Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2212 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JJB wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Being a relative newbie to Linux, I have a few questions about
> installing software. If there is a program for x86 linux, and it says
> "debian" does that mean it has to be recompiled to run on SUSE, or will
> it run on any x86 linux OS?  Would it have to be recompiled for 64bit
> linux?
> 
> The package I am interested in is Bandwidthd  - has anyone successfully
> installed this on 10.2?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Joel
> 
> 

Joel,

        First things first, Debian is its own Linux distribution and is very
different from opensuse and the rpms (with few exceptions) are never
compatible. So, no it won't work, but no you don't have to do anything
with the debian rpm except hit *delete*. Further, rpms are made for each
version of opensuse for a reason and the same applies, you don't want to
install opensuse 10.0 rpms on 10.2. So, always use the right rpm.

        For opensus software management see:

http://en.opensuse.org/Add_Package_Repositories_to_YaST
http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories

        There are 20 plus files for measuring bandwidth already compiled for
10.2 and available in the repositories mentioned above. If all else
fails and you cannot find a rpm that meets your needs, you can always
build the application from source.



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