[Nottingham] k3b install, yum, gcc and libs

[Cam]

chris

> he Needs a K3B which is linked againsed redhat 9, and since he cant find 
> one, the only way out of dependency hell is to make one !
> 
> its really not hard...
> 
> donwload the source code
> tar -zxf sourcecode.tar.gz

It can be easier than that, you can get the source rpm file and rebuild 
it, something like:

rpm -i sourcecode-version-src.rpm
rpmbuild -bb sourcecode-version.spec

Those commands would build a binary rpm package from the sources, 
complete with dependencies. You could then install that on your system.

There are plenty of guides to rebuilding rpms on the net.

The downside of tar zxvf ... ./configure ... make && su -c make install 
is that you enter dependency ignorance. When you upgrade other parts of 
the system you will be left with a hand-built package that no longer 
matches the rest of your system, and you will have to fix it manually.

-Cam

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camilo at mesias.co.uk                                                 <--