Re: install methods

2006-04-14 Thread Meanor, Tim
to only install files that don't go in /usr. -Tim -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:48 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: install methods On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Kielek, Samuel wrote

Re: install methods

2006-04-14 Thread Neale Ferguson
Mono.posix is supposed to be part of mono-core so I'm not sure why you're seeing what you are seeing. Try using the --nodeps option on the rpm -Uhv and see if xsp will come up okay. (I prefer to use mod_mono with Apache rather than using the xsp standalone.) If it works then that may just

Re: install methods

2006-04-14 Thread Tim Hare
AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: install methods Mono.posix is supposed to be part of mono-core so I'm not sure why you're seeing what you are seeing. Try using the --nodeps option on the rpm -Uhv and see if xsp

Re: install methods

2006-04-14 Thread Rick Troth
Did you ever try the --excludepath OLDPATH option, which means Don't install any files whose name begins with OLDPATH? I wonder if you could use that option when you installed the software on the other guests who have /usr r/o, e.g. RPM --excludepath /usr rpm file. Maybe that would tell

Re: install methods - best practices?

2006-04-13 Thread Tim Hare
05:23 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: install methods I tried installing without GTK but there are still dependency problems with the version I was getting via Red Carpet (1.1.14 I recall) - for glib2, gmodule

Re: install methods - best practices?

2006-04-13 Thread Post, Mark K
as he wants. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:11 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: install methods - best practices? You don't even need to download RPMs to install them. You

Re: install methods - best practices?

2006-04-13 Thread Neale Ferguson
You don't even need to download RPMs to install them. You can use rpm -Uhv http://... or other URL. If you do want to put them somewhere then /usr/src/packages/RPMS/s390x is probably as good as place as any, but as soon as they are installed you can delete them. The install process extracts the

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Post, Mark K
:[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

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Tim Hare
PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc 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

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Neale Ferguson
What does rpm -qa | grep mono report? As far as dependency checking if all the RPMs were there the rpm usually orders the install so that the dependencies are met. Which ones did it complain about? -Original Message- Well, it's a cart-before-the-horse kind of thing: I have to install

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Tim Hare
/2006 04:02 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: install methods What does rpm -qa | grep mono report? As far as dependency checking if all the RPMs were there the rpm usually orders the install so that the dependencies

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Rick Troth
the subject line says install methods I figure I should mention this, even though it strays outside of the supported realm which most of us need. Most of us are likely to need to go there if we do virtual. -- R; -- For LINUX-390

Re: install methods - best practices?

2006-04-13 Thread Rick Troth
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Tim Hare wrote: While I'm on the topic - is there a redbook or other document that discusses best practices for managing software installation on a Linux system? If I download the Mono RPMs is there a directory that RPMs are expected to be in? ... What Neale said,

Re: install methods - best practices?

2006-04-13 Thread John Summerfied
Tim Hare wrote: While I'm on the topic - is there a redbook or other document that discusses best practices for managing software installation on a Linux system? If I download the Mono RPMs is there a directory that RPMs are expected to be in? Is there one that's commonly used by Linux admins?

Re: install methods - best practices?

2006-04-13 Thread Kielek, Samuel
, 2006 7:45 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: install methods - best practices? Tim Hare wrote: While I'm on the topic - is there a redbook or other document that discusses best practices for managing software installation on a Linux system? If I download the Mono RPMs

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Kielek, Samuel
] 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

Re: install methods

2006-04-13 Thread Rick Troth
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Kielek, Samuel wrote: If a file is already in place, and is the right file (because it was previously installed onto a shared disk or filesystem) older RPM would choke. I'm not sure I understand this one. You mean if you have multiple servers sharing a filesystem

Re: install methods

2006-04-12 Thread Tim Hare
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

Re: install methods

2006-04-12 Thread Little, Chris
: 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

Re: install methods

2006-04-12 Thread Neale Ferguson
rug will be the best way of doing things, just that I never ported GTK# to s390. Did you try the install without it? (Under the covers Yast2/rug are just using the rpm command set. Rug just simplifies things like dependency checking.) -Original Message- Wow - we haven't learned much from

Re: install methods

2006-04-12 Thread Tim Hare
@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: install methods rug will be the best way of doing things, just that I never ported GTK# to s390. Did you try the install without it? (Under the covers Yast2/rug are just using the rpm command set. Rug just simplifies things like dependency