Re: how to use latest rpms with old distribution

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:07 PM, e-letter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Readers,
>
> After failure to upgrade to 2010, reverted to 2008 which works nicely.
> However, some programs need to be updated to be the latest, e.g.
> mplayer with the latest ffmpeg. Is it possible to download the latest
> mandriva 2011 rpm for mplayer and install everything required
> automatically using urpmi. When the mplayer program is downloaded and
> installation attempted, the command terminal response is that a
> library file is missing. So this library is retrieved and mplayer
> installation fails, asking for a _different_ library (!).
>

Well, too much difference between versions here. Why not installing
from scratch?
I suggest that because I don't think you will be able to upgrade from 2008 :s

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Diego Bello Carreño