> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Tim Holmes > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Linux Newbie > Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing Programs > > > A RPM that was created for i386 will work just fine for ix86. I > wouldn't even worry about it. It will do the trick and work > just fine. > I highly doubt you'd even notice the difference. ------Insert------- Since the orig post noted finding RPMs for RH 6.0 and 7.0 it is important to note that the RPMs for RH 6.0 are rpm 3 based whereas those for 7.0 are 4 based. What this translate to is that if you are running Mandrake 7.2 or earlier you need to use the 6.0 built rpms. I you are running 8.0 you can use either, though the 7.0s will be the most recent. Charles (-: ------------------------------------ > > But if you're hell bent on installing and configuring more up to date > software then you can go the tarball route. > > As Paul mentioned in his post, you can go that route, but read the > README and INSTALL file that come with about 98% of tarballz. > They will > tell you if you can run a make dep, or a make clean, or if you should > even do that. And in some cases there isn't even a configure that you > can use, you just need to make and make install. So check > out the docs > that come with the software. > > But Paul is right, for the most part, those are the steps > you'd use for > installing software from source. > > ./configure > make > make install > > You can add make dep, or make depend after the make line, then add a > make clean after the make depend, or after the make. > > Personally I like installing software from source, but that's just me. > RPMs are more uniform with where they put software, and that can be a > good thing, then again you can do a ./configure --installdir=/usr/bin > and it will do that, but after a while you forget to put that > in there. > tdh > > -- > T. Holmes > ----------------- > UNIXTECHS.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------- > "Real Men Use Vi!" > > Uptime: > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12:03pm up 11 days, 22:57, 7 users, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Hello, > | > | I occaisionally download programs from the net for my box, > however, some time the rpms are in rh6.0 or rh7.0 format. > | and that would mean they are optimised for the 386(?) cpu. > | > | which means my only alternative for a good install for the > pentium class would be any tarball format. > | and tho i have had my linux box for a while, i m still a > newbie and need help doing "make, install" whatever so i > downloaded this command line tool called alien that wil > supposedly do the job automatically. > | > | however, i want something like rpmdrake... with a gui... > and admitedly i m a recovering windows user. > | > | i have been to www.kde.org and found kinstall (and yes its > in .tar format) but am not sure about it as the reviews on it > dont give it a 5 out of 5. > | > | SO I was wondering if there was anything better than KInstall? > | > | thanks > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > T. Holmes > ----------------- > UNIXTECHS.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------- > "Real Men Use Vi!" > > Uptime: > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12:03pm up 11 days, 22:57, 7 users, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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