Paul Heinlein spake the following on 8/16/2006 7:56 AM:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Will McDonald wrote:
On 16/08/06, dennis dennis@bulacan.gov.ph wrote:
hi to all,
im currently installing rrdtool-1.2.15 with my box CentOS 4.3 final ,before i installed rrdtools there 2 files suggested need to installed the FreeType
Is there a specific reason for not using the RPMForge packaged rrdtool?
[root@devmon1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep rrd rrdtool-1.2.13-1.el4.rf perl-rrdtool-1.2.13-1.el4.rf
Also, on Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Jim Perrin wrote:
It's far better to stick with rpms on an rpm based system. This way all the other software knows about each other via the rpm database, and you don't run into missing dependencies, version conflicts, and other issues that like to creep up.
To my mind, the advice given by Will and Jim is a two-edged sword:
- Sure, using rpms on rpm-based systems is the surest path to stability, success, long uptimes, and Johnny's new pony :-)
Here is a pony for Johnny!!!
,-^, _ ___/ /| ,:`( )__, ) ~ // // '--; ' \ | ^ ------^----^----- And he won't need to clean up after it!!