[NTLUG:Discuss] FC3: The Throbbing Red Button

[John K. Taber]

That does it, thanks. 

I hesitated because Select All seemed to loop forever, I guess in
resolving dependencies. But a few at a time seems to work.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On
> Behalf Of Tom Adelstein
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:33 PM
> To: severian at pobox.com; NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] FC3: The Throbbing Red Button
> 
> I suggest installing them all. In the event you cannot find a fast
> line
> or the up2date dialog freezes, you may want to do a command line
> update.
> 
> I open a terminal, su to root, then run yum update all.
> 
> For some reason, it goes much faster.
> 
> One caveat though. You need to answer a couple of questions. The
> programs resolves the rpm database and then stops and asks if you want
> to go ahead.
> 
> That's what I remember.
> 
> I just like it because it batch processes the updates and then you can
> resume it if it gets stuck somewhere. To resume, just rerun the
> command
> yum update all
> 
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> On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:08 -0500, Ralph Green, Jr. wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >   I installed all of them.  Is there some reason you are
> > hesitating?  Are you on dialup?  That would take a while.
> > Good day,
> > Ralph
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:35 -0500, John K. Taber wrote:
> > > The update button on the GNOME screen, FC3, shows a lot of updates
> > ...
> > > Any advice on what to ignore, and what not to ignore?
> >
> >
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