On Monday 06 Oct 2003 1:06 am, Angus Auld wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70? > > > On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 4:06 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > > I'm running Mandrake 9.1 with Gaim 0.68. I want to update to 0.70 but > > > don't see this as an option currently in the Cooker mirrors I use. > > > Installing the Mandrake 9.1 RPM from the Sourceforge site fails on some > > > needed libraries. > > > > > > Is there a quick & easy way to upgrade to 0.70 while maintaining my > > > current settings? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > >Derek wrote: > >>snip>> > > > > Now for Gaim-0.70 > > There are packages on Texstars download repository > > Go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php > > and declare a urpmi source for Texstar and you will then be able to see > > hos packahes in your Mandrake Software Manager GUI. > > > > If you have nort done so then declare sources for updates, plf, and > > contrib too. > > > > derek > >*********************************************** > > I installed the gaim 0.70 rpm for 9.1 from sourceforge, and I can't recall > any dependency probs. Could you install the required missing libraries to > satisfy the dependency? > > Gaim 0.70 is nice. :-) > > --Angus > > PS. Derek, are there no conflict issues with having plf and texstar as > sources for urpmi? There is a vague warning about conflicts on the Easy > Urpmi page here: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php > I have refrained from adding texstar because of concerns of this. If there > are no issues then I will add tex promptly. > > "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around > in awareness." -- James Thurber
I was not trying to say you *will* get a dependency problem if you install packages from source forge. Just that you run a *risk* of a dependency problem. If you install only packages compiled with the same libraries as on the distro, then you can be fairly confident they will work OK. When you install packages built for a different release or distro, then you can end up with conflicting dependencies. Nowdays I only use Mandrake specific RPMs or else compile from source (and use checkinstall to create an RPM for me) As for plf and Texstar. Texstar has some packages which are duplicates of ones in plf. I am not aware of any actual incompatibility. They are both built using standard Mandrake libraries. There has been the odd occasion where plf and Texstar have given the same package different names which causes a little confusion (e.g. the lame mp3 encoder ), but I think now they co-operate better. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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