On Saturday 22 December 2007 11:20:13 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > 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'? > Hylton,
Just pick a directory, any directory, I have a /download directory in my /home. Download it to there. Then go to that directory, click on it, and choose install with Yast. Yast will know what to do with it. Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
