On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ubuntu has appGet as the update method. Can't tell if it is more effective
And aptitude... apt-get can do a lot of other things as well... And so can aptitude... Oh and it has dpkg as well...
than yum, but i believe that is the text command for any software update. You
I believe apt has a bigger repo... Yes you run that command from a console apt-get action package apt-get update apt-get upgrade ...
caould also do a Microsoft Windows style update using the preference menu i think. Cheers!
Dunno -- Daniel Dalton http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx> __________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind