How to update/override packages? 2005-11-09 - By Ed Wilts
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On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 01:36:44PM -0500, Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> 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 by Redhat, but are horribly out of date?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.
For starters, you're starting from scratch based on your other posting.
Why install RHEL 3 which started shipping in 2003? Install RHEL 4 which
started shipping earlier this year.
Secondly, the latest version isn't always the greatest. The focus in
RHEL is to provide a stable release with long-term viability. Security
patches are back-ported into earlier releases and you're ensured that
you have binary compability as long as you run RHEL 4.
If you're looking for a more current release, Fedora may be better for
you. You'll have more frequent updates, more breakage, but be on the
leading edge.
It's up to you to decide if you want to be stable or current - you can't
have both.
>
> 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?
Are you sure you NEED these or just WANT these? There's a BIG
difference.
.../Ed
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