spms are the srpms in redhat as it is on suse. to install it just invoke rpm -ivh
package.spm....example: rpm -ivh mysql.spm... after
doing so you can go to /usr/src/packages/SPECS and you'll see the spec file of the
mysql in their..check out also the /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ and you will see the
mysql-version-tar.gz source files of mysql.....the spec file contains the build
routines of your package depending on how you want it compiled ....something like the
stuff that you define using the ./configure script from a software dloaded from
source. only that this time it is via a convenient package manager like rpm. but
still, you can opt to build directly from tar.gz and dispense of the rpm spec file
whichever youre most comfortable with....
hth,
Logan
>How do you install mysql from spm soure rpms?
>
>In this order right ?
>1) apache.spm
>2) mod_php.spm
>3) mod_ssl.spm
>4) mysql.spm
>
>Is it rpm -i apache.spm ?
>Then go to /usr/src/packages/SPECS ? right?
>
>Then what ?
>I'm using SuSE 7.1 Linux.
>
>Thanks in advance to the community.
>
>Would anyone have a copy of Mandrake 8 that I could
>borrow and burn?
>
>Again, thank you.
>
>
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