From jab1@txcyber.com Wed Dec 30 22:34:05 1998
From: jab1@txcyber.com
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: [SuSE Linux] SuSE, RPMs, etc.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:34:05 -0600
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Hello,
=20
Seeking an alternative to RH I've converted to SuSE, however there's
some things that are lacking; hopefully it's just that I don't know
where to look. First off, can SuSE use RedHat RPMs (that is, the RPMs @
RH's site, and general RPMs like those for korganizer)? Second, I can't
seem to find a main list of RPMs @ SuSE's site, does such a list exist
(not just RPMs in the main distribution, but also for other software
programs)? Third, I appreciate the fact that YaST can be used in
character mode, however a GUI equivalent would sure be nice. I realize
KDE has some of the functionality, so I might also mention that greater
integration with KDE would be nice =3D)
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From zentara@netfrog.net Thu Dec 31 00:04:31 1998
From: zentara@netfrog.net
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE, RPMs, etc.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:04:31 -0500
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Josh Arnold wrote:
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> Seeking an alternative to RH I've converted to SuSE, however there's
> some things that are lacking; hopefully it's just that I don't know
> where to look. First off, can SuSE use RedHat RPMs (that is, the RPMs @
> RH's site, and general RPMs like those for korganizer)? Second, I can't
> seem to find a main list of RPMs @ SuSE's site, does such a list exist
> (not just RPMs in the main distribution, but also for other software
> programs)? Third, I appreciate the fact that YaST can be used in
> character mode, however a GUI equivalent would sure be nice. I realize
> KDE has some of the functionality, so I might also mention that greater
> integration with KDE would be nice =3D)
Hi, generally the redhat rpm's won't work with suse.
The errors generally are due to incompatibility between
libc5 and glibc. There are also problems where
redhat rpm's need to have certain directory structures
which are different from Suse, and sometimes redhat rpm's
want redhat specific tools installed.
Sometimes simple programs will install.
Suse ftp site is a depp labyrinth. :-)
Look at:
ftp://ftp.suse.co=
m/pub/SuSE-Linux/5.3/full-names/i386/>
for a full listing of rpm's.
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