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[tajc@xxxxxxxx (Tim Shann)]

I like rpms because they are so easy to uninstall. I have no clue how to
remove tar.gz installs. Anyone care to give lessons?

Tim

Michael Perry wrote:

> On 27 Mar, Benjamin A. Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> > I have a question about RPM's. Why are they so much better then source?
> > I have used source for the last 5 years. When I try to use RPM's it's
> > usually a sticky situation.
> >
> > Thanks for any input. :)
>
> Just my extremely subjective opinion and I use both.  I like rpms for
> some things like I downloaded rpms for the latest gnome stuff because I
> wanted to see gnome running but then I decided I wanted to compile
> things so I found that some of the program's configure scripts had
> problems so I installed gtk/glib.  I tend to use an rpm for something
> quick that is packaged on the suse 6 cd's.  As an example, after doing
> the gnome thing, gimp would not run because of failed dependencies for
> gtk.  The gnome list informed me that you can actually have two
> versions of gtk installed hence the gtkn and glibn on the gnome site.
> I then installed the gtk and glib rpms from the suse cd.  I still could
> not manually configure gimp 1.0.2 due to some issues with gtk or gtkn
> or gtk devel.  When I decided I wanted the gimp, I did a yast install
> and all it wanted was aalib which I selected for auto.
>
> So my answer is that I use the best of both worlds.  I think rpm's work
> for me but I like the control of configuring.  I like configuring also
> but if I want something that seems rather complex and someone has built
> an rpm spec for it, I tend to grab it.  I am a wimp I guess; but I
> still like the easy way that rpm offers.  I have been stung a few times
> like with the craziness surrounding the gtk upgrade path with rpms.  I
> also have installed my own self-rolled libs and had rpm installs fail
> but configures, make, and make installs work for the same program.
>
> I gave some thought to compiling kde 1.1 until I saw the rpms for 1.1 on
> suse's update site.  Too much of a temptation for me :)
>
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> Michael Perry
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