downloading updates

[duncan brown]

here's a snippit from a walkthrough i'm writing...  you should install
apt for fedora.

installing apt for fedora core 1 is painless, and it's the first step to
having
a completely command line free way of updating and installing custom and
regular
fedora rpms.
                                                                                                                                                                            
grab the latest version of apt from http://download.fedora.us (as i
write this,
it's located directly at
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/)
and install it.
                                                                                                                                                                            
now, you're going to need to open up a terminal and change over to the
root
super user.
                                                                                                                                                                            
at the command prompt, run
                                                                                                                                                                            
  # apt-get update
                                                                                                                                                                            
you will be run through several steps to select mirrors closest to you
for various
types of software, this is rather painless.
                                                                                                                                                                            
once everything is said and done, you should run the following command
                                                                                                                                                                            
  # apt-get install synaptic
                                                                                                                                                                            
this will download synaptic, the gui interface for apt.  from now on,
you don't
have to use the command line for apt any more.  everything will be in
there.
                                                                                                                                                                            
location : menu > system tools > more system tools > synaptic package
manager
                                                                                                                                                                            
something you'll notice is that now you have hundreds of more pieces of
software
to choose from, including games and utilities.


On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 19:12, paul wrote:
> I am having problems with updates for several rpms on my fedora system.
> Samba is the one I am trying to get most but am having the same problem
> with others too. I get to the point where the Package List shows up and
> I select the updates that I want i.e. smaba 3.0.2-7.FC1 and then click
> on "Forward" on the package list screen and then the Progress Dialog
> shows up but then stops there. Nothing happens after that. I have left
> the system alone overnight several times to see if eventually something
> would happen but, nothing does. I wake up in the morning hoping to see
> that it is finished and I can install it but, nothing. My connection is
> good because I can browse the net to any web site or check my Ximian
> Evolution email. What is going on? As I mentioned this happens with
> several packages. Most others are fine. Please help. Thanks, Paul
>