Hi all,

I'm still new to linux, apt, packages, etc, but this question just
occured to me. If I use apt-get to install and update packages, then
what happens if an application tries to update itself?

E.g. The new version of Firefox is meant to update itself (as opposed to
the current version which, on Windows at least, downloads a complete new
installation), so if I "apt-get install" Firefox 1.5 and then the
Mozilla folks update it, should I update my version using apt-get or
should I use Firefox's own update facilities?
And if I do the latter, won't that mean that apt is out of sync?

--
cheers!

Peter

Peter X wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm still new to linux, apt, packages, etc, but this question just
> occured to me. If I use apt-get to install and update packages, then
> what happens if an application tries to update itself?
>
> E.g. The new version of Firefox is meant to update itself (as opposed to
> the current version which, on Windows at least, downloads a complete new
> installation), so if I "apt-get install" Firefox 1.5 and then the
> Mozilla folks update it, should I update my version using apt-get or
> should I use Firefox's own update facilities?
> And if I do the latter, won't that mean that apt is out of sync?
>
> --
> cheers!
>
> Peter

you probably wouldn't get the newest version from apt-get for several
days after mozilla guys update it (or at least thats what my experience
is). so if you want the latest and the gratest the same day its been
released, download firefox directly from mozilla website.

s a n j a y wrote:
>
> you probably wouldn't get the newest version from apt-get for several
> days after mozilla guys update it (or at least thats what my experience
> is). so if you want the latest and the gratest the same day its been
> released, download firefox directly from mozilla website.

But if I did that, would apt be aware that I'd upgraded Mozilla without
it? And if not, would it then (a few days latter) be suggesting I update?