On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, "Blake B." wrote:
On Apr 19, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Chris Carey wrote:
I realize that I can run whatever I want if I choose to manually
install it. Since CentOS has a package management system, isn't it
preferable to go with a package that is actually in the repository? It
would seem this would be easier to maintain.
Unfortunately with CentOS (and most RedHat variants) your options are quite
limited in the base distribution. http://rpm.pbone.net is your friend
though. I often automatically add the DAG yum/apt repository to my default
builds of CentOS.
You're definitely going to need more than the base packages to get a
usable system. Consider third-party repositories as the equivalent of
Debian's default repositories--basically an integral part of a functioning
system.
I'd recommend atrpms and dag. Between the two of those (or probably even
just one of them) you'll get all the packages you need.
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#B4
http://atrpms.net/install.html
~ Ross
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