If you want to install a package that comes from a different distribution that
the one you use, you should check the files it will install with :
rpm -qpl package.rpm
and verify that it will not install files in a place that will mess up your
configuration.
Lance & Carrie Borden wrote :
> Hey Y'all,
>
> Does it make any difference "what kind" of rpm I see/install? What's the
> difference between an i386.rpm and a noarch.rpm? There is sometimes the option
> to download i386.rpm, i586.rpm or noarch.rpm, and sometimes there are even rpms
> with the same name from different companies (mandrake, suse, red hat, etc.) --
> does it make any difference in the world which one I download and install? I
> assume i386 means you need at least a 386 machine, and 586 at least pentium, but
> noarch?
>
> Lance
