Hi all, I would like to clear my understanding up on the opensuse software management side.
After the distro is first installed, and provided no online updates have been done during the install, there will normally be a requirement to obtain the latest software versions of the installed packages. To do so opensuse makes use of software repositories which are similar to Windows Update sources, although far more error resistant. These software repositories are accessible by the YAST software tool and need to be defined in the installation sources under YAST. As an example let us assume I have just installed an opensuse system with OpenOffice.org,Thunderbird and Firefox. Other applications have been installed but I will let the normal system updates take care of those. I add a general installation source http://opensuse.oorg/pub/opensuse/update/10.2 to take care of the general system health, security updates. I would however like to stay on the bleeding edge of the opensuse stable/tested software for Mozilla Thunderbird/Firefox and OO.org. I see that there is a mirror called http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/<package name>/STABLE/10.2/ where <package name> could be the name of the application ie Firefox, OpenOffice or Thunderbird. Do I add the http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/<package name>/STABLE/10.2/ repository and will having it ensure that the latest opensuse stable releases will prompt me to update via opensuseupdater or will the initial update source I added cater for all package updates? If I load a package that is not normally included in the DVD, but is in RPM format and has an update section on one of te mirrors, do I go and search for that update repository? Confused about the myriad of installation sources/mirrors and package rpm sources. And I have not as yet found anything on the net but would appreciate pointers to learning more ie RTFMing :) TIA Hylton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
