Anders Johansson wrote: > Hi, > > Version updates for released products are extremely rare. Essentially, they > only happen when there is a serious bug or security problem, and a backport > of the fix is too complicated > > So yes, if you really want updated versions of the software, you need to > either update to the latest suse release, or get the packages from the build > service, as you have found
Now THAT ANSWERS my question, and poses a new one. If I do decide to download a version update via rpm of software, then I will have to install it by hand to resolve dependencies and compile, and or use the 1-Click install mentioned below ? The trick now is to know what to do when I have downloaded the rpm, and of course which directory to download it to on my system / i.e. /usr, /usr/bin, opt/ i.e. where is a logical folder that I can download software for my system to, besides the classic Linux answer of 'anywhere'? > On Saturday 22 December 2007 12:43:53 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> ...Before loading it is as a source I would load it into my browser. Here I >> see there are several sub directories. >> I would need to know where to end i.e. at the parent folder >> ..openSUSE_10.2/, or the ...openSUSE_10.2/repodata/ folder, the >> ...openSUSE_10.2/i586/ folder or in the ...openSUSE_10.2/noarch folder? >> I would assume i586 but what is the difference between that and noarch? >> >> Bear in mind that I want YAST to do all the downloading, extracting and >> correct installing i.e. I am a GUI person and know not the path to true >> light i.e. CLI, yet. But I'll cover that in another email :) > > Well, the path should end with the suse release, in this case openSUSE_10.2. > YaST will take care of finding the correct architecture. noarch means that > the packages in there work on all architectures. For example artwork > (background images, icons and such) Thank you for telling me not to worry about the sub-folders. > But by far the easiest is to use the one-click install, which is available > for > 10.2 as well. It will do all the work for you. Install > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE%3A/Tools/openSUSE_10.2/noarch/yast2-metapackage-handler-0.5.2-3.1.noarch.rpm > > Then, when you search for software at http://software.opensuse.org/search and > you see the "1-click install" button, you can click it and it will install > everything you need for you > > Anders Tnx again Anders Hylton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
