On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:53 -0500, Chris Peikert wrote:
As a newbie I learned to bite the bullet and just google for RPM's I need. I found www.rpm.org and in the linux for dummies provides the site http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net which has a lot of RPMS to use. Good luck.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Nick Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:07 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] source rpms
how can i get the source rpms for the packages installed on my centos 3.6 server? <snip>
From rom Google's advanced search I used the "with all of the words" field thusly:
source rpms centos 3.6 site:CentOS
If returned 179 hits. I don't do sources myself, so I can't be more specific. But I *do* watch the lists and knw that many folks have provided the location(s) of the source rpms to similar queries in the past. I would suggest you pursue this path rather than going outside to strange rpms as your first step. It has been pointed out many times that this can lead to less stability than is inherent in an all-CentOS installation.
Hmmm. Also, have sou reviewed all the site docs? (FAQ or whatever is posted)? Maybe the answer is there. I've never had to go to a strange site for what I do (not bleeding edge or anything RAD).Plus, Add-ons, Rpmforge... does it for me.
HTH