Penedo wrote: > On 28/12/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Voytek Eymont wrote: >> > if I decide to do a source install for some of the applications, am I >> > likely to cause myself grief later on....? >> >> It's possible that the source installs will need later version libraries >> than those that are part of the RPM based install; this will probably >> cause grief. > > Haven't tried this myself (being a Debian person) but how feasible would > it be for Voytek to try to create RPM's for the versions he's interested > in?
I suggest that Voytek take a look at CheckInstall: http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ It facilitates the quick and dirty creation of RPM/Debian/Slackware packages. -- "This is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism ... when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other" - Benjamin Franklin in a speech to delegates to the US Constitutional Convention prior to the final vote.
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