I guess I was looking for a Internet source for RPMs that were most likely to
work with Mandrake 8.1...
On Saturday 22 September 2001 21:48, you wrote:
> It is my experience with my Mandrake system (8.1.3-Raktel beta) that a good
> number of RPMs that I've downloaded and installed have gone in without any
> major problems. Occasionally I find out I need a library or something and I
> usually head to RPMfind.net to grab those. Building tar.gz's really isn't
> that difficult and sometime easier to get working than an RPM. The only
> problem I've had with the Mandrake system lately has been rebuilding source
> (*.src.rpm) RPMs. Of course that is usually the best way to go because it's
> generally not looking for a certain kernel source or anything. Hope the
> info helps.
>
> Later.
>
> Mr. O
>
> > Now it seems to me that there must be someplace on the Internet where I
> > could find RPMs that will install on a Mandrake system with little
> > problem. Is this true or is the only way to get software that installs on
> > a Mandrake 8.0 system is to buy a boxed set from Mandrake?
>
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