On Tuesday, 21 February 2006 14:41, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> Duncan Anderson wrote:
> > I think that what I am most likely to do is get the source and compile
> > it. That is what I have always done for packages that are not available
> > in installable Mandr* RPMs. I was just wondering whether any time could
> > be saved by installing the DEBs, but the consensus seems to be that this
> > is not a good idea.
> >
> > Thanks for the input, anyway.
> >
> > cheers
> > Duncan.
>
> I'm not about to try this but asking out of curiosity. What packages
> does mandriva lack? I use mandriva 2005 as main distro so just curious.
> Thanks
A good question, Rosemary. Between Mandriva Main, Contrib and PLF
repositories, there is very little that is not available. I suppose the
latest version of the kernel sources would be an example. At one time the
version of xv that had PNG support built-in wasn't in the Contrib or PLF
repositories, so I had to compile it.
LOL! Given time I'm sure I could come up with a few more examples.
cheers
Duncan
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