Re: [orca-list] updating individual applications



Well Given that, you can use the advice I mentioned below for Debian. Ubuntu uses the same packaging facilities that Debian does. So if your application came from a package in Ubuntu, then you can use 'apt-get upgrade' or run 'aptitude' and then use the curses navigation to pick the package to be upgraded. There's all kinds of ways to do all this. these apt utilities are all run from the gnome terminal or plain linux console.

James & Nash wrote:
Hi Steve,
My appologies, i should have mentioned that I am using ubuntu. Take care James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve holmes88 gmail com>
To: "Orca E-mail List" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] updating individual applications


Yes you can but for more details, it would depend on what distro you're running and whether you used distro packages or built from source tarballs. I can speak to Slackware and Debian and yes, with both those distros you can upgrade packages if available. Debian's package manager is wonderful in this area as you can get automatic upgrades through the apt utilities.

The only programs I'm personally aware of that can be upgraded from within the app itself would be the mozilla programs, Thunderbird and Firefox. There could well be others but I don't personally know of them. In Firefox and Thunderbird, the programs can automatically check for updates like Windows does or you can manually check for updates as well through the Help menu.

HTH.

James & Nash wrote:
Hi folks,
Is there a way to update indicidual applications in Linux i.e. either from the terminal or from the application itself? Thanks james


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