Updating packages and the rpm command

[Robert Meyer]

You want the MDK package and you can just do:
rpm --uvh sylpheed-0.7.8-1mdk.i586.rpm

Should work fine.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Scott Lawton <green_man at bluefrognet.net> wrote:
> I found an updated version of the sylpheed mail client on rpm
> find.net. 
> What would be the rpm command to upgrade the version I already have
> installed ?
> [the man page for rpm is !! 800 LINES !! of text] 
> 
> Or do I need to uninstall the current, then install the newer, because
> the names [of the packages] are different ? 
> 
> Here is what Software Manager tells me I have installed: 
> sylpheed-0.6.1-1mdk 
> 
> Here is what I would like to put in: 
> sylpheed-0.7.7-1.athlon.rpm
>  or
> sylpheed-0.7.8-1mdk.i586.rpm
> 
> Should I go with the version compiled on, and designed specifically to
> run on an Athlon processor, or should I go with the most current
> version [for the i586] ? 
> Is there a significant difference ? I figure there must be some, or
> people wouldn't be compiling for the Athlon. 
> 
> -- 
> Scott
> 
> Sylpheed 0.6.1
>  

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Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
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