[BlueOnyx:02847] Re: metamail package

[JW Simpson]

Ok ... I got the .src.rpm to install, but it's not compiling.
As far as I can tell, there are no missing dependencies.
YUM doesn't bother me ... I just haven't used rpm in so long I had to
dig out the books. :-D

On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 15:27 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
wrote: 

> Welcome to the list!
> 
> JW Simpson wrote:
> > I was under the impression that BlueOnyx is a RedHat derivative?
> 
> BlueOnyx uses CentOS 5 as it's base, which is fundamentally identical to 
> RHEL 5.
> 
> > Can I download the .src.rpm from a RedHat repository and use 'rpm -i' ?
> 
> Well, you could.  Just watch out for dependencies.  The trouble with 
> installing RPM's manually is that if you take in other RPM's which are 
> relied upon to make the metamail work, then you're going to wind up with 
> dependency issues which could lead to real problems down the road.
> 
>  > Can I not download the package and install it without dinking with the
>  > yum settings?
> 
> Yes, you could wget the package and then do "rpm -ihv" for it.  (-i for 
> install, -h for hash and -v for verbose so you can see what's going on.) 
>    If all the dependencies are met, then you'll have no problem.   If 
> dependencies are not met, then... well, best to try and install those 
> missing packages via YUM so you'll at least have the CentOS 5 versions.
> 
>  > I would certainly appreciate any assistance. (I've gotten really spoiled
>  > with aptitude ...)
> 
> Potato, potahto.   YUM and Aptitude are both just package managers 
> designed to resolve discrepancies and avoid dependencies.  If the 
> package isn't released for the distro, the package manager won't be of 
> much help.
> 

-- 
JW Simpson <john at swajime.com>
SwaJime's Cove℠
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