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HI there... (again)

How do i utilize my Mandrake's auto update?

Is it possible to upgrade my KDE3.2 ( it comes with the Mandrake Linux 10.1 package) to KDE 4.0 or do i need to upgrade everything & how do i do it?

Thanks again.

:D KDE 4 is not yet out, expected only next year(afaik), i think you mean KDE 3.4.2. you can get them at the kde download page http://kde.org/download/.

Unfortunately there is no option of upgrading using URPMI directly from the site.

As for utilizing 'auto update', setup URPMI update sources, visit the above URPMI link for more information

Go into the Mandrake control centre and run the update program, it should setup an update mirror if its the first time you've run it. Now create a file in /etc/cron.daily with the following contents:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

urpmi.update update_source

urpmi --auto --update --auto-select

Make sure this file is executable by the owning user:

Code:

chmod u+x /etc/cron.daily/update.cron

By default this will run at about 4am every day. If your computer is not on at 4am then either change the time in /etc/crontab for the /etc/cron.daily directory or install the anacron package (no configuration required) and it will run when you startup your computer if your computer was off and missed the last run.