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the difference between rpm and srpm
voidmain:
I assume by "interface" you mean "graphical interface" or GUI such as KDE/Gnome/etc. If so you shouldn't care about the interface if you are using it as a server. No need to ever see the interface. Typically you don't even run X on a "server". You might download and install webmin as that it the best interface for server management for n00bs. Regardless if you are running RedHat or many other OSs, webmin is the same across all OSs.
[ September 25, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
fuckoffmicrosoft:
ok back to redhat :D now the other 2 discs i downloaded wth are they fot the rpm discs is that the applications?
also a good open source web host control panel?
fuckoffmicrosoft:
quote:Originally posted by void main:
I assume by "interface" you mean "graphical interface" or GUI such as KDE/Gnome/etc. If so you shouldn't care about the interface if you are using it as a server. No need to ever see the interface. Typically you don't even run X on a "server". You might download and install webmin as that it the best interface for server management for n00bs. Regardless if you are running RedHat or many other OSs, webmin is the same across all OSs.
im just using gui for main setup
[ September 25, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
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voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by fuckoffmicrosoft:
ok back to redhat :D now the other 2 discs i downloaded wth are they fot the rpm discs is that the applications?
also a good open source web host control panel?
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All 3 disks are for RedHat installation in general. The good open source web host control panel you are asking for I mentioned in the message above. It's called "webmin" and you can get the RPM from http://www.webmin.com/
Once you download and install it you should from any of your computers on your network enter http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10000 in your browser where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your server. It will prompt you for a login ID and password. Enter "root" and whatever you set the root password to.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by Calum:
so srpms are those files with .src.rpm at the end?
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Yes.
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presumably it would be far better (more stable * likely to build properly et c) to do the above using a source rpm than to install a binary?
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Not necessarily. Theoretically you would end up with the same *.rpm binary that would be available for download (assuming you downloaded the *correct* binary for your system). It does take some of the thinking out of it as it will determine what system you are running on and build the appropriate binary RPM for your system. It does take longer obviously, especially on larger packages depending on the speed of your system.
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Also, what happens if you just rpm -Uvh'' a .src.rpm file?
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If you are on RedHat it will put the *.tar.gz source file in the /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES directory and put the spec file in the /usr/src/redhat/SPECS directory. You can then use the "rpm" command on the spec file and perform any part or all of the build and install process. See "man rpm" it's pretty well detailed there.
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