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Old 10-10-2007, 10:17 AM   #1
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GNOME 2.20 update in Fedora 7


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I have installed Fedora 7 with the GNOME desktop 2.18.3 How do I update to the latest 2.2 GNOME?I tried using yum update "gnome*" but it does not mark any packages for updation.
 
Old 10-10-2007, 10:39 AM   #2
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last time i looked, 18 was a higher number than 2... if you mean gnome 2.20 then it's not available in the fedora repo's yet... give it a few weeks.
 
Old 10-10-2007, 10:46 AM   #3
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Yes I mean GNOME 2.20 Hopefully it arrives soon. want to try it out.Will it be available with Fedora 8 to be released next month?
 
Old 10-10-2007, 11:21 AM   #4
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check the developmetn of fedora 8 for that, that's what i'd do.
 
Old 10-10-2007, 11:30 AM   #5
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Yes it will be available, I am running F8 beta 3 right now and currently have;
gnome-desktop-2.20.0-3.fc8
as the current running version.

-Lr
 
  


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