Hi
I agree with you but..
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Binand Raj S. wrote:
> pankaj khandar forced the electrons to say:
> > --- hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > please let me know what is known as rpm -rpm etc
> > RPM Stands for RedHat Packet Manager
>
> No! RedHat Package Manager.
>
> > When you want to install some New Software on your
> > System, you need the *.rpm file of that software.
<snip>
>
>
> But RPM has its share of disadvantages also. Like,
>
> 1. You have to be satisfied with what the distributor packaged for you. You
> cannot enable/disable certain features. (For example, mutt RPMs are usually
> distributed with PGP disabled and POP3 enabled. My requirement is
> exactly the reverse - with PGP and without POP3).
That is because .rpm files contains compressed compiled application.
Nothing to do with .rpm. Anything precompiled shares the same fate,,
> 2. RPM cannot find packages that are not installed via RPM. A package that you
> installed from the sources can occassionally break RPM's functioning.
Definitely this is a disadvantage..
> 3. Not all linux distributions support RPM.
Poor me ;-( Can I install .debs? Atleast where can I get .rpm for dpkg?
>
> Binand
>
Bye
Shridhar
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