yum and/or yumex package updateing?
Dan
grinnz at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 17:08:23 UTC 2006
William Case wrote:
> Hi David and Dan;
>
> I appreciate your suggestions; but I kind of wanted to use yumex as a
> specialized browser. Changing the preferences just delays the
> inevitable while pup only gives me the updates.
>
> On Wed, 2006-19-04 at 00:44 +1000, David Timms wrote:
>
>> William Case wrote:
>>
>>> Hi; a new feature suggestion?
>>>
>>> Is there a way that yumex can be setup so that it doesn't update every
>>> time I open it? I would like to be able to use it, particularly yumex,
>>> to look at what packages I have, what's available and what I might want
>>> to remove. Every time I flip in and out of those lists I don't need an
>>> update.
>>>
>>> I am not sure how to do this without losing the security of getting the
>>> very latest updates? Maybe a right or centre mouse click or a special
>>> accelerator key?
>>>
>> If you are on FC5 - try pup (for updates - it lists updates and waits
>> for your approval) / pirut (see list view, then check installed or not
>> installed at the top).
>>
>
> I was trying to avoid things like the following: Add a new program;
> close yum; then say to myself; "Did I download the gui that goes with
> it? Or, oh yea, I wanted that other program too." My headers have just
> been updated; I just want to go back to where I was. Even if I miss a
> new upgrade, I'll catch it later.
>
> Regards Bill
>
>
You can use commandline yum with the -C switch to attempt to run
entirely from cache; if it doesn't have something cached it will get it
from the internet though, if it can.
-Dan
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