Re: [orca-list] updating individual applications

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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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