Re: [SLUG] Which XFree86 is Applicable for Red Hat 7.1 ? [Round II]

2003-03-04 Thread Mike MacCana 
It looks like you need:

rpm -Fvh ftp://ftp.example.com/pub/redhat/updates/etc/etc/*.rpm

Downloads and installs all applicable updates from that directory. Does
not install any new packages.

That said, I'd spend an hour or upgrading to 8.0. 7.1 is quite long in
the tooth

Mike

On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 12:31, Louis Selvon wrote:
 Hi:
 
 I am downloading rpms one by one from RHN for XFree86 for RH 7.1. I don't know
 if I need all these packages.
 
 If I install something that my server does not really need, will this mess up
 anything ? e.g I don't know if my server needs this package
 XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-38  A generic XFree86 server for VGA16 boards. Will this
 create any issues ?
 
 Please send comments.
 
 Cheers
 
 Louis.
 
 BTW. In all I am downloading 47 rpms for XFree86 from RHN, one at a time as my
 dial up cannot handle a few packages in a shot.
 
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Re: [Re: [SLUG] Which XFree86 is Applicable for Red Hat 7.1 ?[Round II]]

2003-03-04 Thread Mike MacCana 
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 12:57, Louis Selvon wrote:
 rpm -Fvh ftp://ftp.example.com/pub/redhat/updates/etc/etc/*.rpm
 
 Louis I'm learning more and more this week. Thanks. But I am almost done with
 the XFree86 downloads from RHN. Does it matter which order I install the rpms
 ?

Then... 

rpm -Fvh /where/you/saved/stuff/to/*.rpm

Will do the same thing on your downloaded files - only install what's
newer.

F stands for freshen and is designed precisely for this purpose. Its
good ;)

Mike

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