On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 07:23:49PM +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > you do, but sorry ive had not very good experience regarding dependency > checks in mandrake 8.0 -- when i wanted to install some application i > really needed to use (which came with the distro CD's), the packages > needed some package, which in turn needed some package, which... you get > my drift?
I understand the pain you're going through. I had exactly the same sentiment until I discovered the tool called urpm. It can handle the dependencies needed to satisfy the package/s you want to install. Installing rpm in mandrake is as easy as "urpmi foo". Unstalling rpm is as easy as "urpme foo". > had), i just get either the binary packages available online, or my > preferred method would be to get the source, and READ the DOCS to see > what i need to do to get the app running. Did you know that this is exactly how rpm is made? The packager gets the source, unpacks it, reads the DOCS, look for PREREQUISITES, create the specfile, and build the rpm. I know because I've been building and peeking over existing specfile for more than a year now. :-) -- $_=q:; # SHERWIN # 70;72;69;6e;74;20; 27;4a;75;73;74;20; 61;6e;6f;74;68;65; 72;20;50;65;72;6c; 20;6e;6f;76;69;63; 65;27;:;;s=~?(..); ?=pack q$C$,hex$1; ;;;=egg;;;;eval;;; _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
