On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 22:46 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > Actually, this leads me to a question I wanted to ask anyway. I've been > advised here before that I should always try to install things through > Yum or RPMs. I've been told that installing from tar files and building > from source is a bad idea. > > But what does one do when there is software that is readily available > for other Linux distros, and is theoretically buildable for CentOS, but > not available from the standard Yum repositories like Dag and CentOS's > own? Is one supposed to contact the repository owner and request the > software be included? I use the checkinstall utility. Make your own rpms out of the tar source and then keep them updated and managed through yum or whatever. -- Joe Klemmer <joe at webtrek.com> Linux/UNIX System Administrator | Linux Instructor | Resident Hacker