Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-05 Thread Andrew Archibald
On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 15:31, frankieh wrote: I have next to no knowledge of making rpms, but if nobody with more experiance pops up their heads and volenteers.. I will give it a shot and make it publically available.. Interestingly a story about the latest version of XPde has cropped up on

Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-05 Thread yankl
On Monday 05 April 2004 05:46, Andrew Archibald wrote: On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 15:31, frankieh wrote: I have next to no knowledge of making rpms, but if nobody with more experiance pops up their heads and volenteers.. I will give it a shot and make it publically available..

Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-04 Thread Andrew Archibald
On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 17:36, The Other wrote: Does 'checkinstall' make actual RPMs? Yes, it does indeed. because I was under the impression 'checkinstall' will make an RPM entry into Mandrake's Software Manager section so everything can be removed from the Uninstall Packages menus. (I'm

[newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-03 Thread franki
As the question in the subject states, I'm looking for mandrake rpms for XPde.. I am always on the lookout for things that will make linux seem less threatning for windows users.. To that end I recently discovered XPde http://xpde.com/ which is designed to look like Windows XP, but has ended

Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-03 Thread Lanman
franki wrote: As the question in the subject states, I'm looking for mandrake rpms for XPde.. I am always on the lookout for things that will make linux seem less threatning for windows users.. To that end I recently discovered XPde http://xpde.com/ which is designed to look like Windows XP,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-03 Thread frankieh
Lanman wrote: franki wrote: As the question in the subject states, I'm looking for mandrake rpms for XPde.. I am always on the lookout for things that will make linux seem less threatning for windows users.. To that end I recently discovered XPde http://xpde.com/ which is designed to look

Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-03 Thread Lanman
frankieh wrote: However I have to say I would feel alot better if someone that actually understands rpm's did it. Yeah, I would too. I've never had the time or patience to learn. With my luck it would turn into a Dos Batch file! Lanman

Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPM for XPde?

2004-04-03 Thread The Other
On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 09:46:42 -0500, Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frankieh wrote: However I have to say I would feel alot better if someone that actually understands rpm's did it. Yeah, I would too. I've never had the time or patience to learn. With my luck it would turn into a Dos Batch