Re: [CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-13 Thread MHR
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME version to > a new version with out upgrading my distribution. > Short answer: you can't. Right answer: Don't. Long answer: Google is your friend

Re: [CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-13 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME version to > a new version with out upgrading my distribution. If you want the latest and greatest, you don't want to use an Enterprise Distro. Consider m

Re: [CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-13 Thread Vandaman
Sadaruwan Samaraweera wrote: > Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME > version to > a new version with out upgrading my distribution. > Hmm, a quick search reveals this was posted last month in the CentOS list by a certain Sadaruwan Samaraweera. Do you know him? http://li

Re: [CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-13 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Sadaruwan Samaraweera wrote: Hi, Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME version to a new version with out upgrading my distribution. Read the archives. You DON'T want to do this ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http

Re: [CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-13 Thread Jim Perrin
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME version to > a new version with out upgrading my distribution. Short answer: There is no supported way for doing this. Longer Answer: The unsupported m

Re: [CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-13 Thread Tru Huynh
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:16:14AM +0530, Sadaruwan Samaraweera wrote: > Hi, > > Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME version to > a new version with out upgrading my distribution. > If you "need" to upgrade gnome, then you don't really need CentOS. Read more about the purpo

[CentOS] How to Upgrade GNOME

2008-11-12 Thread Sadaruwan Samaraweera
Hi, Can any one tell me how to upgrade from the current GNOME version to a new version with out upgrading my distribution. -- Sadaruwan Samaraweera ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-08 Thread Spike Turner
Karanbir Singh wrote: > > fwiw, a garnome build normally works fine anywhere. > > I just got my head kicked in offlist by someone who tried > this so I > want to elaborate a bit : while garnome builds do work > fine, they work > fine only for the stuff that you build with it, pretty much >

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Karanbir Singh wrote: Karanbir Singh wrote: Spike Turner wrote: Why not run another distro with the latest and greatest Gnome or Kde if that is what you want? Trying to upgrade a CentOS box will mean you have something else. Its doomed to failure fwiw, a garnome build normally works fine any

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
Karanbir Singh wrote: Spike Turner wrote: Why not run another distro with the latest and greatest Gnome or Kde if that is what you want? Trying to upgrade a CentOS box will mean you have something else. Its doomed to failure fwiw, a garnome build normally works fine anywhere. I just got my

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-07 Thread Karanbir Singh
Spike Turner wrote: Why not run another distro with the latest and greatest Gnome or Kde if that is what you want? Trying to upgrade a CentOS box will mean you have something else. Its doomed to failure fwiw, a garnome build normally works fine anywhere. ___

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-07 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Stephen John Smoogen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I need to know is there a way to upgrade the current version of GNOME to the >> newest version ? > > There are multiple ways, many

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-07 Thread Spike Turner
Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > There are multiple ways, many of them will make your system > unworkable.. all of them will break getting many updates > from CentOS. Why not run another distro with the latest and greatest Gnome or Kde if that is what you want? Trying to upgrade a CentOS box will

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-07 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I need to know is there a way to upgrade the current version of GNOME to the > newest version ? > There are multiple ways, many of them will make your system unworkable.. all of them will break getting many u

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-06 Thread Ross Cavanagh
Sadaruwan Samaraweera wrote: Hi, I need to know is there a way to upgrade the current version of GNOME to the newest version ? -- Sadaruwan Samaraweera The gnome website has a fair bit of information about it. For the latest versions for your distro you can visit http://www.gnome.org/~davyd

[CentOS] How to upgrade GNOME in CentOS?

2008-10-06 Thread Sadaruwan Samaraweera
Hi, I need to know is there a way to upgrade the current version of GNOME to the newest version ? -- Sadaruwan Samaraweera ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos