Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
Hi, I am still on my learning curve here... but in case there are other newbies viewing this thread... I am finding this site useful. man rpm etc was just a bit too advanced without this basic intro: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/basics/brpm.html Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
~~~ Now I'd like to upgrade xfree86 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 I have tried, but the dependencies are horrendous... where to from here? Walter Why? What will 4.2.0 do for you that 4.1.0 does not? I can understand upgrading Evolution. The older version has some nasty bugs, but what is wrong with XFree86 that requires an upgrade? BTW: If you want to upgrade Evolution I recommend using Texstar's RPM's. They are compiled for 8.1 and will not have half as many dependencies as Cooker RPMS. All the required RPM's are in his Evolution Directory. ftp://ftp.eastwind.net/pub/mirrors/texstar/ derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
Derek Jennings wrote: Why? What will 4.2.0 do for you that 4.1.0 does not? I can understand upgrading Evolution. The older version has some nasty bugs, but what is wrong with XFree86 that requires an upgrade? Derek, Some video cards that were supported under 3.3.6 but not under 4.1 are supported again under 4.2 (or so I understand). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
On Thursday 07 February 2002 12:58, Derek Jennings wrote: ~~~ Now I'd like to upgrade xfree86 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 I have tried, but the dependencies are horrendous... where to from here? Walter Why? What will 4.2.0 do for you that 4.1.0 does not? I can understand upgrading Evolution. The older version has some nasty bugs, but what is wrong with XFree86 that requires an upgrade? Nothing AFAIK. But I wanted to update something else that required 4.2.x. Long forgotten what it was ... Besides, I am obsessive about staying on the bleeding edge. Ya gotta problem with that? g -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some exercise-Neal Stephenson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
On Thursday 07 February 2002 21:11, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Thursday 07 February 2002 12:58, Derek Jennings wrote: ~~~ Now I'd like to upgrade xfree86 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 I have tried, but the dependencies are horrendous... where to from here? Walter Why? What will 4.2.0 do for you that 4.1.0 does not? I can understand upgrading Evolution. The older version has some nasty bugs, but what is wrong with XFree86 that requires an upgrade? Nothing AFAIK. But I wanted to update something else that required 4.2.x. Long forgotten what it was ... Besides, I am obsessive about staying on the bleeding edge. Ya gotta problem with that? g None at all... But I thought the comment was from Walter, and since he stated he wanted a stable machine, and had already been struggling with installing RPM's I wondered why he was so keen to upgrade XFree. I well remember the chill of fear when I first tried updating XFree and discovered I had screwed up my graphical environment. :( derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
Thanks for all the help with this, i hope it of use for others too. Charles wrote, If you have All the xmms rpms move them all to 1 dir, call it xmms if you like, cd to that directory and rpm -Uvh *rpm I like that! However there were still dependencies - but less. Until i found one of the files needed and did it again and suddenly I needed new everything. OK one cant upgrade just one program if it uses new libraries - it will need an upgrade to the whole new mandrake. OK - I wont do that till it is out as the next version. Anyway, xmms works after i reinstalled it from the disk thus: [derek@Derek derek]$ cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS [derek@Derek RPMS]$ su Password: [root@Derek RPMS]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage xmms* Thanks for that Derek. ~~~ Now I'd like to upgrade xfree86 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 I have tried, but the dependencies are horrendous... where to from here? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
