Updating packages and the rpm command

[Samuel Morales Jr.]

I believe that should be a capital U rpm "rpm -Uvh"

As far the athlon rpm, that means it was compiled with
optimizations for Athlon/Duron processors and you may
get better performance out of it. If performance it
not a major issue you can just go with the most
current version (or for even more fun, compile it
yourself!).


--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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