--- Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote: > 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 at 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 at 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!! > > > > -- > > MailScanner is like deodorant... > You hope everybody uses it, and > you notice quickly if they don't!!!! > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Someone has way too much time on their hands.... :-) Steven "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows or better'. So I installed Linux."