On Monday 25 November 2002 10:10 am, Adam Williamson wrote: >> you could try texstar's RPM: >> ftp://[...]/mandrake/9.0/contrib/3ddesktop-0.2.3-1mdk.i586.rpm
> I think it's a good rule of thumb to *never* install an RPM that's > packaged for a different distribution. Adam, this _is_ packaged for Mandrake 9.0, as is much stuff from PLF, Ranger et al. The risks in intalling it are that Mandrake doesn't put out updates, and they often require dependencies from contribs (not as widely available as the main distro and also not updated). However - in Texstar's case at least - you can use urpmi on the site to stay with the pace. PLF's primary site (plf.zarb.org) seems to have disappeared, but there are still mirrors up. Does anyone here know what's happening with that? Cheers; Leon
