[BlueOnyx:02862] Re: metamail package

[JW Simpson]

I gave up trying to install metamail when I found qprint and base64 at
http://www.fourmilab.ch/ and was able to implement them immediately.
They were the perfect solution.

Thanks,

j

On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 19:44 -0600, Jimmy Gross wrote:

>  
> 
> The easiest way to install an RPM is using Webmin, www.webmin.com - It
> automatically checks for dependencies.
>  
> jimmy
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it
>         [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it]On Behalf Of JW Simpson
>         Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 7:19 PM
>         To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
>         Subject: [BlueOnyx:02847] Re: metamail package
>         
>         
>         
>         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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JW Simpson <john at swajime.com>
SwaJime's Cove℠
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