> If you're "just clicking on the RPM in Konqueror and installing from > there" > you must be running as root; which is probably not the brightest thing to > be > doing. Or are you getting the "root permissions needed, password > required" > dialogue?
I'm not running as Root. You will actually get a prompt to enter in the root password and then go on from there. I don't have a contrib source listed. I'll follow the other directions and see what happens. Thanks for the help. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Quoting Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > quoting Troy Davidson; Thursday 03 July 2003 08:44 am: > > I am trying to install checkinstall from RPMs. I go to install the > > checkinstall RPM and it says it needs the libcheckinstall RPM. So, I > try > > to install the libcheckinstall RPM and it says it needs the > checkinstall > > RPM to install. > > > > How can I tell an RPM where to find another RPM needed for > dependencies? I > > am just clicking on the RPM in Konqueror and installing from there. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > Troy Davidson > > Linux User #311107 > > > > ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** > > Hi Troy; > > If you're "just clicking on the RPM in Konqueror and installing from > there" > you must be running as root; which is probably not the brightest thing to > be > doing. Or are you getting the "root permissions needed, password > required" > dialogue? > > Have you added a "contrib" software source to your software manager yet? > > That's where those files come from I do believe. If you don't have > contrib > listed yet just use the; > > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon > > easy urpmi page to pick one. Then use; > > urpmi checkinstall > > command in an Xterm as super user to install it. The dependencies will be > > taken care of by urpmi that way. You can use the software manager in the > > Mandrake Control Centre to install it if you like using the GUI. Once you > > have taught the software manager utilities about contrib, P.L.F., > Texstar, > whatever "goodies" repositories you add with the scripts generated by the > > easy urpmi page. > > I do believe it's a hell of a lot easier than chasing dependencies > manually. > Unless of course you're on a "quest for knowledge" type mission. You'll > also > get the proper versions of the apps you want for the version of Mandrake > > you're running, and won't be trying to install incorrect or 'cooker' RPM > > versions that would tend to break other things. > > If you do want to "play cooker" wait a bit, a beta of 9.2 should be > available > shortly. Then we can all try to break it. <g> > > Good luck. :-) > > Regards; > Charlie > -- > Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org > Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) > 10:51:59 up 15 days, 16:08, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.15, 0.10 > "A radioactive cat has eighteen half-lives." > > >
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