On 27 Mar, Benjamin A. Rosenberg wrote:
>
> I have a question about RPM's. Why are they so much better then source?
> I have used source for the last 5 years. When I try to use RPM's it's
> usually a sticky situation.
>
> Thanks for any input. :)
Just my extremely subjective opinion and I use both. I like rpms for
some things like I downloaded rpms for the latest gnome stuff because I
wanted to see gnome running but then I decided I wanted to compile
things so I found that some of the program's configure scripts had
problems so I installed gtk/glib. I tend to use an rpm for something
quick that is packaged on the suse 6 cd's. As an example, after doing
the gnome thing, gimp would not run because of failed dependencies for
gtk. The gnome list informed me that you can actually have two
versions of gtk installed hence the gtkn and glibn on the gnome site.
I then installed the gtk and glib rpms from the suse cd. I still could
not manually configure gimp 1.0.2 due to some issues with gtk or gtkn
or gtk devel. When I decided I wanted the gimp, I did a yast install
and all it wanted was aalib which I selected for auto.
So my answer is that I use the best of both worlds. I think rpm's work
for me but I like the control of configuring. I like configuring also
but if I want something that seems rather complex and someone has built
an rpm spec for it, I tend to grab it. I am a wimp I guess; but I
still like the easy way that rpm offers. I have been stung a few times
like with the craziness surrounding the gtk upgrade path with rpms. I
also have installed my own self-rolled libs and had rpm installs fail
but configures, make, and make installs work for the same program.
I gave some thought to compiling kde 1.1 until I saw the rpms for 1.1 on
suse's update site. Too much of a temptation for me :)
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Michael Perry
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