the best way to update F8 = easiest.

[Mike Chalmers]

On 3/1/08, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Mike Chalmers wrote:
>  > Hi, I just did a clean install of Fedora 8 and was wondering what the
>  > best way to update it is? Do I use yum update or click the balloon in
>  > the taskbar, or is there another way?
>
>  easiest:
>  The balloon, will run pup {package updater}. This uses yum libraries to
>  determine availability of updates, then after confirmation, downloads
>  and installs them.
>
>  cli:
>  yum update
>  y
>
>  hard:
>  download packages, then rpm -Uvh them by hand.
>
>  auto: there is a way to have the system check on a schedule and
>  autoinstall updates detected.
>
>  DaveT.

Thanks. I will use yum update. I wasn't sure that pup and yum update
were the same thing.