Updating packages and the rpm command

[Robert Meyer]

Oops.  That's what I get for typing too quickly... :-)

Bob
--- "Samuel Morales Jr." <sonofrage at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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