Re: [orca-list] updating individual applications

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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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