Re: [newbie] Will RedHat RPM's work with Mandrake?

2000-12-13 Thread Michael
Apparently, they are not installed because I did waht you suggested and it just kept returning to the prompt. I did a file find for postgre* and php* and nothing came up as well. Anyway, I went to the Postgres and PHP websites and downloaded a Mandrake i586.rpm for postgres and a tar.gz for PHP.

Re: [newbie] Will RedHat RPM's work with Mandrake?

2000-12-12 Thread Adrian Smith
hi Michael; i'm still learning linux, but from what i understand Mandrake is based on the Red Hat system and that most red hat rpms will work for mandrake. however, it has also been said on this list that it is best to use mandrake rpms when you can. so i would suggest look for the mandrake

[newbie] Will RedHat RPM's work with Mandrake?

2000-12-12 Thread Michael
I'm starting to learn PHP3 and Postgres and the book I just got has a CD in it that says it has everything I need to install PHP and postgres under RedHat Linux. Since I am using Mandrake 7.1, I was wondering if this will work? The Mandrake website says I can use RedHat RPM's, but I just wanted