 | | | How to update/override packages? | How to update/override packages? 2005-11-09 - By Jussi Silvennoinen
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> What is the right way to update and/or override packages that are provided
> by Redhat, but are horribly out of date? For example, the TIFF library in
> the RHEL3 distro is version 3.5.7, while the current release is version
> 3.7.3. Also, OpenOffice is at release 2.0, but Redhat is only distributing
> version 1.2. And PostgreSQL v8.1.0 was just released; who knows how long
> Redhat will take to get that into the distro, if ever.
>
> These are only a couple examples of many that I need to update in order to
> begin transitioning my MS Windows apps to Linux. I recently tried to update
> the gtk+ libraries so I could update gimp and it really mucked up my system.
> It is at all possible to get new versions of these packages?
You're using the wrong distro, this is not what RHEL is for.
I suggest you look for a Linux distro which is bleeding edge up to the
point of daily virgin sacrifices.
You can get somewhere close to this by using rawhide. But it ain't fun to
start your mornings by fixing what the overnight upgrade cronjob broke.
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Jussi
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