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apt for RPM - Calum, you want this!
Calum:
i probably have most if not all of the dependencies as binaries and source, but it seems that if i install mandrake rpms, some of the 'required files' are not detected, even if they are installed, if i try and install red hat rpms on a mandrake system, possibly due to the filesd being in different directory names than they are on red hat.
dishawjp:
Hi All,
Creedon, I can already hear you laughing at me... but is there any chance that this will work for RH6.2? I am stuck (and have been for weeks now) in dependency hell. All I want to do is install xbill on my poor old POS and can't do it.
Originally I had rpm version 2 something. I was able to upgrade that to version 3 something. But no way would version 4 something install. I've been to rpmfind.net trying to find the files needed, have searched Red Hat's errata, and done google searches for the required files. Never any happiness.
I shouldn't complain too badly... the computer does run well and doesn't crash regularly like my Windoze box does. But a damned setup.exe would sure be nice :) Or, if this "apt get" would work, that would be fine too.
I am concerned about hosing an otherwise good install of Linux and running into problems like MoR/Bob and Calcum ran into. Hell, I'd be happy to find a place to download the files I need to correct failed dependencies.
Creedon, I thought I'd see you at the computer show at the fairgrounds today... Eliot, Jaime, TR and I were all there today. We drank some warm beer, ate some awful hot dogs, and pissed away too much money on computer stuff. I'll be trying to install Linux on TR's new computer tomorrow. Anyway, you should have been there. It was a good time.
Jim
creedon:
quote:Originally posted by DOSman:
Hi All,
Creedon, I can already hear you laughing at me... but is there any chance that this will work for RH6.2? I am stuck (and have been for weeks now) in dependency hell. All I want to do is install xbill on my poor old POS and can't do it.
Originally I had rpm version 2 something. I was able to upgrade that to version 3 something. But no way would version 4 something install. I've been to rpmfind.net trying to find the files needed, have searched Red Hat's errata, and done google searches for the required files. Never any happiness.
I shouldn't complain too badly... the computer does run well and doesn't crash regularly like my Windoze box does. But a damned setup.exe would sure be nice :) Or, if this "apt get" would work, that would be fine too.
I am concerned about hosing an otherwise good install of Linux and running into problems like MoR/Bob and Calcum ran into. Hell, I'd be happy to find a place to download the files I need to correct failed dependencies.
Creedon, I thought I'd see you at the computer show at the fairgrounds today... Eliot, Jaime, TR and I were all there today. We drank some warm beer, ate some awful hot dogs, and pissed away too much money on computer stuff. I'll be trying to install Linux on TR's new computer tomorrow. Anyway, you should have been there. It was a good time.
Jim
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Nah, I never laugh at anyone who's giving it a good try; the ones I laugh at are people that think Linux is a free ride; they figure it'll be just like "Brand X" and when it isn't, they bitch about what a POS Linux is.
Yeah, I'd have liked to gone to the show, but chronic extreme poverty prevented me; too bad, I guess I've gotta buy a new CDRW, mine's got a bad case of the stupids; it'll do everything but burn a CD; very frustrating!
KernelPanic:
quote:Originally posted by DOSman:
Hi All,
Creedon, I can already hear you laughing at me... but is there any chance that this will work for RH6.2? I am stuck (and have been for weeks now) in dependency hell. All I want to do is install xbill on my poor old POS and can't do it.
Originally I had rpm version 2 something. I was able to upgrade that to version 3 something. But no way would version 4 something install. I've been to rpmfind.net trying to find the files needed, have searched Red Hat's errata, and done google searches for the required files. Never any happiness.
I shouldn't complain too badly... the computer does run well and doesn't crash regularly like my Windoze box does. But a damned setup.exe would sure be nice :) Or, if this "apt get" would work, that would be fine too.
I am concerned about hosing an otherwise good install of Linux and running into problems like MoR/Bob and Calcum ran into. Hell, I'd be happy to find a place to download the files I need to correct failed dependencies.
Creedon, I thought I'd see you at the computer show at the fairgrounds today... Eliot, Jaime, TR and I were all there today. We drank some warm beer, ate some awful hot dogs, and pissed away too much money on computer stuff. I'll be trying to install Linux on TR's new computer tomorrow. Anyway, you should have been there. It was a good time.
Jim
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Calcum, that a classic
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by DOSman:
Creedon, I can already hear you laughing at me... but is there any chance that this will work for RH6.2? I am stuck (and have been for weeks now) in dependency hell. All I want to do is install xbill on my poor old POS and can't do it.
--- End quote ---
Couple of things. First, "xbill" should have come on your RedHat 6.2 CDs. Second, you *can* upgrade RPM to 4.x on RedHat 6.2. My 6.2 system is running rpm v4.0.2.
http://rpm.redhat.com/hintskinks/rpmv3tv4/
http://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/
quote:
Or, if this "apt get" would work, that would be fine too.
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It does appear there are some limited apt repositories for 6.2:
http://freshrpms.net/apt/
http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/
But it looks like most of them are limited to RH62 "updates" and "extras", not the base OS. So that to me would indicate a less pleasureable experience than you would have on RH73 or RH80. But still worth the try. Guess I could try and install it on my 6.2 system right now and see how much trouble you'll have. I'll let you know.
[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
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