[Wolves] *nix packaging; was RPM

Simon Burke its_simon_burke at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 21 01:53:03 GMT 2004


I'll have to bring this one back, Whick packaging system (ie rpm, deb, plain 
source, etc) is the best option at the momment.
I'd vote source cuz its not quite as likely to go wrong, ie u can check and 
change config files if u have a strange etup :)
>
>On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 19:12, Mo Awkati wrote:
> >  --- Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver at mavit.freeserve.co.uk>
> > wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, David Goodwin wrote:
> > >
> > > > rpm -iUvh packageName.rpm
> > > >
>
> >
> >
> > How do I point RPM to the source of the package??
> >
>see Davids original example above.
>
>You might need to add the full path name such as
>
>rpm -i /var/opt/balls/I/hate/rpm/apt-rpm.rpm
>
>another of those things that you will look back on a think did I really
>ask that? we all do it when learning ;-)
>
> > Mo
> >
>sparkes
>
>
>
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