Is there any advantage to using RPMs to install applications other than
the presumed ease of installation? Is there any difference in the
installed product and how well it integrates into Mandrake?
Whenever I see RPMs offered they invariably specify that they are for
Red Hat specifically and
On Friday 06 Sep 2002 3:11 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote:
Is there any advantage to using RPMs to install applications other than
the presumed ease of installation? Is there any difference in the
installed product and how well it integrates into Mandrake?
Whenever I see RPMs offered they
Generally, use the Mandrake or Mandrake Cooker RPM if there is one (and
rpmfind.net archives them), but then move on to other Red Hat based
distros, such as, well, Red Hat.
Still, there are no real advantages (other than ease of use) to RPM. (To
me, having the libraries referenced, etc., is part
