> Somehow, this got bounced the first time
>
> > Daniel James <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've got an odd one here - I'm trying to upgrade ALSA on a Mandrake
> > 9.1 box. I did this before on another (upgraded to 0.9.2) and it
> > worked fine, but on this one upgrading the RPMs seems to have no
> > effect.
>
> If you've got a copy of mc {file manager} you can use it to install
> some rpms. {hit F3 with the cursor centered on the file}
>
> Basically rpms are like small compressed tar files... they've got
> your binaries and set up files, etc, etc all wrapped up in a nice
> neat little container with instructions as to where everything goes
> on your system.
>
> Mc will let you see what you're installing and to where and will
> actually let you do it "by hand" so that you can make sure everything
> goes where it's supposed to, that nothing's corrupt, etc... It also
> gives you easy access to the config files so you can read through them
> before you install them {as well as any setup files that the rpm uses.}
>
> I don't know a lot about Mandrake... I can't tell you much in that
> regard.
>
>
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