Up2date graphical RFE

[Mike Klinke]

On Tuesday 11 November 2003 13:09, Mike Chambers wrote:
> In synaptic, your able to see/view packages, as part of the
> repository that your connecting to, that are not installed on your
> system.  You may then select those and add them.
>
> On up2date, you can only update packages already installed, but no
> way to view what you don't have already.
>
> I know add/remove packages allows you to do this, but only for CD of
> the core distro?  Or can it do what I am referring to already?
>
> And if not, any chance it's been thought over to add this
> functionality to up2date GUI?

>From the command line.

up2date --showall

will list all available packages.

up2date -i <package>

will install new packages.

I don't use the GUI so can't say for sure about that aspect of up2date.

Regards,  Mike Klinke