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
