On 27 Feb, Aldo Solari [APS] wrote:

A basic question: I do not have clear whether rpms in the RedHat repository could be used by SUSE ... can they ?

Cheers,

APS

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I have used redhat rpms for some stuff; but others seem to have problems with locations of things and failed dependencies. On the failed dependencies issue, I have verified that I have the libs or whatever installed but still get these on occasion. Other occasions, redhat rpm files go right on. I could not get gtk and glib right so decided to do a compile. Wow!!! Thats quite a process :) The rpm files seem to be a jungle of dependencies and install requirements. It tooks gtk 1.1.latest almost 30 minutes to compile here.It was an interesting time. -- Michael Perry mperry@basin.com ------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

"Aldo Solari [APS]" wrote:

A basic question: I do not have clear whether rpms in the RedHat repository could be used by SUSE ... can they ?

Some do some don't. The only way to find out is to try. The reverse is also true. Suse rpms don't always work on Redhat. Alot depends on the complexity of the rpm. Simple rpms which just put a file in /usr/bin will probably work; but things like X apps will fail to install. Alot of redhat rpm's will stop and say that they depend on "linuxconf" which is "redhat's yast". Similarly, a suse rpm will stop on a redhat system saying it requires yast. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>