Re: where and/or when I could find Mozilla 1.4.1 / 1.5.0 RPM's

2003-10-16 Thread David C. Hart
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 11:26, Randall J. Parr wrote: > Any idea where and/or when I could find Mozilla 1.4.1 RPM's and/or > Mozilla 1.5.0 RPM's > for Red Hat 8? Red Hat 9? > They are available on the RH FTP in the Rawhide area. However, the Mozilla source has an installati

Re: where and/or when I could find Mozilla 1.4.1 / 1.5.0 RPM's

2003-10-16 Thread Edward Croft
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 11:26, Randall J. Parr wrote: > Any idea where and/or when I could find Mozilla 1.4.1 RPM's and/or > Mozilla 1.5.0 RPM's > for Red Hat 8? Red Hat 9? > > Thanks > R.Parr, RHCE > Temporal Arts You might try mozilla.org for the latest.

where and/or when I could find Mozilla 1.4.1 / 1.5.0 RPM's

2003-10-16 Thread Randall J. Parr
Any idea where and/or when I could find Mozilla 1.4.1 RPM's and/or Mozilla 1.5.0 RPM's for Red Hat 8? Red Hat 9? Thanks R.Parr, RHCE Temporal Arts -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Findig RPM's?

2003-09-24 Thread Vincent_Valdez
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:54 PM > To: RedHat-List > Subject: Findig RPM's? > > > Hi all, > > Quick one: How can I find the x11 headers? -- I need to install >

Re: Findig RPM's?

2003-09-23 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 September 2003 02:54 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick one: How can I find the x11 headers? -- I need to install > x11-devel and have cd's but know that there must be an easy way of > finding what I want with up2date or rpm

Re: Findig RPM's?

2003-09-23 Thread nick
* and then Ed Wilts declared > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:54:03PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Quick one: How can I find the x11 headers? -- I need to install > > x11-devel and have cd's but know that there must be an easy way of > > finding what I want with up2date or rpm? > > #

Re: Findig RPM's?

2003-09-23 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:54:03PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quick one: How can I find the x11 headers? -- I need to install > x11-devel and have cd's but know that there must be an easy way of > finding what I want with up2date or rpm? # up2date --showall > up2date.showall I run this

Re: Findig RPM's?

2003-09-23 Thread Nurullah Akkaya
use redhat-config-packages to install x11 development packages of you can use apt to install them you can downaload apt from www.freshrpms.net -- Nurullah Akkaya [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #301438 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies

Findig RPM's?

2003-09-23 Thread nick
Hi all, Quick one: How can I find the x11 headers? -- I need to install x11-devel and have cd's but know that there must be an easy way of finding what I want with up2date or rpm? Many thanks... -- Nick W -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.co

Problems building cyrus-sasl RPM's

2003-08-21 Thread Jason Williams
Evening everyone. Well, I was trying to build some RPMS from a cyrus-sasl source rpm available here: http://tis.foobar.fi/software/?sasl Everyone was going fine, until I hit a snag on the build. Here is the error: digestmd5.c:64:19: des.h: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [digestmd5.lo]

Re: Dependancies and RPM's

2003-07-14 Thread Logan Linux
Lorenzo, you are a god-send! Why didnt someone point this program out before??!?!? I'm giving it a go now..thanks again! Logan From: Lorenzo Prince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dependancies and RPM's Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11

Re: Dependancies and RPM's

2003-07-14 Thread Ian Mortimer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] upload]# rpm -Uvh gd-2.0.12-2.i386.rpm > warning: gd-2.0.12-2.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 897da07a > error: Failed dependencies: > libgd.so.1.8 is needed by (installed) php-4.2.2-17.2 > libgd.so.1.8 is needed by (installed) webalizer-2.01_10-11 >

Re: Dependancies and RPM's

2003-07-14 Thread Lorenzo Prince
Anton Piatek staggered into view and mumbled: > www.freshrpms.net has a copy of apt, and loads of build rpms for it as well. Thanks for that one. I did a google search myself and promptly forgot the address. 8-} Lorenzo Prince -- I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody. It doesn't generate re

Re: Dependancies and RPM's

2003-07-14 Thread Anton Piatek
www.freshrpms.net has a copy of apt, and loads of build rpms for it as well. Anton On Monday 14 Jul 2003 4:25 pm, Lorenzo Prince wrote: > Try installing the apt-get package. You may have to do a google search for > it, but once you get it you'll wonder how you ever got by without it. Once > ap

Re: Dependancies and RPM's

2003-07-14 Thread Lorenzo Prince
Try installing the apt-get package. You may have to do a google search for it, but once you get it you'll wonder how you ever got by without it. Once apt-get is installed, all you have to do is type apt-get install gd and it will automatically download the RPM and install it. It will also au

Dependancies and RPM's

2003-07-13 Thread Logan Linux
Hi all, I am trying to get (what I thought was) a simple package installed to enable me to produce some graphs in PHP. Aparently the GD library will enable this but it requires a few things to be installed. I thought it was the font libraries but I have these already. Im not using a GUI in Redh

Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
> On my system at liest, redhat rpms are compiled basically (default > settings) with -march i386 -mcpu i686. Though I am not very educated > about asm instructions, I wouldn't bleive they would run on a pentium > (i586) machine. They should run on an i586. -march is the instruction set, so if it

Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Molnar Peter
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 01:11, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > On Monday 07 July 2003 18:00, SAWYER Charlotte M wrote in an attempt to > be witty and informative: > > I know in some cases I've seen 686 rpms though.. > > > I've seen them too, and they won't install unless you have a i686 based > pro

Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > Okay, this is probably a silly question, but: > > I've got a Pentium III Coppermine (Celeron?) 866 MHz processor. Now, I > typically install from RPM's, because it's so easy. But I was just > thinking that many of thes

Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
On Monday 07 July 2003 18:00, SAWYER Charlotte M wrote in an attempt to be witty and informative: > I know in some cases I've seen 686 rpms though.. I've seen them too, and they won't install unless you have a i686 based processor -- Wielder of the mighty +1 LARTsaber of Unsubscribe Instru

Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
> I've got a Pentium III Coppermine (Celeron?) 866 MHz processor. Now, I > typically install from RPM's, because it's so easy. But I was just > thinking that many of these RPM's have i386 or noarch in their names. > Does this mean that they're running slower

RE: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread SAWYER Charlotte M
I know in some cases I've seen 686 rpms though.. -Original Message- From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors? On Monday 07 July 2003 17:22, Benjami

Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
On Monday 07 July 2003 17:22, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote in an attempt to be witty and informative: > Okay, this is probably a silly question, but: > > I've got a Pentium III Coppermine (Celeron?) 866 MHz processor. Now, > I typically install from RPM's, because it'

Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?

2003-07-07 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
Okay, this is probably a silly question, but: I've got a Pentium III Coppermine (Celeron?) 866 MHz processor. Now, I typically install from RPM's, because it's so easy. But I was just thinking that many of these RPM's have i386 or noarch in their names. Does this mean

Re: rpm's stop working after xine

2003-06-17 Thread Dave Altonaga
Alrighty, There it is.. Thanks! :-) --- Bill Tangren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Altonaga wrote: > > --- Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >>Dave Altonaga wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Greets, > >>> > >>>I noticed this when I've tried to install xine. > >> > >>Most > >> > >>

Re: rpm's stop working after xine

2003-06-17 Thread Bill Tangren
Dave Altonaga wrote: --- Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave Altonaga wrote: Greets, I noticed this when I've tried to install xine. Most of the rpms would install ( at least I think they did) but after trying to install xine ui it stated that I needed other libs inorder to install

Re: rpm's stop working after xine

2003-06-16 Thread Dave Altonaga
--- Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Altonaga wrote: > > > Greets, > > > > I noticed this when I've tried to install xine. > Most > > of the rpms would install ( at least I think they > did) > > but after trying to install xine ui it stated that > I > > needed other libs inorder

Re: rpm's stop working after xine

2003-06-16 Thread Edward Dekkers
Dave Altonaga wrote: Greets, I noticed this when I've tried to install xine. Most of the rpms would install ( at least I think they did) but after trying to install xine ui it stated that I needed other libs inorder to install. These lib I already installed prior to this. then after all that no r

rpm's stop working after xine

2003-06-16 Thread Dave Altonaga
Greets, I noticed this when I've tried to install xine. Most of the rpms would install ( at least I think they did) but after trying to install xine ui it stated that I needed other libs inorder to install. These lib I already installed prior to this. then after all that no rpms will work. They ma

Re: rhas2.1 and build rpm's

2003-06-02 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
Hi, On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, funtom wrote: > How i can build form a kernel.source.rpm (update) i686 Binary rpm's on rhas 2.1 ? > With "rpm -ba kernel-2.4.9.spec" i have only i386 rpm's. There are two ways: 1. (shorter one) rpmbuild --rebuild --target i686 /path/to/src/rp

rhas2.1 and build rpm's

2003-06-02 Thread funtom
Hello, How i can build form a kernel.source.rpm (update) i686 Binary rpm's on rhas 2.1 ? With "rpm -ba kernel-2.4.9.spec" i have only i386 rpm's. I can't found a Document or a Howto about redhat source Rpm's. regards, thomas -- redhat-list mailing list unsub

rhas2.1 and build rpm's

2003-06-02 Thread funtom
Hello,   How i can build form a kernel.source.rpm (update) i686 Binary rpm's on rhas 2.1 ? With "rpm -ba kernel-2.4.9.spec" i have only i386 rpm's.   regards, thomas

Re: [RH List] Re: All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-29 Thread R P Herrold
aging: http://www.owlriver.com/projects/fedora/fedora-flow.txt This is not the say that the current RPM.ORG rpm's signed by JBJ (similar to the latest -ac kernel, or an HavocP gnome goodie) and at: ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.1.x/ - and- ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-

Re: [RH List] Re: All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-28 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:40:37AM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > >My question is, why hasn't Red Hat fixed this problem yet? Jeff Johnson has released new versions of rpm 4.x but these apparently still have issues. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89290> Emmanuel

Re: All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-28 Thread Martin Mewes
Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was going to refer you to the Q & A site Aly is putting up, as this is >a FAQ, but I notice the submission I made is not on there yet. Your submission is in the queue ;-) We are now in reorganizing the team and LaTeX-Sources in order to be more flexib

Re: [RH List] Re: All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-28 Thread Edward Dekkers
Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: Edward Dekkers wrote: I was going to refer you to the Q & A site Aly is putting up, as this is a FAQ, but I notice the submission I made is not on there yet. Here's the solution: kill all instances of rpm rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* rpm --rebuilddb My question is

Re: [RH List] Re: All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-28 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Edward Dekkers wrote: I was going to refer you to the Q & A site Aly is putting up, as this is a FAQ, but I notice the submission I made is not on there yet. Here's the solution: kill all instances of rpm rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* rpm --rebuilddb My question is, why hasn't Red Hat fixed

Re: All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-28 Thread Edward Dekkers
Jonathan Michael Nowacki wrote: I'm trying to install tomcat by typing $ rpm -ivv tomcat4-4.1.24-full.2jpp.noarch.rpm I was going to refer you to the Q & A site Aly is putting up, as this is a FAQ, but I notice the submission I made is not on there yet. Here's the solution: kill all instances

All my RPM's are not working?!?!?!

2003-05-28 Thread Jonathan Michael Nowacki
I'm trying to install tomcat by typing $ rpm -ivv tomcat4-4.1.24-full.2jpp.noarch.rpm then I see D: == tomcat4-4.1.24-full.2jpp.noarch.rpm D: Expected size: 4118895 = lead(96)+sigs(241)+pad(7)+data(4118551) D: Actual size: 4118895 D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/

Re: deleting rpm's

2003-02-07 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:37:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What exactly does the header files do while sitting in the up2date > directory? > Why would you keep them? They are RPM package fragments and contains the package description and manageme

Re: deleting rpm's

2003-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rpm's on my machine. For each .rpm there is also a .hdr file. What is a hdr file and can I delete both of them from the spool? Also, is there a way to have rpm files automatically deleted from the spool once they are installed? Mark Hi Mark! I would keep the hdr (header) files perso

Re: deleting rpm's

2003-02-07 Thread Andrew Schott
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 23:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I noticed that my /var/spool/up2date is full of already installed > rpm's on my machine. For each .rpm there is also a .hdr file. What is a > hdr file and can I delete both of them from the spool? Also, is there a > way

deleting rpm's

2003-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I noticed that my /var/spool/up2date is full of already installed rpm's on my machine. For each .rpm there is also a .hdr file. What is a hdr file and can I delete both of them from the spool? Also, is there a way to have rpm files automatically deleted from the spool once they are inst

Apache 2.041or above RPM's?

2003-01-23 Thread DuSTiN KRySaK
Does anyone know if there is a RPM anywhere for Apache 2.0.41 or above? I need it for coldfusion to work on my redhat 8 system. But since I am brand to linux ,and have been reading, etc I still prefer the RPM at this point. On the redhat FTP, the newest they seem to have is 2.0.40. And if ther

Re: newbie: tv-card, scanner, find rpm's, xmms

2003-01-15 Thread T. Ribbrock
he documentation that comes with them. [...] > And: how do i find rpm's from the CD's? Are there anywhere a list of all > available rpm's saved, so that i can search for them, or do i have to search > them "by hand" Michael Fratoni has written a tool called 'w

newbie: tv-card, scanner, find rpm's, xmms

2003-01-15 Thread Mauritius Hiller
Hello, how do i install a TV-Card on an redhat 8.0? Its a Fly Video 2 with a Phillips Tuner. My next problem is a HP 5200C USB-scanner, wich i wanna run. How do i install it? Arent there any programs in Redhat for these components? i'm a bit dissatisfied! And: how do i find rpm's fro

Re: RPM's

2002-12-29 Thread Yoink!
On 29 Dec 2002, Doug wrote: > I have a quick question about rpm's.. I want to install the alsa sound > system, freshrpms.net has the rpm's for this but it only has the > 2.4.18.18 kernal rpm, and i'm running 2.4.18.19 kernel. I guess my > question is can i just issue a

RPM's

2002-12-29 Thread Doug
Hi all, I have a quick question about rpm's.. I want to install the alsa sound system, freshrpms.net has the rpm's for this but it only has the 2.4.18.18 kernal rpm, and i'm running 2.4.18.19 kernel. I guess my question is can i just issue a rpm rebuild to bring it up to date wit

Re: Removing & Installing RPM's

2002-12-21 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 December 2002 04:22 pm, Andy Kirk wrote: > Thanks for the help, but more problems are now arising :- > > rpm -qa | grep mysqlreports :- > mysql-3.23.52-3 (after many other MySQL packages were removed) > > rpm -e mysql-3.23.52-3

RE: Removing & Installing RPM's

2002-12-21 Thread Andy Kirk
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David S. Wilkinson Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Removing & Installing RPM's Step 1) Checking RPM database for installed RPMs Ok this example is taken from my RH7.

Re: Removing & Installing RPM's

2002-12-21 Thread mklinke
Michael, It's probably the problem announced on bugtraq last week, described here: http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/042002.html Several organisations have released new mysql packages to fix this but I haven't seen any mention about a Redhat fix. From the nature of the problem I bet we'd

Re: Removing & Installing RPM's

2002-12-21 Thread Arthur Mueller
Hi, here my "simple" answers: [+] installing package: rpm -ivh package-file.rpm [+] erasing/uninstall package: rpm -e package-name For more detailed information visit the cool RPM-docu at redhat: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/ch-rpm.html Regards, Arthur Mi

Re: Removing & Installing RPM's

2002-12-21 Thread David S. Wilkinson
Step 1) Checking RPM database for installed RPMs Ok this example is taken from my RH7.2 box. If you want to remove the rpms you first need to know which ones are installed. You do this with the following command: [root@intranet root]# rpm -qa |grep mysql mysql-server-3.23.41-1 mysql-devel-3.23.41

Removing & Installing RPM's

2002-12-21 Thread Andy Kirk
I am new to Linux, and have been advised to solve a MySQL problem on RH8, I need to remove the MySQL RPM that came with RH8, and load the MySQL 3.23.54 RPM from www.mysql.com. My question is, what commands do I need to run to remove the existing RPM, and then install the new RPM. Thanks for a sim

Problems compiling freetype 2.1.2 from SRC RPM's

2002-10-28 Thread Henrik Schmiediche
Hello, using Redhat 8.0 I am trying to compile freetype 2.1.2 from SRC RPM's. Here are the steps I use: rpm -ivh freetype-2.1.2-7.src.rpm cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/ rpmbuild -bb freetype.spec At the very end the following error message appears: RPM build errors: File not

Re: RPM's -- Now you see them, ...

2002-08-29 Thread Samuel Flory
Try a "rpm --rebuilddb" On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 12:41, Patrick Beart wrote: > Folks: > > OK, ... I'm going a bit crazy, here. 8P > > I'm using RH 7.2. I installed Webmin last night, from the > RPM. Using the ... > > rpm -Uhv .rpm > > ... command (as root). Eve

RPM's -- Now you see them, ...

2002-08-29 Thread Patrick Beart
Folks: OK, ... I'm going a bit crazy, here. 8P I'm using RH 7.2. I installed Webmin last night, from the RPM. Using the ... rpm -Uhv .rpm ... command (as root). Everything went well, and Webmin is installed. NOW, when I try to install Courier (mail s

RPM's -- Now you see them, ...

2002-08-29 Thread Patrick Beart
Folks: OK, ... I'm going a bit crazy, here. 8P I installed Webmin last night, from the RPM. Using the ... rpm -Uhv .rpm ... command (as root). Everything went well, and Webmin is installed. NOW, when I try to install Courier (MTA) that way, I'm getti

Re: imap rpm's needed

2002-07-17 Thread Eric Wood
;Ragnar Wiencke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 6:38 AM Subject: Re: imap rpm's needed > Hi Jay, > > >It's a huge program. Why not just use the UW imap that > comes with

Re: imap rpm's needed

2002-07-17 Thread Ragnar Wiencke
Hi Jay, >It's a huge program. Why not just use the UW imap that comes with >RedHat? called imap-2001???.rpm or something like that. That is a good question. I search for it on the CD's an on Redhats website but didn't find anything. But now I found it on the second CD of the set. Thanks, Ragna

Re: imap rpm's needed

2002-07-16 Thread Jay Daniels
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 12:33:03PM +0100, Ragnar Wiencke wrote: > Hi there guys. > > Aren't there any ready to use rpm's for the Cyrus imap > server? I got a curus-imapd-2.1.5.tar.gz file and I am > having huge problems trying to configur and compile them. At &g

imap rpm's needed

2002-07-16 Thread Ragnar Wiencke
Hi there guys. Aren't there any ready to use rpm's for the Cyrus imap server? I got a curus-imapd-2.1.5.tar.gz file and I am having huge problems trying to configur and compile them. At least it seams huge to me :( Tia, Ragnar W. ___ R

Installing FreeS/Wan RPM's 2.4.18-3

2002-07-10 Thread Brian
It's working THANKS THANKS.Installing FreeS/Wan Redhat 7.3 1.) Download the RPM's ftp://ftp.xs4all.nl/pub/crypto/freeswan/RedHat-RPMs 2.) Intstall the RPM's a.)FreeS/Wan Module b.)FreeS/Wan 3.) echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Re[2]: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread Brian Ashe
e subject matter. He overstates so many >>things, it is more FUD than anything. DT> I have my differences with the author's conclusions, to be sure. I'm DT> not sure I'd place so much blame squarely on RPM's shoulders. I think DT> it's fair to suggest that much o

Re: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread Hal Burgiss
sed, he should add he > >has little knowledge of the subject matter. He overstates so many > >things, it is more FUD than anything. > > I have my differences with the author's conclusions, to be sure. I'm > not sure I'd place so much blame squarely on RPM's

Re: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 June 2002 02:14 pm, David Talkington wrote: > The link came from slashdot, so the "damage" was obviously already > done. > > If it were me, and I wasn't ready to go live, I wouldn't have put it on > the air. ;-) Oh, I agree. If you wan

Re: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread David Talkington
s more FUD than anything. I have my differences with the author's conclusions, to be sure. I'm not sure I'd place so much blame squarely on RPM's shoulders. I think it's fair to suggest that much of the difficulty discussed here is merely a symptom of the fragmentation of

Re: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 10:40:08AM -0700, David Talkington wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > It's no secret that I'm not a fan of RPM. Here's an article explaining > its problems in a broader context. > > http://distrowatch.colug.net/article-rpm.php > Wow, alo

Re: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Fratoni wrote: >> http://distrowatch.colug.net/article-rpm.php >I quote from the top of that page: >"This article is currently under preparation. Please do not post links to >it and do not submit it to any new sites. Thank you." The link c

Re: RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 June 2002 01:40 pm, David Talkington wrote: > It's no secret that I'm not a fan of RPM. Here's an article explaining > its problems in a broader context. > > http://distrowatch.colug.net/article-rpm.php > > Cheers -d Bad David... ;) I

RPM's bad rap

2002-06-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It's no secret that I'm not a fan of RPM. Here's an article explaining its problems in a broader context. http://distrowatch.colug.net/article-rpm.php Cheers -d -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-

Re: Updating 7.1 with rpm's

2002-04-15 Thread Mike Burger
You could just do 'up2date -u' and let the up2date program download and install all the relevant RPMs for your system. On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Scott wrote: > Greetings: > > I'm starting out with a fresh 7.1 box. I wanted to apply all the applicable > updated rpms. I compared what was available

Re: Updating 7.1 with rpm's

2002-04-12 Thread Bill Crawford
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Scott wrote: > In particular I got dependency problems when I got to these: > > cpp-2.96-85.i386.rpm > gcc-2.96-85.i386.rpm > gcc-c++-2.96-85.i386.rpm > libstdc++-2.96-85.i386.rpm > libstdc++-devel-2.96-85.i386.rpm > > They seemed to depend on each other. They do. Just u

Re: Updating 7.1 with rpm's

2002-04-12 Thread ABrady
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:58:44 -0500 "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > Greetings: > > I'm starting out with a fresh 7.1 box. I wanted to apply all the > applicable updated rpms. I compared what was available in > ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/ with what I had installed a

Re: Updating 7.1 with rpm's

2002-04-12 Thread Michael J. Denton
One thing I would suggest would be to just try using Red Hat's up2date feature. It will (typically) upgrade and install packages in the proper order and resolve any dependency issues you might have. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/up2date-config.html Michael _

Updating 7.1 with rpm's

2002-04-12 Thread Scott
Greetings: I'm starting out with a fresh 7.1 box. I wanted to apply all the applicable updated rpms. I compared what was available in ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/ with what I had installed as shown with rpm -qa FIrst I just downloaded them and tried to install them in "ls" order.

Re[4]: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Brian Ashe
Hello Thomas, Monday, March 04, 2002, 2:58:30 PM, you textually orated: BTG> Sounds good, but how do you update the release flag? That may depend on the RPM (well technically it is always the same, but some people do it differently). The "standard" way is to simply change the line that looks l

RE: Re[2]: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
Sounds good, but how do you update the release flag? -Original Message- From: Brian Ashe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:47 PM To: Burke, Thomas G. Subject: Re[2]: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how? Hello Thomas, Monday, March 04, 2002, 12:16:49 PM

Re[2]: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Brian Ashe
Hello Thomas, Monday, March 04, 2002, 12:16:49 PM, you textually orated: BTG> On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:23, Ed Wilts wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: >> > >> > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", >> > and now have foo

RE: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
Maybe I should have specified... I am using a 6.2 system. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 12:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how? &

Re: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Burke, Thomas G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey gang, > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", > and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I > tell rpm to install/upgrade/freshen these files over the versions that are > curr

RE: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
March 04, 2002 11:52 AM To: Redhat List Subject: Re: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how? On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:23, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild

Re: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Charles Galpin
On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:23, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", > > and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I > > tell rpm to install/up

RE: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how? On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", > and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I > tell rpm

Re: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", > and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I > tell rpm to install/upgrade/freshen these files over the versions that are

Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?

2002-03-04 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
Hey gang, I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I tell rpm to install/upgrade/freshen these files over the versions that are currently residing on my box? (i'm going from the standard 38

Re: autoinstall rpm's dependencies?

2002-02-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
gregory mott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Charles Galpin wrote: > >On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 18:16, gregory mott wrote: > > > if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those > > > packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some > > > straghtforward way to te

Re: autoinstall rpm's dependencies?

2002-02-24 Thread gregory mott
Charles Galpin wrote: >On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 18:16, gregory mott wrote: > > if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those > > packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some > > straghtforward way to tell them to install themselves as necessary? > >up2da

Re: autoinstall rpm's dependencies?

2002-02-24 Thread Charles Galpin
On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 18:16, gregory mott wrote: > if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those > packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some > straghtforward way to tell them to install themselves as necessary? up2date will do this, providing Re

autoinstall rpm's dependencies?

2002-02-23 Thread gregory mott
if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some straghtforward way to tell them to install themselves as necessary? and, same question if the packages are in a ftp directory. ___

Re: help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-22 Thread Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz)
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Tracker wrote: > well it is installed, I just have to configure and it doesnt have the > correct module or something like that to configure..here is what I got > > copy and paste doesnt work.. sorry > > Can you please paste here more information? I'm particularly refer

Re: help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-21 Thread Tracker
Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz) wrote: >On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Tracker wrote: > >>well it is installed, I just have to configure and it doesnt have the >>correct module or something like that to configure..here is what I got >> >>copy and paste doesnt work.. sorry >> > > >Are you getting the error

Re: help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-21 Thread Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz)
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Tracker wrote: > well it is installed, I just have to configure and it doesnt have the > correct module or something like that to configure..here is what I got > > copy and paste doesnt work.. sorry > Are you getting the error when running the vmware-config.pl script? W

Re: help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-21 Thread Tracker
Tracker wrote: > Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz) wrote: > >> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Tracker wrote: >> come someone direct me on how to install this vmware rpm please >> >> >> What did you try? What problems are you running into? When I >> installed it, >> a simplre 'rpm -Uvh ' wor

Re: help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-21 Thread Tracker
Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz) wrote: >On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Tracker wrote: > >>> >>>come someone direct me on how to install this vmware rpm please >>> > > >What did you try? What problems are you running into? When I installed it, >a simplre 'rpm -Uvh ' worked fine. > > > well it is install

Re: help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-21 Thread Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz)
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Tracker wrote: > > > > > >come someone direct me on how to install this vmware rpm please > > What did you try? What problems are you running into? When I installed it, a simplre 'rpm -Uvh ' worked fine. -- Nitebirdz Mozilla--> http://www.mozilla.org Linux XFS--> h

help installing rpm's a simple terms ...

2002-01-21 Thread Tracker
> > >come someone direct me on how to install this vmware rpm please > ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: uninstalling rpm's

2002-01-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 12:23, Gregg Morris wrote: > > "Bret" == Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I can at least get you the date in human readable format: try > > %{installtime:date} > > > The man page is not real clear on this. I thought I actually > > did wh

Re: Upgrading RPM's

2002-01-16 Thread James Pifer
Yeah, I realize that. It was doing them all together and letting it work out the dependencies that did it. I didn't know you could do that. I'm actually using the -Fvh and it's working well. James At 03:53 PM 1/16/2002 +, you wrote: >At 1/15/2002 10:26 PM -0500, you wrote: >>I tried it as

Re: Upgrading RPM's

2002-01-16 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 1/15/2002 10:26 PM -0500, you wrote: >I tried it as you suggested and it worked well. All of them in the >directory and using the -Uvh instead of just -U. Thanks for your help and >thanks to the others that responded to this post. Linux is a constant >learning process. James, Note that "v"

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