Upgrading Applications in Linux

Baz_

I have just installed Mandrake 8.2 today, and Mozilla is only at version 0.9.8, but it is available up to version 0.9.9.

Obviously I would like the more updated version, but the last time I tried that I ended up with 2 versions of mozilla on my computer (obviously not the best solution, but bearable) however I would like to do it properly this time, so that when I have installed Mozilla, it is the only version on the computer.

The ways I can think to do this is delete current version and install new version where it was, or just install directly to the the current versions folder, and hope it overwrites successfully. Im wondering however is there an official way to do it, so that its done perfickly???

Thanks in advance
Baz_

Hecate

well Mandrake is an RPM-based system isnt it?, all the software on the system is managed by a package database which keeps track of where everything is installed and identifies package dependencies etc..

You can just get the latest build of Mozilla in RPM format from their site or a local mirror.

use the rpm tool from a shell and upgrade that way. I'm pretty sure there is an upgrade facility that will overwrite the current version on your system, check the manpage for rpm for more detailed info.

Theres also some gui frontendends for RPM, either kpackage or GnoRPM are more than likely on your system.

hope thats helpful.

flamegrill

Baz theres an update package in X for mandrake. just run that and it should update your system to the latest versions or the most stable versions of ur software.

Regards,

Paul

dahamsta

Like Hecate says, Mandrake is RPM based, so you're pretty much reliant on their packaging process. If they're quick to package apps, you should be able to get the latest version from their site fairly soon. If they're not - Red Hat are terrible for this - you'll have to wait for them to package it; or install it yourself from source. If you take the latter path, you should uninstall (rpm -e) the current RPM first if you don't want two versions.

adam

Frank Grimes

I'm using Mandrake 8.0.
It's installed in /usr/bin/mozilla
I downloaded the tar.gz, renamed the folder in /usr/bin, ran the installer script and put the new version into /usr/bin/mozilla, it's running fine. I then deleted the older version which I had renamed.
I didn't care about loosing settings, so back them up first etc etc.
Not everything on Mandrake is RPM

sisob

You can download the latest mandrake mozilla here:

ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/mozilla-0.9.9-2mdk.i586.rpm

use 'rpm --upgrade' to install it - that way it will replace the old one

you might also need to update some other packages - use rpmfind to find the latest cooker packages

personally, I would wait for 1.0

Baz_

nah, there are a few changes between 0.9.8 and 0.9.9 that I want, it renders pages slightly differently, so if for nothing else I want it for that.

thanks for the answers everyone