I don't know what "traditional method" you're talking about that did dependency checking. The only tools that do that of which I'm aware are RPM and the Debian tools, dpkg, apt-get, etc. Certainly nothing in Slackware does that.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ranga Nathan Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SuSE 8 - package installation or build from targz? Figured that much. However the traditional method also checks for dependencies, in all the cases I have come across. RPMs dont always seem to work. In some cases the RPMs are either ahead (as I found while installing xntp) or behind (the case with Redhat). Think I need to do some serious reading on RPM methdology. __________________________________________ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California Tel: 714-442-7591 Fax: 714-442-2840 "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/11/2004 05:38 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: SuSE 8 - package installation or build from targz? RPM is the tool used for system maintenance on many Linux distributions. Use it. Those dependencies are there for a reason. Not always good reasons, but they do exist, and you ignore them at your own peril. Mixing RPM packages with installations from source is just asking for trouble somewhere down the road. If you want to create your own packages on an RPM-based system, use RPM to create them and install them. Or just chuck the whole distribution and start with a different one. Anything in between isn't appropriate. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ranga Nathan Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 8:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SuSE 8 - package installation or build from targz? I have a general question. Has anyone encountered problems installing software from tar.gz files taking the ./configure, make, make install route? I am encountering annoying problems with rpms due to dependencies. I am not comfortable with it and I am not sure what it is doing under the covers. But I do realize that there may be some patches that I may miss out by going the traditional route. __________________________________________ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California Tel: 714-442-7591 Fax: 714-442-2840 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
