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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Michael W. Ryan wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Darxus wrote: > > > I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. > > Remote as in obtain the packages from a remote source (which it does do, > apparently). rpm can install remote packages ? Do you have to find the package first (url), or does rpm find it for you ? I support a few redhat boxes at work, and finding packages is a pain. If I'm missing something, I'd love to know. > > I can telnet into my computer from here, run "apt-get dist-upgrade", it'll > > download the current versions of all installed packages and everything > > they depend on, give me a couple configuration prompts, install > > everything, and restart necessary daemons. > > And this is the most commonly cited example. What if you didn't want to > do a full distribution upgrade. What if you only wanted to upgrade some? Then you do apt-get install package1 package2 package3 And it'll install the latest version of each package you specify. __________________________________________________________________ PGP fingerprint = 03 5B 9B A0 16 33 91 2F A5 77 BC EE 43 71 98 D4 darxus@op.net / http://www.op.net/~darxus "There is no spoon." _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug