When I use http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html to locate RPM packages, I very infrequently find any packaged for SuSE. Is there a "best" alternative to use, e.g. Red Hat? How should I go about selecting a "found" RPM package if I want to run it on SuSE Linux 7.2 (soon 7.3)? Thanks. -- Eric
Somebody needs to start a Rpmfind mirror for SuSE. I don't have the bandwidth, or space at this time however. Arthur H. Johnson II arthur@linuxbox.nu The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Eric Swenson wrote:
When I use http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html to locate RPM packages, I very infrequently find any packaged for SuSE. Is there a "best" alternative to use, e.g. Red Hat? How should I go about selecting a "found" RPM package if I want to run it on SuSE Linux 7.2 (soon 7.3)? Thanks. -- Eric
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On November 26, 2001 06:27 pm, Eric Swenson wrote:
When I use http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html to locate RPM packages, I very infrequently find any packaged for SuSE. Is there a "best" alternative to use, e.g. Red Hat? How should I go about selecting a "found" RPM package if I want to run it on SuSE Linux 7.2 (soon 7.3)?
RPMFind is less than worthless, IMO. I really do not recommend installing an RPM from another distro, unless you make sure there will be no problems, and you use the src.rpm. Here are the cool SuSE RPM sites I've found: - http://packman.links2linux.de/ - These guys rule, this page is always my first destination - http://www.mahowi.de/download/suse71/index.html - Believe it or not, these are usually up to date - http://www.tmueller.com/linux/suse-7.1/index.shtml - http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmsforsuse/ - http://home.earthlink.net/~noodlez84/rpm_packages.html Also, building your own RPMs isn't that hard, once you get used to it. I highly recommend perusal of: http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/Package-Conventions/ - Thanks, Lenz I hope that helps. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com
RPMFind simply takes a mirror and creates a searchable database of the RPMS contents. It would be nice to be able to search for various things such as libs, dependencies, etc in say SuSE 7.3. RPMFind is extreamly easy to set up, I just dont have the resources at my location. Arthur H. Johnson II arthur@linuxbox.nu The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, James Oakley wrote:
On November 26, 2001 06:27 pm, Eric Swenson wrote:
When I use http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html to locate RPM packages, I very infrequently find any packaged for SuSE. Is there a "best" alternative to use, e.g. Red Hat? How should I go about selecting a "found" RPM package if I want to run it on SuSE Linux 7.2 (soon 7.3)?
RPMFind is less than worthless, IMO. I really do not recommend installing an RPM from another distro, unless you make sure there will be no problems, and you use the src.rpm.
Here are the cool SuSE RPM sites I've found:
- http://packman.links2linux.de/ - These guys rule, this page is always my first destination - http://www.mahowi.de/download/suse71/index.html - Believe it or not, these are usually up to date - http://www.tmueller.com/linux/suse-7.1/index.shtml - http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmsforsuse/ - http://home.earthlink.net/~noodlez84/rpm_packages.html
Also, building your own RPMs isn't that hard, once you get used to it. I highly recommend perusal of:
http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/Package-Conventions/ - Thanks, Lenz
I hope that helps.
-- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com
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