[CentOS] Re: RPMs for CentOS

Sun Sep 11 15:00:56 UTC 2005
Edward Diener <eddielee at tropicsoft.com>

Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 14:10 +0200, Gilles CHAUVIN wrote:
> 
>>On 9/11/05, Edward Diener <eddielee at tropicsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>When looking for RPMs for CentOS 4.1 outside of the yum CentOS repositories, do
>>>I choose the version of a product which says for FC4, or what, if there is no
>>>specific version mentioned for CentOS ?
>>>
>>
>>RHEL4 and, I guess, FC3 should work !
>>
> 
> I would NOT recommend using FC3 rpms (though that is the closest FC to
> CentOS-4).
> 
> The repos where you should look are:
> 
> 1. Dag's el4:
> http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#B4
> 
> 2. KBS-CentOS-Extras:
> http://centos.karan.org/
> 
> 3. Dries el4:
> http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/
> 
> Only install packages for el4 / CentOS-4 ... otherwise you risk breaking
> things due to the shared library differences.

Thanks, noted.