Updating software on YDL (is it YUM?)

[Roger Scow]

First see the YDL FAQ and make sure your yum.conf file is spiffed up.   
Then try yum update and yum update yum.



On Sep 28, 2004, at 2:35 PM, Eric D wrote:

> Is yum an easy way of updating YDL like OS X's "Software Update"?
>
> Is there an easy way to say "update all packages installed on my  
> computer" or, even, update Apache?
>
> Would
>
> yum upgrade apache
>
> upgrade the version of Apache installed by YDL 3.0.1?
>
> I've been seeing indications on the web that error 17 is something  
> internal to early 2.0 versions of Apache and am wondering if an update  
> would fix my error 17 problem?
>
> PS YDL is a lot of fun. It's a lot more approachable than version 2.1  
> when I last fiddled with YDL (I'm curious to see what version 4.0 is  
> like... hopefully it'll be even more user-friendly and robust (I've  
> had GNOME crash on me twice (more like it stopped responding to the  
> keyboard... aside from command-control-power)... had to login from my  
> other computer and "reboot")).
>
> Eric
>
>> From: Olaf Olson <oolson at hadleyconnection.com>
>
> <snip>
>
>> yum remove mozilla
>> yum install firefox
>> yum install thunderbird
>>
>> Removing mozilla does not delete user profiles. The new Firefox and  
>> Thunderbird recognize the old mozilla profiles and stuff, so you  
>> still will get continuity.
>>
>> Olaf
>
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