Well I don't think installing software from sources other than an RPM is all that bad, as long as you're not installing over top of RPM owned files. Install your own stuff into /opt or /usr/local and you'll be fine.
-Sam -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:51 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: install methods On a SUSE or Red Hat system, RPM is the only way software should be installed. As you mention, there have been "things" wrapped around it to make software installation easier. YaST is SUSE's method. Red Carpet is a Novell product. Red Hat's is up2date. Both call RPM for you, after all dependencies have been satisfied. I strongly suggest you get a least a little familiarity with the rpm command, as there will be times when you want to install software that doesn't come directly from SUSE or Red Hat. If there are any packages you can only get in source form, you'll also want to learn how to build your own RPM packages from that. Installing software on an RPM-based system without using RPM is not a good idea at all. A lot of people do it, but if their luck runs out, then big problems can result. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:39 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: install methods Wow - we haven't learned much from our mainframe (well, z/OS) experiences, I guess - where you mostly use SMP/E but some vendors try to put stuff around it to make it easier, some use a different install method, etc. This is the third method I will have used (other than the initial install) and I haven't really installed much.. Yast, Red Carpet, now RPM? Much as in z/OS, I'd love for all to adhere to one standard for packages to be installed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
