On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
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Of Anne Wilson Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:27 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Yea, I know, "I get to keep the pieces" :-) I have both of those on my
server
box, which is where I'm testing what's available for her, but kipi-plugins isn't found be yum list or yum search. Strange when libkipi is there.
Have you checked eg pbone.net for some suitable rpm's? Assuming all dependencies are met from before, you could install them manually.
Yes, I checked pbone - but only for centos.
I don't know much about Fedora any longer, I gave it up somewhere around at FC5 or 6, but there might be some repo(s) for this one that you might use. At least worth checking up I think.
I think if the worst comes to the worst it would be possible to install a FC6 package. Pbone says there is a package for FC6, and also offers an rpm from sourceforge. That may be a possibility too.
Anne
Anne Wilson wrote on 09/24/2009 07:54 AM:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
...
I think if the worst comes to the worst it would be possible to install a FC6 package. Pbone says there is a package for FC6, and also offers an rpm from sourceforge. That may be a possibility too.
Anne,
If you are going for a binary RPM FC6 would be the best bet, but a better approach would be a rebuild from SRPM. The kipi-plugins-0.1.3-5.fc7.src.rpm from FC7 updates builds on CentOS 5.3 after satisfying dependencies from EPEL and ATrpms. Had to disable RPMforge due to dependency issues to get it to work.
Phil
On Thursday 24 September 2009 13:23:59 Phil Schaffner wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote on 09/24/2009 07:54 AM:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
...
I think if the worst comes to the worst it would be possible to install a FC6 package. Pbone says there is a package for FC6, and also offers an rpm from sourceforge. That may be a possibility too.
Anne,
If you are going for a binary RPM FC6 would be the best bet, but a better approach would be a rebuild from SRPM. The kipi-plugins-0.1.3-5.fc7.src.rpm from FC7 updates builds on CentOS 5.3 after satisfying dependencies from EPEL and ATrpms. Had to disable RPMforge due to dependency issues to get it to work.
Thanks for that info. I'll bear it in mind.
Anne
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf
Of Anne Wilson Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:55 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
I don't know much about Fedora any longer, I gave it up somewhere around
at
FC5 or 6, but there might be some repo(s) for this one that you might
use.
At least worth checking up I think.
I think if the worst comes to the worst it would be possible to install a
FC6
package. Pbone says there is a package for FC6, and also offers an rpm
from
sourceforge. That may be a possibility too.
Just to be clear, my "there might be some repo(s) for this one" was meant as Fedora generally speaking not, FC6 specifically. 8-)
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- Of Anne Wilson Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:27 PM
<snip>
box, which is where I'm testing what's available for her, but
kipi-plugins isn't found be yum list or yum search. Strange when libkipi is there.
Have you checked eg pbone.net for some suitable rpm's? Assuming all dependencies are met from before, you could install them manually.
Yes, I checked pbone - but only for centos.
<snip> I'd add in the search RHEL<your release>, at least to start. Beyond that, some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
mark
On Thursday 24 September 2009 16:10:54 m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- Of Anne Wilson Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:27 PM
<snip>
box, which is where I'm testing what's available for her, but
kipi-plugins isn't found be yum list or yum search. Strange when libkipi is there.
Have you checked eg pbone.net for some suitable rpm's? Assuming all dependencies are met from before, you could install them manually.
Yes, I checked pbone - but only for centos.
<snip> I'd add in the search RHEL<your release>, at least to start. Beyond that, some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
Some good ideas, there, thanks.
Anne
m.roth@5-cent.us a écrit :
I'd add in the search RHEL<your release>, at least to start. Beyond that, some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL.
My advice for third-party applications:
1) Use RPMS from RPMForge repo.
2) If your app/lib/tool/whatever is still not available, go to http://rpm.pbone.net, and make an advanced search for SRPMS in the following categories:
* CentOS 5 * RHEL 5 * FC 6
Note: sometimes, SRPMS from more recent versions of Fedora will also work, but that depends on what it is.
Have fun,
Niki
At Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:13:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
m.roth@5-cent.us a écrit :
I'd add in the search RHEL<your release>, at least to start. Beyond that, some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL.
Never say never:
I have *successfully* used RPMS from both Mandrake and SUSE on a CentOS 4.x system. Both RPMs are somewhat specialized developemental ones though.
My advice for third-party applications:
Use RPMS from RPMForge repo.
If your app/lib/tool/whatever is still not available, go to
http://rpm.pbone.net, and make an advanced search for SRPMS in the following categories:
- CentOS 5
- RHEL 5
- FC 6
Note: sometimes, SRPMS from more recent versions of Fedora will also work, but that depends on what it is.
Have fun,
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On 09/27/2009 08:09 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
At Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:13:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
m.roth@5-cent.us a écrit :
I'd add in the search RHEL<your release>, at least to start. Beyond that, some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL.
Never say never:
I have *successfully* used RPMS from both Mandrake and SUSE on a CentOS 4.x system. Both RPMs are somewhat specialized developemental ones though.
Sure, it is possible, if you get very lucky, to do so. However, even if packages install because a dependent library is available (take /lib/libc.so.6 for example) it does not mean that they are similar enough to work.
RHEL/CentOS glibc has dozens of patches that are different than Mandriva or SUSE. They also put things in and look for things from different places than CentOS.
So, one should think long and hard before (at the very least) before installing programs not built for/using CentOS/RHEL on CentOS.
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