On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 12:59pm, Bill Freeman wrote: > Is there an easy answer to installing from an RPM file on a Slackware box?
Slackware is a big believer in the "build from source" approach. That is probably your best bet. Should that prove infeasible, you can try converting the RPM to a cpio-format archive using 'rpm2cpio' and extracting the files from that. That will not run any of the installs scripts, however, and it is very likely that dependencies will be an issue. Remember, binaries are *highly dependent* on their build environment. If you, e.g., take an RPM built for Red Hat 6.2, and plunk it down on a Slackware 8.0 box, it is very likely it will Not Work. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
