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Re: [SLE] Differences between rpm-based distros
- From: John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:05:17 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200609010105.12612.jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 31 August 2006 13:53, rich wrote:
> It brings to mind the question of what
> requirements a package must meet to be able to run on Suse. How can I tell
> a non-Suse package will be able to run on Suse (10.1) successfully?
Many times you can just try to install it, and if your machines meet all
the pre-requsits it will work.
However I've had to back out more than one RPM because it tried to use
things that apparently even the developer didn't know he was using.
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John Andersen
> It brings to mind the question of what
> requirements a package must meet to be able to run on Suse. How can I tell
> a non-Suse package will be able to run on Suse (10.1) successfully?
Many times you can just try to install it, and if your machines meet all
the pre-requsits it will work.
However I've had to back out more than one RPM because it tried to use
things that apparently even the developer didn't know he was using.
--
_____________________________________
John Andersen
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