> I occaisionally download programs from the net for my box, however, some ti> me the rpms are in rh6.0 or rh7.0 format. > and that would mean they are optimised for the 386(?) cpu. Correct. An .i386.rpm is optimised for 80386. > which means my only alternative for a good install for the pentium class wo> uld be any tarball format. Or locate the rpm at http://www.rpmfind.net and select an i586.rpm file if it is available. he> lp doing "make, install" whatever so i downloaded this command line tool ca> lled alien that wil supposedly do the job automatically. Normally this is not so difficult. the sequence of commands I use is: /configure make su make install exit > however, i want something like rpmdrake... with a gui... and admitedly i m > a recovering windows user. This will only go a limited stretch, I think. RpmDrake can assist you in doing a lot, because it knows the installed base of files, and has access to a repository of what still can be installed. In what you want, the program should know of all there is to be installed, where to get it and be able to go out and fetch it too. Sounds too good to be true, almost! :-) > i have been to www.kde.org and found kinstall (and yes its in .tar format) > but am not sure about it as the reviews on it dont give it a 5 out of 5. Never looked at it/tried it... > SO I was wondering if there was anything better than KInstall? If you run into it, please share the list :) Paul
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