On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 16:21 -0800, Asif Lodhi wrote: > Hi Roderick, > > On 10/30/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 15:47 -0800, Asif Lodhi wrote: > > > Hi Roderick, > > > > > > On 10/30/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 18:12 -0700, Asif Lodhi wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > X.......................................................................................................... > > > I also later noticed the Fedora-specific RPM link. Too bad! It was > > > after I downloaded the whole RPM bundle via a dial-up connection! Had > > > I known it before I would have downloaded the Fedora-specific RPMs > > > from their site. Is there anything in particular you would like to > > > advise me in this respect - I mean Fedora-specific customized RPM > > > installation? > > > > I found it crippled wrt java so have replaced it with the original. I > > also found that the FC4 updates will cripple my installation so I have > > to remove them from up2date lists. > > Thanks for the update. BTW, I have FC3 and I am gonna install > Ubuntu-5.10. I would be thankful if you could advise me on that as > well in the same context. > > I repost my earlier query here: > > According to the setup guide you can use a prefix something to install > in $HOME but still need to su to root as some files have to be > installed in _default_ locations. Is there any way I can install > _all_ the RPM files under a directory tree in $HOME - including those > that need to be installed in the default locations? >
I recall there are shell scripts that may help. The URL is in the setup guide and, no, I do not recall it. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
