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   Message 28,335 of 29,919   
   Keith to Jim Beard   
   Re: Package update woes (Was: Can't inst   
   06 Jul 12 17:15:17   
   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   On 03/07/12 19:45, Jim Beard wrote:   
      
   > Once I have everything set up the way I want it, I simply have a little   
   > shell script containing one command (urpmi --downloader wget   
   > --auto-update --auto --split-length=0 $i) and run that as root to get   
   > all updates.  The $i allows me to enter the command as scriptname --test   
   > so urpmi will download all the updates but not install them.  I can then   
   > cd /var/cachr/urpmi/rpms, run ls to see what update packages are   
   > available, delete those I do not want, and while in that directory run   
   > urpmi *rpm to install them.   
      
   Thanks again, Jim!   
      
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