----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Rauschenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 6:27 PM Subject: rpm question
> > I downloaded a package ( kisocd-0.6.3) and tried to compile it. When it > wouldn't , I returned to its web page to find that sure enough it won't build > with autoconf 2.5 which is of course what I have. > > So I downloaded the rpm. I have never used rpm before. It complains that > there are a bunch of missing dependencies, most of which I'm sure I have. > > Having read the man page (and learned nothing useful) I'm sort of guessing > that the database that rpm maintains does not know that I have these things. If you compiled the things it wants yourself, then RPM would not know about them. Since you have never used RPM before, I would assume that the RPM database is pretty stupid about what is actually in your system. > > Does that make sense ? Do I need to build this data base ? Would --force > work as well ? If the things it needs are indeed there, and in the right places, then --force should work. I don't know how to update the RPM database without actually INSTALLING the package binaries. > > Or should I just try a different CD burner program ? Why don't you try to install the version of autoconf that the program needs? You should be able to live with two versions of Autoconf, as long as the individual makefiles go to the correct place to get the one they need. Since you have gone this long without using RPM, there is no reason to start now. That's why whenever there are low level toolsets or libraries needed, I always try to get an RPM or DEB. That way, if I want to install a binary program, the database is as correct as possible. The only programs I compile from source are "end" programs that aren't likely to be dependencies for any other program. But unless someone can tell you how to create this database, RPM is kind of useless. Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES President, C*O www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
