On Friday 18 March 2005 16:43, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
Sid Boyce wrote:
Chaitanya Krishna A wrote: <snip>
1. is it possible to install additional software which comes as source and not as rpms?
Much the same way as in any distro apart from gentoo which additionally has emerge, though you can do normal installs on gentoo also. You can do the normal"make install" or use "checkinstall" which will generate a RPM so you can install or upgrade a package and keep the RPM database honest.
2. can yast be useful in the above respect?
Yes, you can point YaST at a local directory to install or update RPM's you have built.
I have never had any success using YaST 2.x to install a locally-built rpm. YaST 1.x could do this, but version 2.x seems to require a structure similar to the install directory tree on the ftp site. Am I missing something?
Yes, I think so. Try 'man yast2', or in KDE: <Alt>-<F2>, followed by 'man:yast2' (no quotes). Hint: '-i'. Cheers, Leen