[afnog] installing multiple rpms

[Mark Tinka]

On Monday 13 June 2005 09:30, Mukasa Assey Alfred wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am attempting to upgrade KDE on my SuSE 9.2 system.

To a version higher than what comes on the 9.2 CD's?

> How can I install all the rpms at once rather than one
> at a time, which takes for ever. Can it be done
> through YaST?

Typically, if you are updating any packages on SuSE, 
running 'you' will bring up a portion of YaST that 
connects to a remote server and installs the latest 
patches.

If you want to upgrade KDE itself, well, you can do that 
with 'apt', but it's not supported by SuSE, and you will 
most likely break several things (although you will have 
the latest version of KDE running).

The recommended way to upgrade the system (especially 
tricky components such as KDE), is to install the latest 
version, which is 9.3. You'll be sure of support, 
stability and security. 

However, you could also install KDE from source.

>
> I also have a feeling that some rpms need to be
> installed before others ie the order of installation
> of the rpms matters as a way to resolve dependancies,
> how can i take care of this?

If you install from the CD's, that will be taken care of 
automatically. Same if you use 'apt'. If you install 
from source, you'll most likely have to handle 
dependencies by hand.

Mark.

>
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
> Thank you,
> --assey.
>
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