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Hi,

I've been familiarizing myself with apt-get, and am wondering if there
would be a way to adapt it to a couple of our needs:

1) to add the LS download site to the list of available sources
2) to use a standardized apt-get argument (I think it's apt-get upgrade?)
to automatically check for LS updates, as well as updates on dependencies.
This could also work for other distributions, but might be a bit trickier.
3) it could easily be a command line program in early versions, but a GUI
specific to LS might be nicer. I know about Kpackage, but it is generally
for the system, and its interface is confusing for newbies. I'm thinking
of a single menu item in a program like LS Studio that would say:

Check for updates

while in the background it runs apt-get upgrade, and would return a couple
of possible messages:

- Your version of LiveSupport Studio is up to date
- A new version of LiveSupport Studio is available. Do you want to
download and install it now? [Yes][No]

This is advisable only for the GUI client, as the Station and Network
install probably would require more expertise.

What do you think?

doug


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Hi,



I've been familiarizing myself with apt-get, and am wondering if there would be a way to adapt it to a couple of our needs:



1) to add the LS download site to the list of available sources

2) to use a standardized apt-get argument (I think it's apt-get upgrade?) to automatically check for LS updates, as well as updates on dependencies. This could also work for other distributions, but might be a bit trickier.

3) it could easily be a command line program in early versions, but a GUI specific to LS might be nicer. I know about Kpackage, but it is generally for the system, and its interface is confusing for newbies. I'm thinking of a single menu item in a program like LS Studio that would say:



Check for updates



while in the background it runs apt-get upgrade, and would return a couple of possible messages:



- Your version of LiveSupport Studio is up to date

- A new version of LiveSupport Studio is available. Do you want to download and install it now? [Yes][No]



This is advisable only for the GUI client, as the Station and Network install probably would require more expertise.



What do you think?



doug




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