thanks again for the dialog. 

     We're very pleased you said yes, Greg. Thanks bunches! -- Heather
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     * [58]Re: Upgrading KDE on SuSE 9.0 - A better way.
     * [59]Gentoo: packages website
     * [60]Gentoo: check your package versions
     * [61]Gentoo: searching with emerge
     * [62]Gentoo: speedier emerge searches
     * [63]Gentoo: rpm fans, take heart!
     * [64]Gentoo: pointers about nvidia cards
     * [65]Gentoo: samba
     * [66]Gentoo: genkernel
     * [67]Gentoo: be careful updating!
     * [68]Gentoo: who was that Masked package?
     * [69]Gentoo: unmasking
     * [70]Gentoo: USE your own per-package options
     * [71]Gentoo: I did it MY way...
     * [72]Gentoo: share the load, build that code
     * [73]Another Gentoo tidbit - revised boot ISO available
     * [74]search google from command line
     * [75]Re: Upgrading a KDE Install article
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Re: Upgrading KDE on SuSE 9.0 - A better way.

   Jethro Cramp ([76]jsc from rock-tnsc.com)

   Jethro Cramp wrote:

     Tom,

   There is a much easier way to upgrade [77]KDE using Yast2. 

   All you have to do is add the following directory to the Yast sources 

   [78]ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.0/yast-s
   ource 

   To do this you use: 

     Yast2 --> Software --> Change Source of Installation --> Add FTP.

   Then in Yast2 select "Install and Remove Software". The package selections
   will now have been updated to include all the packages in the updated kde.
   The packages for which a newer version than the one you have installed will
   appear in either red or blue (I can't remember which). 

   Select the packages you want to upgrade (no 'upgrade everything' button
   available I'm afraid). Let Yast2 sort out package dependencies for you and
   off you go. 

   Yast2 will then download, install and configure all the packages for you. 

   Bit like the extremely good apt that is available on [79]Debian. apt4rpm is
   also available for [80]SuSE if you'd rather have that flexibility. 

   If the download site is too slow an alternative one can be selected. Go to
   suse's site and find the list of ftp servers and choose an alternative. 

   All the best, 

   Jethro Cramp 

   Thanks! That's a piece of info I've been missing. I've been told that you
   can do it directly inside Yast, but couldn't figure out how. I'm going to
   forward your tip to the Answer Gang, so everybody can benefit.

   Tom Brown.
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Gentoo: packages website

   Kevin Williams ([81]kevin from bantamtech.com)

   Gentoo must have other users who commented on the "packages.debian.org" web
   page,  because  Gentoo  adopted the same thing a couple of months ago.
   [82]http://packages.gentoo.org is a similar page where you can find lots of
   info including searching by category or name.