, system had
only been running 7 hours, and everything worked.
MY POINT Jay did you try and reboot and then try the
Software Manager. It is a nice tool and makes
installing very easy. One thing that I did notice
though is that it does a install, not a upgrade.. i.e.
the package that your replacing does not get removed
as in a upgrade. Another nice tool is the urpm it is
a lot like the apt-get from Debian and is really nice
to use. You can find info for it on the Mandrake web
page, or from www.google.com/linux do a search.
--- Jay DeKing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
>
> There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental
> illness'.
>
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