Michael J. Yanowitz wrote:
> Before I proceed and install a non-rpm, standard tar
> package. I would like to know if it is safe and that I
> won't corrupt or degrade the RPM database.
> What I am concerned about primarily, is if this tar
> package contains a file of the same name as that in one
> of the rpm packages.
I've installed lotsa things and haven't had problems that a simple
deletion couldn't cure (except one and that was after I'd had Linux
running for 2 days after a first-time install). So far, anyway.
> Also, what if I later install an rpm package containing
> a file that I installed some other way?
The RPM database doesn't know about anything that isn't installed via
rpm.
> Another thing that I am concerned about is installing
> rpm packages that are non-Redhat, such as Pacific High
> Tech's or Caldera's Open Linux which use a different
> version-numbering scheme than you, such that a more
> recent software release version is given an earlier
> rpm version number.
No idea. Haven't tried it. But, I _have_ installed a few rpms as
upgrades that U later had to completely remove just to get rid of the
glitches and then reinstall the older version. If you get one of the
above named packages and then choose to change it to Redhat, you could
always uninstall the previous verion before installing the Redhat.
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