On my slackware (Intel) I always used the 'configure, make, make install'
process. It worked flawlessly everytime. This way I always got the latest
software. With RPMs I have had problems and then I had to go under the
hood. RPM's are usually behind since there is a process to build the RPM
and test it.
IMHO...
Ryan Ware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
02/18/2004 06:47 AM
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Subject: Re: RPM question
It becomes a quick decent into dependancy hell. The easiest in my view is
to either play the rpm game and let your vendor do all the heavy lifting.
Update a package when they do, etc. The other option is compile
everything
from source and handle everything yourself.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aria Bamdad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: RPM question
>
>
> So then if you do want to install a package using RPM that would need
> another package that was installed manually, you would have to use the
> --nodeps option to force the install?
>
> For example, I had to install MySQL using the source. To do
> this, I had to
> uninstall the older RPM installed version and other apps that
> used it because
> they were dependent on it. Now, I have to re-install those
> 'other apps' that
> depend on MySQL but RPM doesn't know about the new MySQL install.
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:37:48 -0600 Ryan Ware said:
> >I don't believe you can. RPM only manages RPM's.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Aria Bamdad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:34 AM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: RPM question
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> If I install a package using the configure/make method, how
> >> do I tell RPM
> >> that the package is installed so that it will know about it?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
>
