Being new to the cooker list, I would to get some feedback on
proper use and reporting expectations.
I wanted to update to Netscape 4.74 on my LM7.1 version.
I got the files from cooker and found it had dependancies,
which I got. Problem was that at some point I found it hard
to figure out what RPMs I needed to get. I found out about
rpmfind and this has helped.
Throughout the whole process (at some point), I was not able
to install ImageMagick-5_2_2-6mdk_i586.rpm because of
rpm -Uvh ImageMagick-5_2_2-6mdk_i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
ImageMagick-lib = 5.2.2 is needed by ImageMagick-5.2.2-6mdk
libdps.so.1 is needed by ImageMagick-5.2.2-6mdk
libdpstk.so.1 is needed by ImageMagick-5.2.2-6mdk
I installed ImageMagick-lib, and rpmfind told me it wanted to
install to transfer
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/XFree86-libs-4.0.1-6mdk.i586.rpm
So it requires XFree86 version 4 to be installed. I am not ready
to install this now, so I have given up on ImageMagick (not important).
Same is true for perl-Magick-5_2_2-6mdk_i586.rpm
My questions...
1/ are cooker users expected to download and use *all* of the latest,
or is it acceptable to grab only the wanted modules ?
2/ is the next release of LM expecting to use XFree86 version 4 only ?
3/ do I report problems with installs here, even if I don't use the
full cooker distro ?
Thanks... Dan.
