five ways:
the thoughtful packager way (such as WineX, a very good bunch ;-): from the old source directory, do make uninstall. these should remove the old package and then proceed with installing the new one. be wary that dependent applications on this package may go berserk. the patient installer way: check the makefile of the old package and hunt down the files put by 'make install'. install the the new package after. the impatient installer way: since you have specified the directory, just remove it and hope that the application did not put any other files on other directories. hey you should have tried the patient installer instead of this one. the damn-be-damned way: just install the new package hoping that it would overwrite the previous package. the rpm way: find an rpm for the package. if there is no available rpm then try to learn how to make one (im putting this one off until i have the time ;-). take your pick! ciao! On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 18:15:37 -0800 "Mandrake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello my fellow Mandrake Users! =) > > How will I upgrade the installed package in .tgz format? For example, I installed a >package-1.0.tgz in a certain directory and I want to upgrade what I installed with >package-1.4.tgz. How will go about it? I am using Mandrake 8.1. > > Thanks in advance! > > Advance Merry Christmas to all of you! =) > > __________________________________ > www.edsamail.com > > > -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." =============================== Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 ===============================
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