[afnog] installing multiple rpms

[Mukasa Assey Alfred]

Thanks mark,

Yes, the version is higher than what comes on the 9.2 CDs ie
9.2 comes with kde 3.3 and iam upgrading to 3.4.1

Well, i also don't have the 9.3 version of SuSe you recommended so i can 
not take that upgrade route.

I don't even have internet connection to the system i want to upgrade so 
apt wouldn't work anyway.

All i have is a directory full of rpms including the
kdebase3-3.4.1-3.i586 rpm, a total of 105 rpms.

Any other options?
--assey.

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Mark Tinka wrote:

> 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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