Re: [orca-list] updating individual applications

["James & Nash" <james austin1984 googlemail com>]

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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