On Sunday 17 February 2002 09:04, you wrote:
> I would like to upgrade the applications on my Mandrake 8.1, like Galeon
> for example. But usually, grabbing an RPM from the net somewhere only
> leads to a mess of dependency problems. I always try to chase down the
> dependencies at least once or twice, but they often lead to more
> problems until I might as well wait for Mandrake 8.2!
>
> I know RPM has its limitations, but it would seem that MDK builds posted
> to rpmfind and other sources are so dependent on the Cooker/beta
> Mandrake there's no chance to get it installed on a release version.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Packages like Nautilus, Evolution, Mozilla,
> Galeon, and a lot of KDE stuff have come a long way since 8.1 was
> frozen.
>
> -- j
rpmdrake (aka package manager) for GUI, or urpmi for CLI, will both attempt
to resolve dependencies and offer to dl & install any needed packages.
You just have to define a source first
--
john in sydney
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